I had the pleasure of sitting down with Tom Tellez and asked the questions that most coaches had about the current debates on forums and one of them was on vertical and horizontal forces. Like any master of coaching, Tom at a ripe age of 76 was sharp and created clarity to what was going on. I can't say enough good things about him as for two hours we addressed some very high level concepts and T [...]

What is going on in high level sprinting?The reality is that simple physics and basic math illustrates that those that are running faster are improving by increasing the total work during the stance phase. The take off angle and stride length changes are marginal since it's about more work being put down in order to overcome an increase of forces. What happens beyond 12.5 meters per second I am n [...]

Now that the World Cup is over with, it's time for another Spanish Inquisition. Foam rollers are being enhanced with vibration and what appears to be a off-road tire for some military tank. I do think foam rolling is a good tool, but foam rolling at the beginning of workouts just doesn't make much sense if you stop to think about things in depth. I think people fear some changes because other's [...]

Now that the blogs on sports performance slowed down and the hype is died off a bit, I decided to do some careful reflection on some of the work of Guy Voyer from the late 90s. What I wanted to do was see what the impact of various seminars and conferences had on me. If I wrote my workout on Friday, what would Monday's changes be after the weekend course or seminar? Would the big picture be much [...]

“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self” - Aldous Huxley If you're going to get better as a coach you need to commit yourself to continuing education. This can come in the form of mentorships; reading coaching and sport science research articles; attending clinics, symposiums, or coaches schools; forming think-tanks with other coach [...]

Here are some of my thoughts on training middle distance and distance runners. I continue to be amazed at the things that I see going on in training. We have been down this path so many times before I am amazed that the same questions are being asked and the same mistakes are repeated. In my 41 year coaching career I have been fortunate to work with some great middle distance and distance athlete [...]

I am doing a private intensive workshop on hamstring injuries in late June and I am excited to hear feedback from several sports medicine staff members . This is perhaps the most detailed summary of what the leading therapists in North America are actually doing regarding soft tissue injuries from fascial work, cyriax work, body alignment, foot biomechanics, EMS, aquatic therapy, and strength trai [...]

Nick did a great job with this video. In a simple summary he was articulate, clean, pragmatic, logical, and of course precise. This is evolution of Weinstein pulley work (more commonly known as pallof presses to those that don't remember some of the hammer battles in the 90s) is exactly what we need. Sensible solutions to challenging the core. One aspect that I think Nick may wish to think about [...]

Tuesday evening is the best Mediacast I have done so far. I am truly proud of the honest and effective information on observation of gait. For those that are a little uncomfortable with such an intimidating subject this breathes relief to coaches feel that they are "behind" in regards to biomechanics. Frankly I am giving my belief of what the role of the coach is, not a wannabe podiatrist or cor [...]

"If we accept the model as a realistic representation of the real system, the inevitable conclusion is that the bilateral deficit in jumping is primarily caused by the force-velocity relationship rather than by a reduction of neural drive. This conclusion is different from that drawn by Challis, but his findings were basically the same and he would have come to the same conclusion as we have, had [...]