Pacing Device

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        • Participant
          underdog_19 on January 15, 2009 at 2:20 am #15252

          I’m looking for a device that will make a tone on desired intervals. Right now I blow a whistle at each time interval, but then I’m watching the watch more than paying attention to my kids, making sure they’re where they should be in the run. Any ideas where I could find something like this?

        • Participant
          premium on January 15, 2009 at 6:34 am #76666

          coach beeper…clyde hart uses it if you ever read or heard anything about him before…

        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on January 15, 2009 at 5:20 pm #76695

          Vern Gambetta also sells one on his site but it is quite expensive and I’m not sure if the range of the speaker would work.

          I can definitely sympathize with you though. I did the same thing you’re doing while I was working with sprinters at USMA and it made it very difficult to watch the runs. Also, figuring out when they were on pace or not on pace (and yelling accordingly) stretched the limits of my multi-tasking abilities (watching runs, timing runs, calling pace, figuring out slow or fast).

          I also looked in to making my own device. If you have a little bit of electrical know-how you could make one yourself from stuff you could pick up at Radio Shack for about $50. The only reason I didn’t do that was because it would be a little bulkier than I had wanted.

          ELITETRACK Founder

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          underdog_19 on January 16, 2009 at 2:35 am #76712

          Hart is exactly where I got the idea from.

          Looked up the Coach Beeper…holy shnikes. $780 is almost half my salary!

          Mike, do you have a list of the things needed for the homemade Radio Shack device?

        • Participant
          premium on January 16, 2009 at 7:09 am #76721

          heres an idea…you get a boom box and you record different paces on a cd and play it….

        • Participant
          dennis kline on February 24, 2009 at 11:37 pm #78619

          I’m familiar with the coach beeper format and I am sure I can provide exactly what you are asking for in form of a mp3, that can be downloaded onto an ipod or mp3 player.

          email me the specifications…

          Dennis Kline
          denniskline@usathlete.net

        • Participant
          tkaberna on February 25, 2009 at 3:19 am #78631

          If you are at a high school setting why dont you ask around for a couple managers. We currently have 6 and it makes things so much easier. The manager can blow the whistle why you watch the kids.

        • Participant
          underdog_19 on March 2, 2009 at 9:15 am #78839

          Managers is a good idea, I’ll see what I can scare up. Seems like we never have anyone interested though. Usually we use kids who are imjured.

        • Participant
          tkaberna on March 2, 2009 at 9:21 am #78840

          Girls always want an excuse to be around boys and vice versa. Ask the opposite sex that you coach and you are sure to get some people.

        • Participant
          underdog_19 on March 2, 2009 at 9:57 am #78841

          Haha, this is true. I could ask either sex then. We break up the duties by event and ability, so I coach boys and girls even though I’m the boys head coach.

        • Participant
          Daniel Andrews on March 2, 2009 at 12:37 pm #78846

          If there is a big enough market for such things I could possible make some of these.

        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on March 10, 2009 at 2:15 am #79178

          heres an idea…you get a boom box and you record different paces on a cd and play it….

          A horn or home alarm, a count down timer with a switch (to turn the horn on and off), some standard wiring, a a case for housing. No soldering would be necessary.

          ELITETRACK Founder

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