Athletes: Football players. All decent 100-200 sprinters in high school. None of them have run track for 2 or more years.

Scenario: The football players just finished their season and the coaching staff is allowing them to run indoor track however they won't be allowed to run outdoor track because of Spring Football. You have 1 month to the first meet during which these athletes will be on Christmas break for 3 weeks. You have 3 months until your indoor conference championship. They could potentially be scorers or medalists if trained appropriately.

Things to consider:
*What would you focus on (speed, strength, flexibility, etc)?
*Do you just throw them in with your sprinters who've been training since fall or do you start them on a different routine?
*What events would you run them in…do you dare try to train them for the long sprints?
*What modifications to the training program do you make?
*Does having them only for the indoor season have any implications for your training plan?

Scenario: He is a member of the JV basketball team. A friend on the basketball team encourages him to come out for the track team. He joins the track team and practices the high jump one time before his first meet. He shows up to the track meet wearing basketball shorts and sneakers, didn't have a specific mark to run from and he didn't arch his back over the bar. He comes in at 1.94m (6-4.25) and continues to clear each progressive height until the head coach shut him down at 2.22 (7-3.25) for fear of injury to a guy who has practically no training. This athlete high jumped once in high school just for the heck of it but otherwise has no experience in track and field. The sudden windfall of such a fantastic athlete has immediately catapulted your team to contenders in the national team race if he can repeat his performance.

Things to consider:
*How would you train him?

BTW- This scenario is REAL.

Scenario: He injures his hamstring in his season opener and is unable to do running for 2 weeks and sprinting for 5 weeks. This leaves him with 3 weeks of solid training prior to the biggest meet of the indoor season. He was in PR shape coming in to the first meet and has a solid fall and early winter training base. There are no facility or equipment related limitations and he is able to resume normal lifting programs after 2 weeks.

Things to consider:
*What would you focus on at various points of his return (speed, strength, flexibility, etc)?
*What would you do as alternative training when he is unable to sprint?
*Would you still attempt to run him in the big meet or would you restructure and focus on the outdoor season?

Athletes: A team of collegiate speed / power athletes (sprinters and / or jumpers).

Scenario: You are setting up GPP training for your speed / power athletes. Unfortunately you are in the period of time where NCAA restrictions limit your training to 8 hours of supervised practice / week. To make things worse, your university won't let the athletes train using athletic department facilities or equipment (weight room, track, med balls, etc) without a coaches supervision.

Things to consider:
*What would you focus on (speed, strength, flexibility, etc)?
*How would you alter your normal / ideal training scheme?
*What methods would you use to maximize time efficiency?

Scenario: It's getting cold outside (35-45 degrees at any given day during the week) and your group of sprinters has been forced to move their training inside. They have successfully completed the GPP of a short-to-long GPP periodization having fully developed acceleration abilities and have almost completely developed max velocity. Unfortunately your facilities are less than ideal. You've got access to a 200m indoor track 1 day of the week otherwise you are either forced to run outside in the cold or workout in your school hallways which consists of 4 connected 50m long hallways (think of a square 200m). You have weight room access at the school and medballs, hurdles, throwing implements, stationary bikes, and a pool. The athletes are competing during the indoor season and need to be ready.

Things to consider:
*Do you train speed endurance at all? If so, how do you do it? Give a sample workout.
*What workouts would you do on the days you have access to the track?
*Given the current constraints what would your weekly training plan look like?

Scenario: Your top sprinter is the returning 60m and 100m state champion. He is very talented but didn't train much in the fall. During a pickup basketball game two weeks prior to the start of indoor track practice he broke his ankle and won't be able to resume normal training for 6 weeks. He really wants to defend his state 60m title. Two weeks after his return is the indoor state qualifier meet. If all goes well with his healing and you chose to have him run indoors his first meet you have 20 days after he has his cast removed to prepare him for the meet.  You have access to a pool, stationary bikes, and any resistance training modality available. You do not have a track and are forced to train in the tile hallways of the highschool.

Things to consider:
*Do you want him to run indoor?
*If so, what do you do to prepare him to qualify and run at the indoor state meet?
*If not, what would you do to prepare him for the outdoor season?

Scenario: She is a college freshmen who has been recruited as a track athlete at a mid-major D1 school. As a high schooler, she was top 3 in her state in the mile and the triple jump. You are the jumps coach and the head coach is the distance coach. Obviously both of you want to have her in your group. The head coach however sees the possibility of having her score well at the conference meet in multiple events and would like her to continue to train for both events despite what would seem to mean a compromise in her overall development.

Things to consider:
*Would you continue to let her do both events (if it were up to you)?
*Would you focus on one event over the other?
*Considering she will be training for the 2 events how would you propose her training be set up?

Scenario: 10 of the athletes ran indoor track and went through a very short GPP-SPP-Comp cycle. These atheltes peaked for the indoor state meet at the end of the season. 5 of the remaining 10 athletes played another winter sport such as swimming or basketball. The remaining 5 athletes did no organized activity during the indoor track season. The first outdoor track meet is in 3 weeks and the outdoor state meet is 12 weeks away. It is important that athletes be prepared to run decently by at least week 9 in order to be ready for the pre-states qualification meets (districts, regionals, etc.). Assume that there are no true event specialists in the group.

Things to consider:
*How do you integrate the new people with those who have been training for the previous three months? Do you treat those athletes who competed in a winter sport other than track differently than those who did nothing or those who ran indoor track?
*How do you modify the training of those who ran indoors to be best prepared for the outdoor season? (i.e.- do you go back to GPP, SPP, etc. or just keep them in competition phase training).
*How do you set up the overall training setup for the group (or each individual sub-group) over the next 12 weeks given the short season and requirement to be running fairly well by at least week 9.

Scenario: A freshman at your school has just finished his swim season and has decided to run track for the first time. He has been swimming at a very high level for the past 6 years and recently was awarded the MVP of his high school team. As a swimmer he does pretty much everything and has an unbelievable aerobic capacity. He's never run competitively before other than a 5k road race that he entered on a whim with no running training and ran a 17:50. He's also known around school as somewhat of a speed demon having displayed his speed in gym class and "Field Day" competitions. He's never done any running or strength training.

Things to consider:
*What event would you put him in?
*How do you train him?
*What do you focus on?