FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Valid & Signed Sports Physical form uploaded to Bigteams
Valid & Signed MHSAA Consent form uploade to Bigteams
Pay to Participate Fee Paid
Signed Mattawan Athlete Code of Conduct
Athlete and Parent need(s) to join the team's BAND App for all communications.
The sign up form can be found here. Once that is filled out Coach DeGroff will send you a welcome email with all required info to get you started.
March 11th
Practice will take place directly after school is dismissed. Students are to be dressed and ready to go by 3pm. Most of the time practice will end by 5pm.
Practice will take place Monday through Friday unless we have a schedule meet or a scheduled off day. Off days will be communicated to the team well ahead of time.
Running shoes, yes. Having good and proper running shoes under your feet is key to a successful running experience.
My suggestion is to get your child fitted for a training type of running shoe. Something that is good for workouts but also good for longer runs. I also suggest to head to Gazelle Sports as they will look at their walk stride and stance to best determine what style of running shoe. I suggest this because everyone is different and shoe manufacturers have different styles of running shoes (neutral vs structured vs supportive). Gazelles does a great job at figuring that out and will provide suggestions on what shoe type.
In regards to spikes, we will use spikes on a daily basis for our sprinters. We believe the only way to improve the speed of our athletes to to run at maximum speed as much as possible. Our goal is to teach fundamentals for the program. Spikes will definitely provided a better competitive advantage at a meet and will provide the athletes the ability to perform their best.
At this level it depends on what events you are participating in. If you are going to be a jumper and/or sprinter spikes will be required. We will use spikes at practice on a daily basis. For distance runners there are days they will and will not wear their spikes depending on the workout for the day.
Please be aware that there are specific spikes for sprinters and distance runners. If you do not know which events your athlete will be participating in it would be best to hold off until the first few days of practice so we can test and determine the spot where your athlete will be most successful.
The number of meets varies each year. Please check the schedule for the the most up-to-date list.