Elitetrack: Sport Training & Conditioning

dwights 30…

not sure about the first question…mike would know…

and last i heard brian johnson and miguel pate were down there training with Boo…

Poor judgement by Dwight. His prep towards the trial was different from years past. Typically, he has a number of 100s & 60s under his belt.Some times even early rounds of the OT 100. This is speculation, it could be other factors.

Years ago when he did Poliquin lifting stuff he looked heavy.  Now he just looks soft and is still heavy.  His glutes look like my grandmothers now.

tkaberna - 29 June 2008 04:58 PM

Isnt Boo a product of Tellez?  Who are the two athletes of Boos?  Also, how old is Dwight now?  Thanks.

Boo was heavily influenced by Dan Pfaff, since Boo was a HS coach in Louisiana while Dan was coaching field events at LSU.  Dan was mentored by Tellez and was a GA at Houston while he did his Master’s degree.  Dan speaks extrememly highly of Tellez and while I don’t think the mechanics he teaches are much different, his training plans do not resemble much of what Tellez was doing back in the Santa Monica Track Club days.  Boo’s training plans are similar to Dan’s system with some of his own evolution over time.

Boo does coach Miguel Pate and Brian Johnson usually at the CAP Elite training center in Baton Rouge.

yeah, i agree he does look very soft. Like he doesnt lift anymore or something. Is this something from Tellez as well?

for those who didnt hear it…

push, PULL, plant…

the words of Trevell, from the WR holder mouth, no doubt…

That cue sounds familiar to me.  Heard it doesnt really happen like that though.  Take care.

yeah ok ... lol.

crazyhops - 30 June 2008 09:08 AM

for those who didnt hear it…

push, PULL, plant…

the words of Trevell, from the WR holder mouth, no doubt…

who’s coaching him?  is randy hidden in there somewhere?

Mike Powell…

Travell is with Powell as best as I know and Powell was coached by Huntington who uses the push-pull-plant cue extensively (if he didn’t coin it himself). I actually ran in to Randy 2 days ago but didn’t have the time to ask him about it.

On a related note, I spoke with Boo at length today about many things and we spent some time going over some video of Pate and Brian Johnson. He doesn’t want the foot more than about 8 inches in front of the hips at takeoff and he actually does like some quad action at takeoff. With Pate and Johnson added to the list of Davis and Moffit (04 OG Silver) Boo practically has a monopoly on U.S. long jump Olympians with his athletes taking 4 of the 6 spots on the last two Olympiads. I’m not aware of any other jumps coach in U.S. history who has had this stranglehold on the event.

im in with the best then !!!! nice…

can you explain more, the quad action at take off, you were talking about…

Yes, if you are in with Boo, you are in with the best.  Like Mike said 4 of the 6 Long Jump Olympians in the past 2 Olympics is very impressive.

The “pull” in Randy ala Powell is in reference to pulling the free leg through a.k.a swinging the free leg through agressively.

more like a product of boo…