I recently picked up a book You Haven't Taught Until They Have Learned by S. Nater and R. Gallimore. I've read a few chapters, faxed a few chapters to friends, and started some interesting discussions. Wooden was the consummate teacher who was organized, demanding, yet humble. One of the best chapters is "It's What You Learn After You Know It All That Counts Most". I think back to some earlie [...]

For a limited time this month I am offering a DVD set with Tom Tellez, Dan Pfaff, and Boo Schexnayder. Tellez - Methods to Improve Sprint Starts and Sprint/Hurdle Mechanics (2 DVD set) Over 2 hrs of lecture, demonstration and video analysis by the master.Pfaff - Technical Problem Solving - 80 min lecture on how to detect and solve technical errors... covers a myriad of overlooked topics.Pfaff [...]

We often think of Plan B as something we go to when things go wrong (e.g., when athletes get beat up, weather conditions, injuries). But what about going to Plan B when things go right?Yesterday we had a Sprint-Float-Sprint workout planned with 6-8 mins break. The first run went so well, exceptionally well, that I had to make an important decision. I could:a) adhere to the rest/recovery time on th [...]

Last year I read Malcolm Gladwell's excellent book Outliers. In it he talks about success and some of our (mis) conceptions. At one point he talks about IQ and says, "Over the years, an enormous amount of research has been done in an attempt to demonstrate how a performance on an IQ test... translates to real life success." He then goes on to explain some scoring ranges (e.g., people below 70 a [...]

Everyone who has ordered so far will have their dvds shipped on Monday. I have received some emails and queries from people about getting individual dvds instead of the whole set. Here is what you can do:Boo Schexnayder - Planning Microcylces/Speed & Power Development/Training Design (2 dvd set) - $45Dan Pfaff - Training Design, Injury, and Plan "B" - (2 DVD set) - $45Dan Pfaff - 200m and up Tra [...]

Okay... the other day I hinted at something special.. here it is!I am offering a 5 DVD set of lectures by Dan Pfaff and Boo Schexnayder. Dan Pfaff - Training Design, Injuries, and Plan B (two disc set)Dan Pfaff - 200m and Up Sprint TrainingBoo Schexnayder - Planning Microcycles (part I)Boo Schexnayder - Traning Design/Speed & Power Development (Part II)I am offering this set for a limited time fo [...]

I recently put together a DVD for a clinic presentation - it was well received and I am offering it here for $30. The DVD has over 90 mins of video with members our training group doing Acceleration Development/Blocks Starts, various hurdle mobility routines, general strength routines, warm-up routines and sprint drills, special sprint tech, various multi-jump routines. Included are Olympic and Wo [...]

If you're using the olympic lifts in your program which variation(s) do you choose and why? I'm not going to get into different initiations (floor, box, hip, hang, static, dynamic, complex, etc..), but will focus on the quality and the carry over of the snatch and the clean. Often I see athletes with PRs and work weights in the power clean that are almost double what they work with if they do [...]

It's the time of year where folks who are doing meaningful indoor seasons have a significant idea of where they are. Certain improvements are maturing and becoming more evident in training and competitive environments. Certain insufficiencies and limiting qualities are also very apparent. Often things that aren't there lack the basic supports to be there. Once you're into the competitive se [...]

Many current gurus provide sample speed/power plans that recommend volumes of speed/power elements that I find paltry for the majority of situations. I think a lot of this bias can be traced back to incomplete backgrounds heavily centered toward the force end of the force/velocity curve (weightroom centric strength and conditioning backgrounds, heavily powerlifting based backgrounds, etc..) If [...]