High School and Middle School
Homeschool Track Program
serving Fort Bend County and the surrounding areas
2025 Season begins January 13, 2025
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2025 FBCHA Track and Field Program
Our next adventure will begin January 13, 2025. We have excellent coaching! Athletes ages 8-18 and all skill levels are welcome! Competitive and Developmental options available. Competitive athletes will compete on either the High School or Middle School Team depending on their grade level and graduation year. Our developmental athletes will train along side our competitive athletes and have the opportunity to participate in up to two competitive meets in March and/or April. Developmental athletes will compete according to their birth year or grade level.
Qualification as a homeschool athlete:
All FBCHA Track athletes must be classified as a homeschool student to be able to participate in our track program. A homeschool student is defined wherein over 51% of their education takes place in a home taught program. Homeschool studies do not include a charter school setting and/or any online public school programs. Homeschool coop programs do qualify as homeschool as long as over 51% of their studies take place at home during the school week. If you are unsure, please ask for clarification from our coaching staff.
Registration Details:
Practices:
Our next adventure will begin January 13, 2025. We have excellent coaching! Athletes ages 8-18 and all skill levels are welcome! Competitive and Developmental options available. Competitive athletes will compete on either the High School or Middle School Team depending on their grade level and graduation year. Our developmental athletes will train along side our competitive athletes and have the opportunity to participate in up to two competitive meets in March and/or April. Developmental athletes will compete according to their birth year or grade level.
Qualification as a homeschool athlete:
All FBCHA Track athletes must be classified as a homeschool student to be able to participate in our track program. A homeschool student is defined wherein over 51% of their education takes place in a home taught program. Homeschool studies do not include a charter school setting and/or any online public school programs. Homeschool coop programs do qualify as homeschool as long as over 51% of their studies take place at home during the school week. If you are unsure, please ask for clarification from our coaching staff.
Registration Details:
- Early registration will open December 16, 2024 and ends January 27, 2025
- Athletes must be classified as a homeschool student, defined as having over 51% of their primary education conducted at home during the school week.
- Competitive Fees: $____ High School $____ Middle School (uniform not included)
- Developmental Fees (uniform not included): $____ (opportunity to compete in up to 2 meets)
- Uniforms: (If you need a new uniform this season) $____ (tank & shorts) $_____ (dry-fit t-shirt) $_____ (tank, shorts and dry-fit)
- Non-refundable registration fee: $75 due when registering by January 27th (applied to total registration)
- Uniforms are not included in the 2025 track season fees for all HS and MS athletes. If you need a new uniform please see the additional fees posted above. Every FBCHA High School and Middle School athlete will need a uniform. Fees must be paid in full for your athlete to receive their uniform and/or compete in their first track meet. Developmental Athletes can compete in up to two meets that will be scheduled for March and/or April and may purchase uniforms separately for additional $85 (includes shorts, singlet, and dry-fit t-shirt) or purchase a dry-fit t-shirt only for $25. Either option is recommended but not mandatory to allow your Developmental athlete to compete in these 2 meets.
- Please do not allow the financial cost of our program to prevent registration of your athlete. Financial assistance may be available, please contact us at [email protected] for more information.
Practices:
- Practices will be held at various locations in the Sugar Land area
- Practices days, times, and locations may fluctuate week to week. Typical Practice Days are Monday, Thursday and Sunday. Our weekend practice day is necessary due to availability of using a full track to conduct our practices on. Weekend practice allows us to focus on highly technical events that we can not work on during the week.
- Our first practice is set to begin January 13, 2025 at 5:30pm Sartartia Middle School, Sugar Land. This practice will focus on evaluating new athletes, Q&A for parents, a look at our uniforms, and a partial workout for all athletes.
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Meet Schedule:
2025 Meet schedules (coming soon) can be found on Athletic.net. High School Schedule High school meets are usually on Saturdays although some high school meets may fall during the week. Events typically start at 8:30 am and run into the afternoon until about 4 pm Middle School Schedule Middle school meets are usually on a Tuesday or Thursday and occasionally occur on Wednesday each week. Events start at around 4 pm and run until about 8:30 pm |
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- Meets start sometime in mid-February or early March and continue through the State Homeschool Meet usually end of April possibly first weekend in May. The 2025 Texas State Homeschool Meet will be held in the San Antonio, Texas area (date coming soon).
- FBCHA Eagles will compete against private & home school teams in the sprints, distance, hurdles, throws (shot put and discus), jumps (long, triple, and high), and relays. Javelin will be contested for those 7th/8th grade & up at our state meet and possibly at a homeschool hosted meet.
- Club Meets: We will include "Club" meets (AAU and/or USATF) toward the end of our season to fill out our meet schedule if necessary. These meets include both MS and HS teams as well as possibly including our developmental athletes. The club meets are held on Saturday.
Age/Grade Requirements:
FBCHA has several options for kids between the ages of 8 and 18. For athletes on the younger end of this spectrum, coaches will evaluate an athlete’s readiness for the weekly training and the meet competitions. A determination of either competitive, developmental, or not ready at this time will be made by the coaches and discussed with parents.
