These are not necessarily original ideas, but the experience in Holland stimulated me to reflect on these. I certainly will post more detail on many of these in the next few weeks.It is what you do with what you have. Holland is a nation of around of 14 million people. They do more with what they have than many other much larger countries. It is really about optimizing and directing your resources [...]

Shhhhhhh, be warry, warry, quiet.  Were hunting Ibis. The lovely Mrs CFKA and I are eading south for 2 weeks. Looking forward to seeing how Todd is acclimating to the heat (both climate and Big East pressure!)And am in hopes of a rare "JJ" sighting.  Our prodical brotha is rumored to be somewhere in Coral Gables.Todd tells me to start my search at the Jim Van Hoo [...]

A friend of mine sent me the following editorial from the Los Angeles Times.Tag‹you're illegal!Banning 'contact' or 'chase' games so neither students' skin nor psyche can be bruised is silly. Stop the coddling!October 28, 2006THE LIST OF WAYS in which children's skin and psyche can be forever bruised is apparently endless these days: dodge ball, kickball, any gam [...]

Frans is an artist (to my left) who has had many professional exhibitions, his are is biomechanics and Ronald (second from right) is an exercise physiologist. They both teach at a Sport School that is roughly equivalent to our teacher colleges. Also joining us for dinner was Dick Lam,(right) he is a coach of youth and masters runners and works for A Film the distributors of the running DVD. (Go to [...]

ELITETRACK is making this public service announcement to preserve the knees of every human being on the planet. Thousands of knees have been spontaneously combusting, disintegrating, or outright disappearing each day.  Researchers at ELITETRACK have recently confirmed reports that some extremely dangerous activities have been linked to these problems. These activities include but are not limi [...]

I am sure to keep my coaching in context and not make you "drink the Kool-Aid" as in marketing /exaggerrating/exploiting my experience. At some point- drawing the line- it clicks in your head (Boyle's done it; Roger's done it; Woicick's done it, e tc.) that after years of working with the best or continually arriving at high level results, coincidence ceases and skills are th [...]

I presented a workshop for team sport coaches in the afternoon. I was interesting. There were several vocal differences of opinion from my point of view. I think it stimulated some good discussion and solidified some people’s thoughts. The dissenter’s opinion was that you did not do anything outside of practicing and playing the game. The felt you could get as strong, fast, explosive a [...]

According to a recent ESPN.com story it looks like Trevor Graham is under investigation in the BALCO grand jury investigation. While I think this is long overdue it's kind of ironic if you think that it was Graham who put this whole thing in motion when he turned in the now infamous syringe containing BALCO's secret sauce. How funny would it be if it turns out Graham turned in the syring [...]

 To The Honorable Mike, Carl and the unknown but debating "West58"I have some questions and some concerns with the Weyland study being discussed.1. I understand that much of the information came from treadmill running...2. While I don't object to the premise:Faster Top Running Speeds are Achieved with Greater Ground Reaction Forces not More Rapid Leg Movements  I do have co [...]

I am in coaching heaven right now. Totally immersed in coaching, interacting with a group of coaches who are interested in getting better and innovating. This has been very motivating for me. This morning I spent two hours talking with Luc van Agt who is an exercise physiologist, former track & field coach and the conditioning for PSV Eindhoven soccer team. He is also the conditioning coach for th [...]