Elitetrack: Sport Training & Conditioning

Thefollowing is an excerpt from my book. In light of the sheep walkingphenomenon (Blindly following the flock)I observed at the NSCAConvention I thought this would be appropriate. Hope it makes you th [...]

I can’t believe this is happening. This is not the direction we need to go. This is a minefield, Long Term Athletic development will be non existent. My cynicism leads me to think this is just a [...]

When I saw a picture of field hockey players it made me immediately think about why we train the way we train. I am an advocate of single leg squats and unilateral & reciprocal training exercises of the lower extremity (for that matter the upper body also). When you consider the forces that player must attenuate on one leg in stopping and starting it makes sense to train unilaterally. Also conside [...]

Yesterday I was able to meet with Dr. Peter Weyand of Rice University. It was really interesting getting to talk to him directly rather that depending on someone else’s interpretation of his ide [...]

Last week there was a series of articles in USA Today, November 16 & 16, 2006 about coaching compensation in college football. This article in light of the massive cuts that have occurred in so called “non-revenue” sports in the last twenty five years this just made me think of the role big time football plays in higher education. It is to the point where gymnastics and wresting a [...]