Small School S&C Starter Toolkit

The system for the coach who is the entire strength staff.

At a small school, the problem usually isn't effort — it's structure. One coach, one room, every team in the building, short time blocks, and a budget that never stretches. This toolkit is the starting standard for running all of it without making it up as you go.

Inside:

• The Scheduling Grid — train every team in waves, grouped by sport season, so a small staff can cover the whole building

• The Testing Battery — what to test, in what order, and why speed and power come first

• The In-Season Template — the two-session week that maintains strength without stealing from practice, built on one rule: exercises never change in-season

• The Budget-Stretch Equipment Priority List — what to buy, in what order, planned backwards from your biggest group

Every section ends with "Make It Yours" — how to adapt the standard to your room, your athletes, and your calendar.

This is a starting standard to understand and then build on, not a program to copy.

What you get: a 13-page PDF guide, an appendix with the printable grids — sample week, a 17-team assignment table, the full equipment list with buy notes, and a blank grid for your school — plus a link inside to the editable version of the grids.

Built from running a Division III program — 17 teams, 400+ athletes a year — by a coach with 20+ years in collegiate weight rooms. If you are the entire strength department, this is your starting point.