Has anyone thought to relate the steriod use in baseball with the injuries? Pulled hamstrings in the players and elbow injuries in the pitchers. Just a thought. [...]

Palmeiro swears before CongressWashington, DC- In a congressional hearing on steroid abuse in professional athletics, Raphael Palmeiro stated before congress that he had never used steroids. He actually went out of his way to make perfectly clear that he had "NEVER" taken steroids. Well three days ago news broke that Palmeiro had failed a drug test for a performance enhancing steroid and the Ori [...]

Baton Rouge, LA- Smoot's flight arrived in to N.O. this morning andafter a quick look around the town that made Fat Tuesday famous, weheaded back to Baton Rouge. After settling in, we headed out to thetrack for some training and testing. I took Smoot through my warmupprotocol and then ran him through a couple more tests. Because of someequipment limitations in the testing that was done earlier in [...]

Harrisonburg, VA- Nothing much to report here. As I mentioned in the previous entry I wanted Smoot to do a second round on some of the tests so I could get a better idea of what he was capable of. If logistically possible, I like to do quite a few tests, sometimes even repeating the same tests, so I am able to get both accurate and reliable test results that reflect what the athlete's capabilitie [...]

Harrisonburg, VA- I was in Harrisonburg to teach at the Level 2 & 3USATF Coaches Education schools and it occured to me that Smoot livedrelatively close. I asked him to come down to James Madison Universitywhere the school was being held so that we could do some pre-testingbefore he visited Baton Rouge. With all of my clients, I like to dosome pre-testing to determine their strengths and weaknesse [...]

Six Months Ago...Smoot Carter contacted my company, Human Performance Consulting about6 months ago requesting a biomechanical analysis of his runningmechanics. While this is a fairly common request, what made hissituation unique was the fact that he was a baseball player who had agenuine interest in speed development and training. Most of our clientsseeking a sprint analysis are track and field at [...]