Along the way of becoming a better coach and educator in sport, I’ve come across in both academia and in real life six traits that I hold to be true of quality coaches that build not only strong individuals not only in body but in mind and spirit as well. In turn the athletes in most cases will meet these approaches with a stronger investment back in you the coach, the program, and in their own [...]

Cheerleading is not a sport! It may be athletic, but is entertainment, a sideshow so to speak. To have any $$ diverted to this from real female sports is misappropriation of funds. Realize this is a value judgment on my part, but it is what it is. Kills me to see the youth football cheerleaders being socialized into this scene at a young age. [...]

Due to the increased time constraints of being a father, husband, and pursuing my company full-time, I am sad to announce that I'm going to be closing ELITETRACK in the coming days. The decision has been difficult and I've spent a long time coming to this point but I am sure that this is what I must do. Although site traffic has picked up substantially over the past year, I no longer have the ti [...]

If you go to any high school track meet around the country and listen up for the feedback between coaches and athletes after the 60m or 100m you'll inevitably ALWAYS hear someone make a comment about how slow their reaction time was and how it just killed their race. I want to take a look at this phenomenon and see if there's anything to it. I'll take a Does / Does Not approach where I'll prov [...]

A friend of mine sent this to me yesterday. I think the same could be said about Athletic Development methods and concepts.A self-important college freshman walking along the beach took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen resting on the steps why it was impossible for the older generation to understand his generation. You grew up in a different world, actually an almost primitive one th [...]

Conspiracy theory may be in need here as my trip to Utah included a riffling of my sweater and digital tapes of the presentation while I was asleep on the plane. Also, by accident, the seminar I was speaking on a few days failed to get the first presentation. Mine. As requested the notes from Sweden, Boston, and Utah will be created via Skypecast method so we can have the content on download if Mi [...]

This flu bug that is going around is very nasty. I got sick on February 26 and was in bed for four days including a visit to the hospital ER because of difficulty breathing. Just been spending time trying to get back on my feet. Given the medication and overall feeling of fatigue I did not feel up to any post posts that might be close to coherent. I hope that I will get back into it with this post [...]

Last week, one of the hot topics on the forum was a discussion of the speed of Florida's football players and how Freshman Phenom Jeff Demps wasn't even the fastest guy on the team. Well, it looks like Florida still has quite a bit of catching up to do. Check out this video. Make sure you watch the whole thing...then let's talk about fast. I don't even think Usain would have made this final. [...]

This picture of Luiz Felipe Scolari, the Manger of Chelsea during yesterdays match against Manchester United speaks volumes. It reminded about how important nonverbal communications, facial expressions and body language are in coaching. [...]

Many times we are proud as coaches of what we do and use youtube as a way to share with the world our accomplishments. Still, let's focus on every athlete that may not be the star. One of my own coaches made an effort that the slowest person on the team still be a model on how to do things the right way...just a little bit slower. Lesson learned for today is don't post a youtube video of athlete [...]