A friend of mine just sent me a nice link to a video page with some great track-related sport science videos from the Australian Institute for Sport. If you've been following sport science developments over the past 10 years you should know that the Austrailian's state funded sport science program is unrivaled in the world of athletics today. I think this is the primary reason they were able to [...]

How many of these age phenoms have we seen come and go?Schoolgirl, 11, smashes Freeman's 24-year recordBy Alex MurdochOctober 24, 2007 02:00amArticle from: Herald SunIS pint-sized powerhouse Amber Rowlandson the next Cathy Freeman?Rowlandson, 11, has smashed the Olympic gold medallist's Queensland 11-year-old girls' 200m record at the primary school aths championships in Cairns.And, as [...]

This was in todays BBC Sports, makes you think. Are sheep walking or does this really help?Sports star ice baths questionedPaula Radcliffe may say they are the secret of her success, but Australian research is questioning the benefits of taking an ice bath after exercise.Physiotherapists recommend the bath as a way to speed up recovery, claiming the icy cold helps shift lactic acid.But this is un [...]

This was one of the questions asked at a presentation I did to Athletics and swim Coaches at University of Queensland.It is an important question, certainly not one to be taken lightly.Periodization as it has been commonly taught by Bompa et. al. is dead!That neat defined world of general preparation, special preparation,competition and transition does not exist any more. Contemporaryreality is th [...]

Folks I will break it to you gently, the weight room is not the answer. For those of you that still think of yourself as strength coaches I think it is time to reconsider what you are doing and how you are doing it. If the focus is on the weight room then the point of training the complete athlete is being missed. There are so many facets to athletic development that must be developed concurrently [...]