Two days ago, I posted about a recent article in the Wall Street Journal that surprisingly featured 3 track athletes in its Top 10 (including Decathlete Roman Sebrle at number 1). Today, in some rare down time at the USATF Jr. Nationals I saw a related article that had a pretty interesting video of Bryan Clay going through the SPARQ testing protocol. The premise is that most athletes only do one o [...]

I have received some questions about SPARQ and my involvement. SPARQ is an acronym for speed, agility, reaction and quickness. It a company based on Portland< Oregon. It is directed at young athletes primarily high school age. Last when I got involved they were developing SPARQ Rating for various sports. The purpose was to give the kids an SAT of Athleticism. It is a neat concept because each e [...]