While I coach at Charleston, I still keep in contact with some of my former athletes through texting and other forms of communication. This past weekend, I got a text message that stated, "46.13 NCAA Automatic Mark!" I had the privilege of working with this athlete over the summer doing things like overhead back shot throw, underhand forward shot throw, squats, standing broad jumps, and vertical [...]

Uncle Todd (Lane) had an athlete set a school record in the first meet of the year!Thats all.Well, that and figuring out this new website is analogous to knowing what documents you need to cross the border to Canada... [...]

What exactly is old school? Is old school having a work ethic? Is it old school to respect your opponents and your teammates? Is it old school to respect your coach? Is it old school to make a tackle and get up and go back to the huddle – no celebrations or sack dances? Is it old school to have to pay your dues? It is old school to take responsibility for your actions? Is it old school to ju [...]

You do not have to play the sport to know the sport. Today there are many tools touse to learn the sport. Virtually every sport has instructional booksand videos available that explain the sport from a technical andtactical perspective. Also remember the rules of the sport also dictateconditioning. That is why High School, Collegiate and NFL football havesubtle differences. To continue the America [...]

…we are battling our own issues here, more aggressively now than in the past and I am wondering what you think is the minimum BMI for a female distance athlete to have to allow her to continue to compete and train (given the struggle between eating disorders and ideal weight).That’s about as tough as it gets. Multi faceted issues with it. First, I’d get away from BMI. It&rsqu [...]

Legendary hurdles coach Wilbur Ross dies Recognized throughout the world as one of the premier hurdles coaches in history, track coach Wilbur Ross died on Wednesday, August 8, in Hollywood, Fla. He was 80.Ross, who mentored such luminaries as National Track & Field Hall of Famers Greg Foster, Roger Kingdom and Renaldo Nehemiah among many others, achieved success coaching at the University of Maryl [...]

Yesterday Iwas searching for some information for a project when I came acrossthis on a university’s strength and conditioning site: Philosophy:Linear/Undulating PeriodizationOlympic-style Weightlifting Whatexactly does this mean? Is this philosophy? This remands me of thecoach who told me his philosophy was to train the “Big Three.” I alwaysthought a philosophy was an underl [...]

Here was areply to my post that typifies the head in the sand approach of thecontemporary sheep walkers. It is a classic error in communication inthat it is not what I write, it is what you read. Vernare you serious this man doesn't get it, there are to many variables tojust blast the lifts. What did the program look like how much synergistcrossover was there between lifts, what where rest in [...]

I am at HarvardUniversity helping the Women’s swim coach’s revise and upgrade theirdryland training program. This is truly an amazing place. I reallyenjoy walking around Harvard Square. For a bibliophile like me this isalmost heaven think there about 25 bookstores with three blocks of myhotel. I was offered a job here in 1984 as assistant track coach. Thistrip is bringing back many fon [...]

NCAA Division I 2007 East Regional Gainesville, FL - 5/25/2007 to 5/26/2007 Women Long Jump Finals RANK ATHLETE SCHOOL 2 Brenda Faluade Miami 5 Amy Seward Miami 6 Deandra Doyley Miami  Women Triple Jump FinalsRANK ATHLETE SCHOOL1 Br [...]