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Harvard sophomore Wendy Svatek was familiar with the other coaches around the EISA, the Division II league that Harvard competes in, and she knew that Bill Sapp would be unlike any other coach in the league...
...Sapp says he has tried to pass on his experiences skiing at St. Lawrence to the Crimson skiers. He found the Harvard skiers just as dedicated to training as his teammates were at Division I St. Lawrence. This was important, because he wanted to design a training program where the athletes take a major role in designing the workouts...
...coach at SLU, Paul Daly, used a similar program where the skiers do not have to ask the coach what the afternoon's workout was, since they had designed the workout. Sapp's ultimate goal in using this type of program is to teach the skiers not only so that they can coach themselves, but so that they will be able to go on and coach other skiers...
...Sapp adds that the team has been blessed with captains who are very willing "to do more than just lead stretches." The responsibilities that Berle and Duncan have taken on include running practices, coordinating the team on race weekends and dealing with the athletic department...
...Sapp's concern for serving others extends not only to his athletes but also to his involvement with the Law School. Imagine attending at least four practices a week and weekend races while working on over 20 cases for the Law School's Voluntary Defenders Program, which provides free defense in criminal cases, and serving on the Environmental Law Board at the Law School. He shrugs it off and says that athletics makes you use your time more efficiently...