Episode 483: Chuck Schwartz – Air Academy High School
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Chuck Schwartz is on the show today for another episode of the high school coaching series sponsored by V.O2.
Chuck is the head cross country and track coach at the Air Academy. He has been coaching for over 25 years. He had a very successful running career himself. He ran at Adam’s State University where he was coached by the legendary Coach Joe Vigil. He won a national championship in the steeplechase at Adams State University.
Chuck has so many accolades as a coach including 13 individual state champions that he has coached and most recently his girls cross country team won the 2022 Colorado 5A Division State Championship. They were 7th in the US! He mentions in this episode that every single member of that state championship team is returning this year.
In this episode, we talk about leadership and coaching philosophies.
What we talked about:
4:00- Coaching at Air Academy
5:40- His passion for coaching and teaching at a young age
7:05- Coaches that had a big impact on him personally
13:30- His college running career
15:35- Communicating about hard work to athletes
19:30- Developing athletes into leaders
26:05- Talking to young girls about body image
28:15- How becoming a parent changed his coaching
34:55- Dealing with the pressure of coming off of a cross country state title
44:00- Utilizing V.O2 for writing his training
48:30- Figuring out an athlete’s intentions with running
52:05- Talking to athletes about nerves
1:00:50- End of podcast questions
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions Podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:19.7 | Hey, friends. Welcome to All Have Another Podcast with Lindsay Heim. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm your host Lindsay. Thanks so much for being here today. |
| 0:27.0 | Alright, so we're bringing you the last high school coach in the high school coaching series sponsored by V.O.2. |
| 0:35.0 | If you are not in the know about V.O.2, V.O.2 is a coaching app for runners of all levels based on the science of legendary exercise scientists and coach Dr. Jack Daniels. |
| 0:48.0 | Alright, this is a great platform for high school coaches, people coaching adult athletes everyday runners, |
| 0:54.0 | and not only does it streamline what you are doing, it is also very accurate and it's a responsible way to train. |
| 1:01.0 | And guess what? Our coach today on the podcast, I didn't even know this when we book the episode. |
| 1:06.0 | He is a regular user of V.O.2, so that's really cool. |
| 1:10.0 | If you are a coach wanting to try it out, you can use the code CoachLinsey to get 20% off your annual subscription. |
| 1:17.0 | Just go to V.O.2.com and you can also email info at V.O.2.com to connect with someone from their amazing team. |
| 1:27.0 | Alright, so while our coach today is Coach Chuck Schwartz, he is the head cross-country and track coach at the Air Academy. |
| 1:34.0 | He's been coaching for over 25 years and he was a very successful athlete himself. |
| 1:42.0 | He ran a Adam State University where he was coached under the legendary Coach Joe V. Hill. |
| 1:49.0 | He won a national championship in the steeple chase while at Adam State University. |
| 1:56.0 | He has so many accolades as a coach himself, including 13 individual state champions that he has coached. |
| 2:03.0 | And most recently, his girls cross-country team won the State Championship in 2022 in the Colorado 5A division. |
| 2:13.0 | They were 7th in the United States. Wow, this is so exciting. |
| 2:18.0 | So they've got a lot to look forward to this year. |
| 2:21.0 | He actually mentioned in the episode that every single member of that team is returning this year, so it's very exciting. |
| 2:28.0 | We talk a lot about leadership and coaching philosophies in this episode. |
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