It is about people, not facilities and equipment. They have a culture that values sport and coaching.Integration of sports science is part of the sporting culture. The input of the sport scientist is sought and valued.Just like us they have their problems. Sometimes top heavy withadministration. Government funding is both a blessing a curse at times.Friendships through sport are long lasting and b [...]

I can’t believe this is happening. This is not the direction we need to go. This is a minefield, Long Term Athletic development will be non existent. My cynicism leads me to think this is just another way to pad the coffers of the IOC by garnering more TV money and extending the already expensive bidding process even further. Is this what best for the young athlete’s? Read this and wee [...]

Here's a thought-provoking article from Mike Hurst of the Daily Telegraph. If you read closely there are some interesting morsels in there:"VINCIT Qui Se Vincit" reads the Latin inscription tattooed on John Steffensen's right shoulder. It translates as, "He conquers who conquers himself."As the Commonwealth 400m champion fought off the temptation to stop in the interest [...]

Can these oldies still prove to be goodies? Read this Millrose Games press release and decide for yourself?NEW YORK CITY (Jan. 23) – Gail Devers, a two-time Olympic 100-meter champion, and  Maurice Greene, an Olympic gold medalist at 100 meters and a three-time World Champion, have been added to a star-studded field for the 100th Millrose Games, organizers announced today. Devers will c [...]

I have received quite a few emails with links to a well known drug coach who is now on a lecture tour of Australia. It has prompted to think again about where we draw the line. I challenged someone on this guy and his “information” and their retort was that he is a hell of a coach. My comeback is how do you know? Was it the drugs or the coaching? Lets remember that doping is cheating. [...]

Since I posted the article about Ben complaining, it's only fair to post this one from today's ESPN News Service:If you think you've heard every excuse for a positive doping test, think again: Discredited sprinter Ben Johnson has told an Australian newspaper that his chief rival, Carl Lewis, was "involved" in a conspiracy to sabotage Johnson's drug testing scandal at the [...]

A funny claim by Ben Johnson in today's Associated Press:MELBOURNE, Australia: Disgraced sprinter Ben Johnson has claimed superstar rival Carl Lewis played a part in a conspiracy to sabotage his drug sample at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, costing him his 100 meters gold medal. Johnson set a world record of 9.79 seconds to win the 100 meters at Seoul but was stripped of his gold medal and world rec [...]

This article appeared in the Science Section of yesterday New York Times. It certainly made me think of all the steroid injections I have seen during my involvement in sport. Short term gain, for long tern loss, unfortunately in professional and high level collegiate sport this goes on all the time. “Treatment: Tennis Elbow, Advice: Spare the Steroid Injections Steroid injections for t [...]

Yesterday afternoon I saw that Peter Norman had died of a heart attack in Australia at age 64. Most of you probably have no idea who Peter Norman was; he was a 200 meter sprinter who won the Silver medal in the 1968 Olympics. The time that he ran that day 20.06 is still an Australian record. That is all incidental to what happened on the victory stand. The winner Tommy Smith and the bronze medalis [...]

The following is an excerpt from an article that Dean Benton and I wrote for Sport Coach in Australia. Continuum of injury prevention/performance enhancement exercise:The placement of exercises on the continuum is ultimately determined by the relationship to the function of the hamstring in actual running. It helps to look at the continuum as progressing from a low speed, high force emphasis, to [...]