How to Develop a High

School Performance
Program
 Acknowledgements

• My Family
• Georgetown Preparatory school
• All of the coaches and athletes I’ve had the pleasure of working with
• Kyle Tarp
• Rob Harris
 What is a Performance Program?

• Includes activities which ensure that goals are consistently being met
in an effective and efficient manner.
• In the High School setting, it’s as simple as “Do No Harm”
 Where to Start?
• Obvious things that have to be
included: Speed, Strength,
Conditioning
• Not so Obvious: Budgets, Coach
relationships, Schedule
restrictions, Athlete buy-in,
Former strength and
conditioning program dynamics
 Budgets
Every place you work will have budgetary demands its your job to
do the best job possible
 Develop the Obscure

• Your ability to communicate with your staff and athletes

will matter far more than any other part of this job.
• Your program will only be as good as the people (athletes) it
creates
• It will enhance your credibility almost immediately
• Having support will always allow you to do your job to the
best of your ability
Coaching Relationships
 Coaching Relationships
• Build relationships with coaches at every level from Freshman to
Varsity Level
• They will become your allies when it comes to things like effort and
attendance
• You will need them throughout your time there, whether it is in the
weight room or out on the field
• Don’t forget about people outside of athletics
 Schedule Restrictions

• Academic Schedule
• Daily Schedule, Tests, Days off
• Sport Schedule
• Practice Schedule, Game Schedule, Ability to adjust
• Student Schedule
• Sport choices, School schedule, Social schedule
Athlete Buy-In
• Coach the people
not the athletes
• Understand each
sport you have to
encounter
• Know your why?
• Brett Bartholomew’s
Book “Conscious
Coaching”
 Previous Coaching
Can’t go from this…. To this in a week!
Installing the Obvious
• Understand the culture
you are walking into
• Try to bridge gaps from
previous coaches and
find common ground
to get started
• Slowly use your
knowledge and beliefs Hughes, Damian. “Manchester United can Learn”

to bring change as you

see fit
 Strength Program
• Start with teaching the
basic lifts
• Progress the basic lifts
• Love the BASIC LIFTS!
 Speed Program

Heavily based on Plyometrics

Time and space dictates our sprinting and agility work
Conditioning is left mostly to the coaching staffs but will be added as
needed
 Our Program
• Pre-Season- Almost all of our
athletes are in a preseason
phase at multiple points
throughout the year
• In-Season- For most of our
big team sports we have
time to work 2x per week
• Off-Season- Very few of our
athletes are 1 sport athletes
thus the main portion of off-
season training comes over
the summer
Programming
• Pre-Season Emphasis
• In-Season Emphasis
• Off-Season Emphasis
 Scheduling
Pre-Season Lifts
In-Season Lifts
Post-Season Lifts
Past, Present,
Future
• My first year we
averaged a grand total
of 19 per day during
the summer program
• This past year we
averaged 42
• Add technology to
upgrade the level of
coaching our students
are getting
Questions?
 Thank You!
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