September Practice Schedule

Vertical Edge Team Practices:

Mondays       5:00-6:30 pm
Wednesdays  5:00-6:30 pm 
*No Practice on Labor Day, Monday September 1st.

Friday September 26th - Our new "Rubber Meets the Road" Meet Series Begins.... Stay Tuned for more info! 

Practices are $30/session OR $200 for the *month of September.  

*Monthly payment will include any additional scheduled team sessions, seminars, or meets during that month at no extra cost. Due to weather and other conflicts, our schedule is sometimes variable. Athletes that pay monthly will be guaranteed a minimum of 7 group sessions offered per month.
  
 Private & Semi-Private Sessions:
Coach Kat is available for Private & Semi Private lessons on Friday afternoon & evenings. If you would like one at another time, contact Coach Kat for availability. Semi Privates & Private sessions are recommended for athletes who cannot make it to regular group sessions due to living far away or activity in other sports. The private setting allows us to get more work done that is specific to the athlete, allowing them to keep up technically with fewer sessions per month. We recommend 1-4 sessions per month for those athletes.

Privates & Semi Privates are also recommended for Team Members if  you are able. This allows us to dig a little deeper, and get a little pickier technically or allows us to teach a new skill more quickly and gives the athlete a bit of an edge on their progression. We recommend athletes consider a Private/Semi Private session every 1-3 months.


$50 - 1-hour Semi Private Session - These sessions are for 1-2 athletes. These are what Coach Kat recommends, having 2 athletes instead of one still allows for personalized attention, while giving the athletes enough rest between activities without everyone just twiddling their thumbs! Semi Privates sometimes end up being individual sessions (at no extra cost) if no one else is requesting a Semi Private for that day.

$50 - 1-hour Beginner Session - For the athlete who wants to learn to pole vault for the first time or has vaulted before but wants to join Vertical Edge. Up front, there is a lot of new information for a beginner vaulter. Some basics are required before an athlete can get on the runway. Having a private session for that lets us get through those basics at an accelerated rate and also lets us individualize our coaching for that specific athlete. We recommend athletes take 1-2 Beginner Private Sessions before joining the group sessions.

$80 - 1-hour Private Session  -  Sometimes you just don't want to share the coach for whatever reason, and that's okay too! A private session for 1 athlete.

 

Vertical Edge Practice Dates:  

All sessions will be held between the hours of 4:00-8:00 pm on weekdays.
Wednesday September 3
Friday September  5
Monday September 8
Wednesday September 10

Friday September 12
Monday September 15
Wednesday September 17
Friday September 19
Monday September 22
Wednesday September 24
Friday September 26
Monday September  29

Late Summer PREP Session

4 Weeks of Summer to pour in a little more work to get prepped for the upcoming year. During these 4 weeks we will Learn new vaulting drills and LEARN TO JUMP HIGHER, and build Body Awareness, Work Capacity, & Pole Vault Specific Strength. The exercises, drills, & routines taught during this session will be used throughout the upcoming year. This is the best time to learn them thoroughly and properly so they can be useful tools all year long.

July 28th - August 20th, 2014
Mondays & Wednesdays 8:30-10:30 am
$40 /session or
$240 for the full 4 weeks.

*In case of rain, practice will be cancelled and make up session(s) will be held on Friday(s) 8:30-10:30 am.

Bring plenty of water - I will bring the shade!

Summer Schedule

Groups Sessions: Mondays & Wednesdays @ 9:00 am.

Private Sessions and Make Up Sessions for any missed practices due to weather will be available on Friday mornings.

May Practice Schedule

Wednesday May 14th Group 4-5 pm, Privates available 5-6 pm
Optional - Friday May 16th 4-6 pm
Saturday May 17th Group 10-11 am, Privates available 11-12 am
Wednesday May 21 Group  4-5 pm, Privates available 5-6 pm
Friday May 23rd Group 4-5 pm , Privates available 5-6 pm
Wednesday May 28 Group 4-5 pm, Privates available 5-6 pm
 Optional - Friday May 16th 4-6 pm
Saturday May 31 Group 10-11 am, Privates available 11-12 am

Here is our practice schedule for May. Please keep in mind that it will vary based on weather, but especially because I am now in my peak competition season, and will vary based off of my competittions... but this is my best guess!  As we all saw on Wednesday, there appears to be a growing mass of people on the runway from the other vault club. Unfortunately I do not have any control over the facility, and so have no control over how many people end up on the runway if they show up as well. We are working on fixing that problem, but for now it is what it is. Semi-Private lessons in the future will still be at full charge regardless of how many kids end up on the runway outside of my control. Sorry for the mess (and unpleasant viewing)... We are working on it!

April Practice Schedule

Wednesday  April 2  4 pm
Friday          April 4  4 pm
Week of April 7-10 - District Championships - No scheduled group sessions. We will schedule sessions that week based on need and your Competition Schedules. (April 11-12 No sessions - I am in El Paso Competing)
Wednesday  April 16  4pm
Saturday      April 19  10 am
Wednesday  April 23  4pm
Wednesday  April 30  4pm

Tis the Season of District Championships, Areas, and Regionals. Each of you have different schedules, so beyond the posted group sessions, feel free to schedule with me some additional Semi Private sessions that work around your (and mine) competition schedule. Or for the collegiate athletes or Junior High athletes that are not on the High School Circuit, there may be a chance for a few more sessions this month. Some possible dates are below:

Tuesday April 8
Wednesday April 9
Friday April 18 - Day time and evening
Friday April 25
 

PRACTICE CHANGE - Wed. Feb. 19

Practice Moved to 5 pm today... see you there!

SCHEDULE CHANGE - Spring Break

Ok, a ton of things have torn my schedule apart for this week, so here is the new and revised practice schedule. I am sorry for any inconvenience!

Practice - Wednesday at 11:00 am - on the runway ready to jump at 11

Practice - Thursday at 3:00 pm - on the runway!

No practice on Friday or Saturday....

Cross your fingers this schedule stays the same now!