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Ben Rosario Show

Northern Arizona Elite coach Ben Rosario is joined by high school coach Dean Ouellette and some of the top big and small high school coaches in the country. They talk culture, training and what it takes to make a winning program.
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Oct 26, 2017

Larry Weber was named as a Washington State High School Cross Country coach of the year in 2011, 2012, and 2015 by the Washington State High School Cross Country Coaches Association. He was also named as the Division 2 National Coach of the year for the girls in 2014 and for the boys in 2014, 2015, and 2016. His teams won national cross country championships in 2014 (boys and girls), 2015 and 2016. Coach Weber has served as the head coach of 8 Washington State High School State Championship cross country teams in the last 7 years. In addition, he has coached 3 individual state cross champions during the last 7 years. 

 

We discuss:

His career as a runner and how it lead into coaching

How at such a small school he recruits and keeps a successful program

How does he use what he learned as running at an elite level and use it in his program

Who did he learn from and what did he read that helped him in his coaching

What does he do to individualize programming to get the maximum out of each kid while not overtraining

How does he break up his team in workout groups

How does training vary year-to-year based on the group

His 30k foot overview of what the training cycle looks like for the season

How does he set pacing for his workouts

How he prescribes recovery workouts and paces

How he works on a mindset where they know they can compete with large schools

How often his athletes race during the season

What specific work he does to get ready for the state meet

Fun traditions he does during the season to build team bonding

He gives advice to coaches on how to build a larger program

His all-time record for the ultimate runner competition

His staple workout for the team

How he structures a week during a race week to get in enough quality

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