If I had to pick one thing that contributed to the success of my sprints/hurdles/jumps program this year, especially being in a new (distance runner based) school, it would be this:
Filed under Hurdles, Jumps, Sprints by on Jun 6th, 2011. Comment. 
It’s Championship Season and, if you’re a coach, you’re hoping you’ve put your athletes in position to have their best performances during this small window of ‘win or go home’ meets. So at this time of year, I get a lot of questions about peaking.
Filed under Distance, Hurdles, Jumps, Mid Distance, Sprints by on May 31st, 2011. 7 Comments.
I was at Brown University last week taking a tour of the facility and I started getting really excited about the clinic this summer. It’s a great facility in a beautiful area and we have some of the best coaches in the Northeast teaching the athletes and coaches who choose to attend.
Filed under Hurdles, Jumps, Sprints by on May 19th, 2011. 9 Comments.
I was on the phone last night with Brown University sprints/hurdles coach Marc Mangiacotti. He had just returned from his Conference Championship where he got some outstanding results with his sprinters and hurdlers.
Filed under Hurdles, Jumps, Mid Distance, Sprints by on May 9th, 2011. 1 Comment.
If you haven’t already, here are 3 reasons to bookmark the Complete
Track and Field Facebook Fan Page.
1. Email is dead.
Ok, it’s not dead. But it’s on life support. Outside of work, how often do you really check your email? If anything, you go right to Facebook. That’s what I do. And that’s where I get most of my messages that are not related to work.
Before I get to the Q&A, here are two new programs/resources you don’t want to miss:
1. After years of requests, I’m excited to announce we’re taking registrations for the 2011 New England Sprints & Jumps Clinic. Register early!
Filed under Hurdles, Jumps, Sprints by on Apr 27th, 2011. 7 Comments.
The 2011 New England Sprints & Jumps clinic will be held at Brown University on Saturday July 23 and Sunday July 24, 2011. Click here for more information and to register for the event:
Filed under Hurdles, Jumps, Sprints by on Apr 19th, 2011. 1 Comment.
Yesterday I read the Riot Act to my group of sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers.
Why?
We’re changing training phases and that means each event group requires more event specific training. My life becomes monumentally more difficult because instead of having individualized event training twice per week like we did during general prep, we now have individualized event training four or five days per week. So I needed to set a new tone for this new phase of increased technical demand and expectation.
Filed under Hurdles, Jumps, Sprints, Throws by on Apr 15th, 2011. 14 Comments.
Ah, yes. Dual meets. The bane of the existence of any Championship caliber program.
I’ve already written about how I feel about dual meets, so I won’t go into that here.
Filed under Hurdles, Jumps, Sprints by on Apr 11th, 2011. 6 Comments.
When speaking/presenting at a clinic or conference, it’s customary to give the coaches in attendance a great deal on your programs. So, this winter, when talking to coaches at both the Wisconsin Track Coaches Clinic and New England Track Coaches Clinic, I gave those coaches the lowest price on Complete Speed Training 2 that I’ve ever offered.
Filed under Hurdles, Jumps, Sprints by on Apr 7th, 2011. 7 Comments.
