I work with a variety of athletes from different events in Track & Field as well as many athletes from other sports. Although the technical and biomotor qualities necessary for success may be very different across the spectrum of events and activities I train, one training commonality is that everyone sprints. At least a little bit. There’s an obvious need for some type of sprint training in [...]

When I get back from Trinidad I am going to start work on a new book on game changers. What is a game changer? A game changer is a person, idea, method or event that changed or is changing the way we train and play sport. Here are a few that I have so far:Nort Thornton – SwimmingDoc Counsilman – Swimming and training in generalBob Hoffman – Strength TrainingBob Gajda – Functional TrainingL [...]

This is at the forefront of my mind as I watch the World Cup matches. Game speed is different than pure track speed. Game speed requires the player to quickly (instantly) solve a myriad of movement problems. The track sprinter has one task – get to the finish line as fast as possible. The sprinter deals with three dimensions, the body, gravity and the ground. The games player has a fourth and so [...]

Instead of being my normal negative self here are some great tips I learned from a few jumps coaches years ago. Not doing plyometrics in HS, my personal experience needed some mentoring. The question why are we learning plyometrics from strength coaches that are not good at strength and conditioning? I will say that more athletes are likely to get hurt doing plyos than lifting in the weightroom, [...]

I wish to thank everyone for an extreme amount of patience with the mediacast series. With over 5 hours of content and 4 separate media files including video, exclusive photos, and information shared for the first time I am confident that anyone would find this a worthy educational product for those interested in sprinting. In addition to the mediacasts, a very popular video on warm-up concepts th [...]

The sad part of speed is that so many people train it out of their athletes. Especially with the endurance athletes, but I even see with speed and power athletes. It is about quality not quantity. Start with warm-up, some of these elaborate hour and fifteen minute warm-ups that include every drill under the sun are just getting the athlete tired not ready for explosive effort. Speed is about quali [...]

8pm HST we will be releasing the final series of installments on Speed City, focusing on the European influences before heading into the warm Caribbean. Some of the great champions and coaches will be reviewed in this Mediacast. Some of the interesting history and insight will be shared on what Poland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany (West and East), Great Britain, and even some less known [...]

Today I was sent an email that asked me to comment on the following workout that had been published on a very popular training and conditioning website as an appropriate workout for football players:Complete the following sprints:2 x 20 Meter Sprints (rest 20 seconds between efforts)Rest 30 seconds then...4 x 30 Meter Sprints (rest 30 seconds between efforts)Rest 30 seconds then...10 x 10 Meter Fl [...]

Tonight at 6pm PST those that ordered the mediacast will get some inside information of about seven years of research of Bud Winter and his influence. What is great about the download is the history of what Bud did in San Jose State University can be traced to firsthand witnesses and documentation of what happened with regards to training, and specifically, the art of coaching. Through the help of [...]

When you think about going for the quick fix, just quickly run this simple paradigm through your head. It all relates to time for adaptation. Nothing complicated. Don’t over think this. This is a just a general guideline, a reminder, that the process of adaption to training takes time.Flexibility improves day to dayStrength can be improved from week to weekSpeed (A fine motor quality) improves f [...]