The first step! Athletes need it in some capacity in every sport. Ok, almost every sport. Sorry bowlers and golfers. In tennis, it is getting to that tennis ball before it gets by you or bounces twice. In soccer, it is beating your opponent to the ball. In track, it is getting out of the [...]
One of the big misconceptions out there is in order to be a good coach, you have to have been a good athlete for that sport. Sometimes we can be blinded by all the accolades of that athlete and think, “I’m going to be taught by the best.” Well, as Magic Johnson found it, it [...]
A couple years ago, Tiger Woods was battling through a back injury and made a statement about how he couldn’t activate his glutes. Of course everybody had a field day making jokes about that. Not me. I actually wrote an article about what he could do to get them activated. You can read that article [...]
If you are a coach or athlete, then you appreciate the need for speed training in your program. Speed determines how fast you intercept the opposition or how you finish on the track. Every coach dreams of fast athletes and in fact, some of the best players in NFL and NBA are more renowned for [...]
As the Olympics are heating up and taking place now, a couple weeks ago track had its own version of the Olympics for youth athletes. The Junior Olympic National Track and Field Championships were held in Sacramento, California and one of our athletes, Aziza Ayoub, was competing. If you have been following our athletes, you [...]
If you talk with track coaches they say that one of the big muscles groups that needs to be worked on. When Tiger Woods was going through some injury issues awhile back, some analysts said that his glutes weren’t firing right. They need to start activating. Now don’t tell Tiger this, but I know the [...]
As a coach, you are always trying to improve. The better you are as a coach, obviously the better you will be coaching your athletes. Thus, the better chance your athletes will have at achieving their athletic goals. […]
The state track meet a couple weeks ago certainly brought back some memories for me. Seeing those kids run around the track with one person or team in each event becoming the state champion, the ultimate goal. […]
Just when you think you’ve seen everything, something else comes along that leaves you in complete disbelief. This past week, I went to a track meet with my daughter to watch a few of my athletes and this was one of those times. […]
I have a decent amount of track athletes that are running indoors currently. If you don’t already know, running a race indoors is completely different than running that same distance outdoors. […]