I asked Jack Blatherwick to address his viewpoint on establishing an aerobic base. Jack is with the Washington Capitols and was conditioning coach for six American Olympic Ice Hockey teams including the 1980 “Miracle Team”). The following is his response:Establishing an aerobic baseby Jack Blatherwick, Ph.DThis question comes up often: is it appropriate for young sprinters and athletes [...]

Do not let appearances fool you. Yea, John Daly is an athlete. He probably does not use good judgment in his personal habits, but by many standards he can still get it done. He does not have to run the course, if he did the he would either be smaller or not play. If you use the appearance criteria then why do big fat linemen get a free pass? Fitness is relative to your sport and position. In fact [...]

The following are excerpts from an article entitled It Was Over Long Before It Was Over By DAVE ANDERSON in Mondays August 13, 2007New York Times Sports page. Tiger Woods epitomizes what Dweck calls theGrowth Mindset. I have always been very impressed by how handlespressure and how he conducts interviews. There are many lessons to belearned from this great athlete. Ofall the elements in Woods&rs [...]

As doping revelations continue to come out in sports like cycling, baseball, and now golf, track has had a relatively dope-free summer so far. Albiet, the World Championships is still a month away but so far there haven't been any major players in the sport of track caught and just as important there haven't been any rumors or allegations (which always seem to have at least a hint of truth [...]

This post was written by a friend in reaction to what he has been in a particular event in a particular sport where American results are terrible. This really could be written about many sports. Enjoy it! This is based on a true story, but the sport and the names have been hidden to protect the innocent. Once upon a time, there was a young athlete in an individual sport, trying his bes [...]

Carl Valle said something to me in an email that struck a resonating cord. Can you be too specific? Is it possible to increase pattern overload from too many highly specific movements in training. I think you can. Training for an activity is just that training to prepare to do that activity. It is not the activity itself. The most specific movement is the activity itself. Each repetitive activity [...]

I have lived by the motto that simplicity yields complexity for a long time. I am continually amazed by how people try to make things complicated. When you think of the human body and it’s potential for movement it is complex enough without trying to make it more complicated. I was watching a golf conditioning guy work yesterday and I felt sorry for the golfer. Forget all the jargon that was [...]