Tell me about practices

The Jets first practice will the first week of April at East High School . All of April will be held at East High School. Later into May, June and July we will specialize practices and some may be at Lincoln High. Check the calendar for the start date. Practice dates and times during April and May will vary depending on LPS High school track meets. Calendars will carry practice specifics. Practices are not required to compete in meets.

The program is designed for your child’s needs and wants. Busy schedules are part of today's world but, so is the athletic burn out rate so, feel free to come and go as you wish, including starting your own work-out with walking or jogging with friends. We would like to slow down that busy schedule pace but, we understand your needs.

Practices are designed to build-up endurance early in the season, maintain and develop technique through the middle season and work with specifics at the end of the season. Championship meets occur after mid-June so, after the team picnic is when some athlete's close down their season. Certainly everyone is entitled to practice until nationals around the last week of July. (Even if you are not participating in the meets)

Practices consist of track games (tag, follow the leader), warm-up, stretching, form running, a running workout, field event training and a warm down.

Some practices may only include specifics like blocks or relays and some practices may not cover a specific field event so please check your weekly schedule.

Occasionally, we will test the kids with certain running or field event tests for progress. After some practices we might have a water balloon fight, or have treats, picnics or other fun activities.

We will be holding practice from 6:00-8:00 pm. If you athlete needs some individual work you may request some special time. Special time will be from 7:30 to 8:00 and a coach will see that you get that time. Official warm-ups will begin @ 6:00. Anyone coming later will need to warm-up on their own before they can join the group.