For the State Homeschool Meet the divisions will be grade based. The division format is the following:
FBCHA has several options for kids between the ages of 8 and 18. For athletes on the younger end of this spectrum, coaches will evaluate an athlete’s readiness for the weekly training and the meet competitions. A determination of either competitive, developmental, or not ready at this time will be made by the coaches and discussed with parents.
For the State Homeschool Meet the divisions will be grade based. The division format is the following:
Varsity – Grades 9-12 with typical ages ranges from 14-18
Jr Varsity – Grades 9-11 with typical ages ranges from 14-17
7th-8th Grade – Typical ages range from 12-14
5th-6th Grade – Typical ages range from 9-12
Jr Varsity – Grades 9-11 with typical ages ranges from 14-17
7th-8th Grade – Typical ages range from 12-14
5th-6th Grade – Typical ages range from 9-12
**If you have a 14 yr old that competes as a Freshman, that counts towards their 4 years of High School eligibility. They may compete as an 8th grader even if they are doing 9th grade academics - it's based on their graduation year.
Our state homeschool meet now competes according to grade level.
Our state homeschool meet now competes according to grade level.
Parent Involvement & Expectations:
FBCHA is a volunteer/parent run organization. We cannot do what we do without our volunteers and parents. There are a number of ways you can get involved:
FBCHA is a volunteer/parent run organization. We cannot do what we do without our volunteers and parents. There are a number of ways you can get involved:
- Make a point to know the schedule for practices and meets. Having your athlete on time and ready for practice is critical to their development and improvement. It is very important that you notify your coach, in advance, if your athlete has a conflict and cannot make a practice or a meet.
- At practices, we may need parents to assist with timing, raking pits, shagging discus and shots, etc. Not only does this help the coaches out tremendously, but it gets you, the parent, involved in what your athlete is doing.
- If you competed in Track and Field in high school or college, you might consider coaching in one of the many areas or age groups. (Please let us know if you are interested)
- At meets, you may also be called upon to help in various ways, so please make yourself available, if possible. We also have to set up and take down our team tents and keep our area clean as well as needing help monitoring and assisting our younger athletes.
Fundraising:
FBCHA will be fundraising for the upcoming 2024-2025 Track Season during the Fall prior to our 2025 spring season. It is not required for our athletes, but is strongly encouraged. Our fundraiser will help to provide equipment, offset meet fees, provide coaching shirts, bless our seniors, and give scholarships to athletes in need. Please note that all of our coaches are volunteers giving of their time, their knowledge, experience and inspiring our athletes to reach their greatest potential.
FBCHA will be fundraising for the upcoming 2024-2025 Track Season during the Fall prior to our 2025 spring season. It is not required for our athletes, but is strongly encouraged. Our fundraiser will help to provide equipment, offset meet fees, provide coaching shirts, bless our seniors, and give scholarships to athletes in need. Please note that all of our coaches are volunteers giving of their time, their knowledge, experience and inspiring our athletes to reach their greatest potential.
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Typical Events at a Meet:
800 M, 1200 M, 1600 M (HS), 2400 M, and 3200 M (HS) 100/110 M and 300 M hurdles 100, 200, and 400 M Dash Relays (4x100 M; 4x200 M; 4x400 M) Long, Triple, and High Jump Shot Put and Discus Javelin (7th grade & up State Meet only) Pole Vault |
RECOMMENDED: Athlete preparation prior to practice/meets, what to bring to practice/meets, clothing, and shoes:
- Your athletes should always come prepared to train/run. We do recommend that all athletes drink plenty of water before, during and after practice/meets, as well as, light snacking. No matter what type of workout/run you tackle on any given day, going out on an empty stomach isn’t going to enhance your performance but more likely hinder it. Try and consume a light snack that includes carbohydrates to give you the energy you need to perform. It doesn’t need to be an entire meal, just something to get and keep you going. It is also a good idea after a vigorous workout, but within thirty minutes, to consume low-fat chocolate milk. Who doesn't love that idea?
- Please bring plenty of water, and if you want gatorade, with you to practice. On track meet days all athletes need to bring with them water, gatorade, and plenty of snacks. These meets can last for many hours. Our coaching staff will be talking to the athletes about appropriate nutrition for them to obtain their optimal performance.
- All athletes need a comfortable pair of running shoes, shorts, t-shirts, and in colder weather, long athletic style pants. It's always a good idea in inclement weather times to wear layers to practice, take off layers during practice, and then put layers back on after practice when the temperatures are always changing during this season.
- We also highly recommend wearing compression style shorts that cover the hamstrings to be worn under their shorts during meets and practices. This helps to prevent hamstring pulls which we see a lot of during the track season.
- High School athletes and some middle school athletes will need a pair of track spikes to wear during their running and jumping events. There are many different types of track spikes and they are designed for specific events your athlete is running. Please ask our coaching staff for recommendations before buying your athlete a pair of track spikes.
FBCHA High School Team
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FBCHA Middle School Team
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