Sarah Hall

Im in my 3rd year coaching high school throws. As a former thrower who didn't have a designated throws coach, I had to teach myself a lot on my own (no computers or internet in my day) and depended on other coaches at meets to give me pointers. I always wanted to learn but never reached my full potential because I kept hitting road blocks not knowing how to fix them. Because of this I am passionate about continuously learning and teaching my athletes every way I know how. Over the past three years I have built our throws program into one that several students are interested to join. My first year coaching we only had a handful of throwers that were ok but nothing significant to write home about. I focused on those throwers and offered them many opportunities to succeed and one of my freshman guys went from throwing a 37' in shot to learning rotation breaking the school record as a sophomore at 52'2", went from throwing a 118' in discus to 147' winning 2 OCC titles, and making it state that year as a sophomore (in shot put). As well, one of my freshman girls started at 23' in shot put but continued to work and ended her season with 30'10" placing 6th at OCC's. She has now learned rotation in shot put and is looking forward to an awesome upcoming season with goals of breaking the school record and going to state as a sophomore as well. My group is growing in interest and last season I ended with 12 throwers. As we begin our indoor track season my numbers in throwers continue to grow which feeds my desire of learning new ways of coaching to help my athletes succeed. We are a big family and I love how my throwers work together, encourage, and motivate each other. I could not have success without having athletes that are coachable and excited to be at practice, learn, and have the will to succeed and I am truly grateful for my experiences so far.