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October 16, 2013

Arrowhead High School Special Report (Home)

Arrowhead High School Special Report Coach And Athletic Director's entire September 2012 issue is dedicated to our first-ever, head-to-toe coverage of the inner workings of one of America's most-envied public high-school athletic programs—Arrowh...

October 16, 2013

Developing a Program That’s ’Cool’ to be in

Sponsored By: Developing a Program That’s 'Cool' to be in Steve Kostka, head girls track coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), explains how the school has succeeded in making the track program cool to be in. That success ha...

September 18, 2013

Extra Assistants Give Attention Where it’s Needed

Sponsored By: Extra Assistants Give Attention Where it’s Needed Chris Herriot, head boys track coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), relies on the help of assistant coaches to make sure all team members receive attention. ...

July 24, 2013

Success Comes From Strong Coaching Staff

Sponsored By:Success Comes From Strong Coaching StaffSteve Kostka, head girls track coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), talks about how the strength of the schools coaching staff has helped the overall success of the program....

June 26, 2013

New Cross Country Runners Get The Attention They Need

Sponsored By:New Cross Country Runners Get The Attention They NeedCurt Kaczor, girls cross country coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), talks about how his coaching staff splits up responsibilities to ensure that newer runners get the att...

May 30, 2013

Herriot: Managing A High Volume Of Athletes

Sponsored By:Managing A High Volume Of AthletesChris Herriot, boys track coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), talks about how his staff manages a high volume of athletes. The goal is to make sure every athlete on the team competes in ...

May 30, 2013

Teaching athletes to use the sprinter’s block

by Mike Davidson

Here are some important teaching points for athletes using the sprinter's block. Block settings & foot placement • Most blocks force a narrow stance, so keep the feet in line with hips. Keep heels straight in line — no duck feet. [captio...

May 15, 2013

Kostka: Agree On A Common Philosophy

Sponsored By:Agree On A Common PhilosophySteve Kostka, head girls track coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), shares how he came to the decision to define goals and create a common philosophy the staff and team shares....

October 17, 2012

Building Team Camaraderie In Individual Sports

Sponsored By:Building Team Camaraderie In Individual SportsAccording to Chris Herriot, Head Boys Track Coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), building team camaraderie in an individual sport like track and field can be a challenge. The coac...

August 22, 2012

Herriot: Building Team Camaraderie In Individual Sports

According to Chris Herriot, Head Boys Track Coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), building team camaraderie in an individual sport like track and field can be a challenge. The coaching staff has adopted a very team-oriented way of selectin...