Halfway through our track season, I am more convinced than ever that whatever success you will have in your season is almost always related to what type of work you are doing in the off-season. Yes, you have to have practice and learn plays, etc. But, however well you personally are performing in my opinion [...]
Having watched track athletes all these years, I see this all the time. It never fails to occur the first time in the season you have warm weather and a nice sunny day. At least it never fails in Columbus, Ohio where I reside. Maybe if we lived in Florida year round I wouldn’t see [...]
If you have kids who play sports then you probably have witnessed this a lot. Parents lining along the sideline trying to coach their kids in the disguise of cheering for the team. I’m a parent so I kind of get it. You want your kid to be the one to score the goal or [...]
AAU basketball and club volleyball are running full swing right now and those athletes are looking for ways to increase their vertical jump. It should be fairly obvious the benefits of having a higher vertical in both sports, but let me list a few reasons why it helps: You can jump higher than your opponents [...]
In my field, you will hear about athletes doing sand training as way to improve speed and conditioning. I don’t live around much sand, so I don’t get to experiment with this a whole lot. Until this past week. My family was down in Florida for spring break. With my daughters smack dab in the [...]
One of the biggest issues I am dealing with right now is shin splints. I coach track and runners usually are the athletes dealing with shin splints, but it can happen in various sports. Knowing how to care for your shin splints can be the difference to whether they go away or linger and become [...]
As a track coach, I am in a constant battle with my players about proper warmup. Specifically, what the heck they are wearing when it is 50 degrees prior to their workout. If it is called a warmup, why is the athlete making it that much harder for him/herself by warming up in a shirt [...]
This time of year is one of my favorite times of year. Track season begins, but what also happens is the NFL Combine. I can’t get enough of the Combine. I binge-watch as much of it as I can. It ended yesterday with the defensive backs. This was good because db’s are very athletic skilled [...]
We had a track meet this weekend. It wasn’t a huge meet, but I was trying to make sure a few of my athletes had opportunities to decrease their times. One of my sprinters was in a position to improve her time for a couple of events and really solidify her position to qualify for [...]
I’ve been working with improving speed for young athletes for years. I do have an age requirement for our services and that age is 10. Not that kids younger than 10 can’t do speed training, but the way we are set up, I prefer not to work with kids that young. But, we get calls [...]