Practice Meet Schedule

We will have our practice meet on March 7 at Buena HS track. The meet will start at 8:30 am. Each group will define a time for Athletes to arrive.

For the practice meet only! Each athlete can only chose up to 2 running events, including relay, and have no more than 3 total events.

• For regular meets! Each athlete can only chose up to 3 running events, including relay, and have no more than 4 total events. An athlete can chose 3 field events and 1 running; or 2 field and 2 running.

Order of events - each group will not run each event in the practice meet.

Event - Group(s)
Hurdles - Y&I - Boys -
Hurdles - Y&I - Girls
Hurdles - Midget - Girls
Hurdles - Midget - Boys
Only athletes who have raced Hurdles before will be allowed to run it at the practice meet (note: there are different hurdles setups for the Boys compared to the Girls) -

4x100m relay - Bantam - Girls & Boys
4x100m relay - Midget - Girls & Boys
4x100m relay - Y&I - Girls & Boys
4x100m relay - Gremlin - Girls & Boys

1600m - Y&I - Girls & Boys

400m - Gremlin - Girls & Boys
400m - Bantam - Girls & Boys

100m - Gremlin - Girls & Boys
100m - Bantam - Girls & Boys

800m - Midget - Girls & Boys

200m - Midget - Girls & Boys
200m - Y&I - Girls & Boys

High Jump - Y&I - Girls -
High Jump - Y&I - Boys -

Long Jump - Gremlin - Girls & Boys
Long Jump - Bantam - Girls & Boys

Shot Put - Midget - Girls & Boys - 6 lb. shot

Practice at Buena HS

We move to Buena HS track this week! Each group will start practice at 4:30 pm.

Some thing to remember about the track.

The Buena H.S. track and field includes artificial turf and an all weather track. These materials are very sensitive. Damage created by negligence or even “accidents” could result in the loss of our privilege to use the facilities. Therefore, very strict rules will be in place during meets and practices.

• The turf field will be strictly “off-limits” at all times to non-athletes
• Only water bottles with water will be allowed on the track or in the jumping areas. Absolutely no chewing gum or food are allowed on the track or turf area.
• Spiked shoes should rarely be used in practice. Coaches will determine when this is acceptable. On race day, track spikes must be approved by the Clerk of the Course – 3/16” needles or less.
• Removable tape can be used for relay and jumping marks. Beyond that, absolutely nothing should be stuck to or pushed into the track or turf (e.g. sticks or stakes).
• Extreme caution should be used when using or transporting tools and shot puts around the track and turf.
• No dogs (of any size) are allowed in the stadium area.

Cool Down

One of the most important thing that any runner can do to avoid injuries is to properly cool down after practice or a meet. The first step to an effective cool down is to keep the body temperature from dropping to quickly - to avoid this from happening athletes will put on sweats (pants & top) during the cool down. It gets very cold at sundown as well and sweats will help. Please make sure your athlete has sweats & water in their bag each practice.

Here is a video that will explain the cool down.

How to Cool Down After Running -- powered by http://www.livestrong.com

Move to Buena HS Track

We will be moving practice to Buena HS track next week. So starting Monday February 23 all practices will start at 4:30. Please do not drop you child off in the parking lot - please walk them into the track area.

There is a chance on Tuesday February 24 that we will practice at Arroyo Verde Park. It depends on how the Buena Girls Soccer team does this week. Check back for an update.

First day of Practice - Twitter

As you can see we are having one of our wonderful Winter Storms. This is an opportunity for us to use this site to keep all parents informed about practice cancelations. One of the newest and best way to keep a bunch of people informed is the use of Twitter. 

(Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent messages.  People write short updates, often called "tweets"  of 140 characters or fewer.  These messages are posted to your profile or your blog, sent to your followers, and are searchable on Twitter search.). 

For more information on Twitter go to twitter.com.  If you have not heard of Twitter, or do not have a cell phone with text messaging, you can read our updates located in the right column. If you have text messaging go to https://twitter.com/VenturaTigres and start following us! 

I will be twittering throughout the year and hope others will join in.

Coach Andrew

Midgets First Practice

The midgets will be having practice rain or shine on Weds Feb 18th at 4 pm until 5:15

If it is raining they will have the parent meeting at the picnic area

Practice

Practices for Gremlins and Youth/Intermediate groups will begin on Tuesday, February 17th (the day after Presidents’ Day) at Arroyo Verde Park at 4:30 pm. (Please see the schedule below for other groups.) Parents please plan on staying (for a little while) at the first practice to meet the coaches.

Gremlins - Tuesday and Thursday
Bantams - Monday Wednesday, Thursday
Midgets – Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
Y/I – Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

All practices will start at 4:30.

Practice will continue at the park for two weeks, then we will move to Buena High School beginning the week of March 2nd. Please be on time to practice and pick up your athletes promptly at the end of each practice. Absolutely, no dogs are allowed at the stadium.

See you at Arroyo Verde Park next week!!!