Timo Mostert - You Race How You Train; Modeling Race Day Behaviors in Practice - 2024 USTFCCA Convention

With You Race How You Train; Modeling Race Day Behaviors in Practice, Timo Mostert, Head Cross Country Coach at American Fork HS (UT), explains his approach to training with an emphasis on seeing improved results on race day.

Coach Mostert, National Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2023, details pre-race basics (eat, sleep, hydrate) and adjusting your practice schedule to mirror race day.

Additionally, Coach Mostert reviews how to build consistency for race day through skill development, warm-up routines, and practice structure.

Coach Mostert also stresses defining coach and athlete expectations with proper communication, as well as course preparation and using race journals to relieve pre-race anxiety.

Among the topics discussed are:

• Preparing for Competition
• Shortening the Learning Curve
• Defining Expectations as a Coach
• Pre-race Keys
• Proper Warm-Ups
• Proper Skill Development
• Building Consistency
• Visualizing the Race