Athletic Development – Defining the Field
Running Mechanics
Running Mechanics are a key aspect of running performance. It seems like everyone pays close attention to correct mechanics up to the 400 meters and then it is as if it does not matter anymore, when i...
Speed First
Most people agree that speed wins, then why if that is the case isn’t it made a priority. You must work on speed first and foremost. You must incorporate some elements of speed from the first t...
More On Functional Assessment
Sport is a fluid, dynamic, challenging, unpredictable combination of movements all taking place in a chaotic environment. A sound functional assessment looks at the key elements that we can identify a...
Take A Different Look – Skill & Athleticism
In order to effectively train athletes for a sport or to rehab them from an injury demands a thorough and complete understanding of the demands of the sport. Each sport demands a certain amount of ath...
Moneybull Nonsense
Just because you measure or can measure something does that mean it matters? Is the measure meaningful or is it a random number? Sport is real; it is real people playing the game and real people makin...
Being a professional
I am not fond of people calling coaching an industry, coaching is a profession. Because it is a profession there are certain characteristics of being professional that I feel are very important These ...
Failure is an option
Lets face it mistakes and failure are part of the growth process of an athlete and a coach. Failure and mistakes are only bad if we do not learn from them. There is an aphorism that says: failure suck...
Old Fashioned Values?
Are these old fashioned values? I sure hope not. These values are important to me and I hope they are important to you. Take a minute today and think about these and how they apply in your life and wo...
Assessing Physical Literacy
If you want to assess physical literacy then you must systematically look at variety of movements with specific criterion to judge the quality of the movements. How the movements are combined ultimate...