This is an article from yesterday's New York Times sports page. As soon as I read it I ran the gamut of emotions starting with astonishment and ending with anger. What are we trying to do here? Isn’t this just exploiting kids? Why don’t we just let them be kids? I have a long time interest in Long Term Athlete Development, youth sports and physical education, this concept and many o [...]

This is reprinted from the New York Times Sports page. A friend of mine called my attention to this. His coach Bob Kiphuth at Yale was a pioneer in the application of dryland training to swimming. It is interesting to note in the article that they could not put the long hours in the pool because they did not have goggles and the pools were heavily chlorinated.Alan Ford, Top Freestyler in 1940s, Is [...]

KRAENZLEIN, ALVIN 1876-1928Track-and-field championHurdling InnovatorAlvin Kraenzlein is one of the pivotal figures in the development of track and field. Historians of the sport recognize him as the father of straight-lead-leg hurdling (in which the first leg over the hurdle is kept straight and parallel to the ground). Hurdlers continue to employ this technique, which permits the athlete to clea [...]

British cycling won 15 Olympic and Paralympic golds! Following from previous successes at the Athens Olympics and the World Track Championships! Performance Director for British Cycling, David Brailsford was asked about the launch point for this amazing success. Quite simply, I think we have a greater desire to succeed than our competition, which means that we are brutally honest about our current [...]

There's so much good stuff to write about with this year's Olympics I'm going to do a couple series and keep writing as the Olympics go on. The 100m is one event that I'd really like to take a closer look at. If you didn't know, the results are in and a new person has claimed the title of "World's Fastest Human." Since the TV broadcast isn't on until tonight and I know some people don't [...]

This is the time of year when championships are won and lost before a game or match is ever played. This is the infamous “pre-season” training period where teams will practice twice even three times a day to get ready for the season starting in late August. I maintain that more games and matches are lost during this period because coaches overwork their athletes during this period. It is too l [...]

One of the athletes on my club team has just made the news. An article about HPC Elite Team member, Lamont Dagen is on the front page news of his hometown newspaper today. Checkout "Putting his best foot forward Kenosha Man eyes Olympics" about Lamont and his quest to make the Olympic team. To support Lamont as he pushes on to the Olympic Trials and beyond please consider donating to his Olympic [...]

As many of you know, Coach John McDonnell of the University of Arkansas is retiring this year. The University of Arkansas recently placed the job ad for his replacement on the NCAA Career Center website. Only former SEC rival Pat Henry can rival how prolific this man has been. Check out these milestones from his website: 42 NCAA championships since 1984, including 11 cross country, 19 indoor tr [...]

Truly amazing, at the conclusion ofcompetition in the World Track & Field championships there havebeen no positive drug tests announced. That leads me to think one oftwo things: 1) The outlaws are ahead of the law again 2) There isanother cover-up – if in doubt throw the piss down the toilet! You drawyou own conclusions but if you think of it from a pure statisticalviewpoint to have no posit [...]

Looks like US quartermile dominance is as strong as ever. PositionLaneBibAthleteCountryMarkReact161151Jeremy WarinerUSA43.45 0.182251120LaShawn MerrittUSA43.96 0.180341141Angelo TaylorUSA44.32 0.17348352Chris BrownBAH44.45 0.16857561Leslie DjhoneFRA44.59 0.15163425Tyler ChristopherCAN44.71 0.169791037Johan WissmanSWE44.72 0.18182351Avard MoncurBAH45.40 0.164I'm assuming Kerron Clement wil [...]