It just turned Christmas day on the East Coast and since all the fam is asleep and I'm going to be pretty much out of commission tomorrow, I figured I'd take the time to say Merry Christmas. As in year's past I want to open this up for last second Christmas wishes. What are you wishing Santa will bring you under the tree? Perhaps, it's a new pair of spikes? Maybe a PR in the 60m at your first [...]

Here's another 5 minute clip from Dan Pfaff from the National Podium Education Project in Las Vegas. This talk was on absolute strength and power development for world class horizontal jumpers. As you may be able to tell, Pfaff is a generalist and many of the themes that he uses for coaching one event group are used in what may appear to be very different event groups. Enjoy. [...]

As promised, here's today's video clip. This one is actually one of my favorite lectures from HPC's recent clinic. In this talk, throws coach Larry Judge discusses ways to maximize competition performances. This lecture is pretty high level and has a wealth of useful information that can be applied across event groups. [...]

This morning I had the privilege of interviewing legendary sprint coach Tom Tellez for a sprinting round table I'm putting together for IAAF's New Studies in Athletics. I've been working on compiling this thing for some time now and I think it's really gonna rock when done. The first time I really had a chance to meet Tom was when he spoke at my companies clinic at the Olympic Trials this summ [...]

As promised here's another lecture clinic video from a coaching great. This one's by none other than Tom Tellez, the former coach of Carl Lewis, Leroy Burrell, and Mike Marsh in addition to many others. In this talk Tom gives some tips for starting block setup and the set position. [...]

Well the year is wrapping up and it's been a banner one for ET. Last year at this time the site had been down for weeks due to some server problems and it took the first couple months of the year just to get things back on track again after the long hiatus and a simultaneous site upgrade stomped down the daily use of the site to practically nothing. Fortunately, the site has bounced back nicely t [...]

For those of you who have never had the opportunity to learn from Coach Pfaff you are missing out. He is one of the most well-rounded coaches in the world and his expertise covers not only a variety of events in track and field but also a wide variety of disciplines. Here's a 5 minute snippet from one of his lectures at the recent 2008 National Podium Project in Las Vegas. I taped 3 lectures and [...]

What are the underlying kinetics and kinematics that make Dayron Robles better? The most obvious aspect is to look at his technique but the key concept is the relationship of his technique to the demands of the event. His seven step approach is one glaring difference so I will focus on his other 9 hurdles and what he does differently and the same with elite hurdlers. Here are some questions that I [...]

Since I will not post regularly until the New Year I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday season. This is always a special time of year, personally it a time to give thanks for family and friends and to appreciate the good fortune that we have received. Sport is a special way to make to friends and influence people. Each year that I coach I realize and appreci [...]

I thought that headline might catch your attention. You read it right...a new study indicates that if you eat more calcium, you'll crap out more fat. Twice as much. Why is this important? Well for one, it explains the seemingly paradoxical link that's been observed between increased dairy consumption (typically foods that are higher in fat and even sugar) and lower body compositions. It also exp [...]