Athletic Development – Defining the Field
GAIN Apprentorship
GAIN is an acronym for Gambetta Athletic Improvement Network. This emphasis is on network to connect professionals in order to facilitate learning and sharing of ideas. In my career I served as an app...
Ideas on Being a Coach
Coaching is not something you do, it something you are with every fiber of your being, there is no half way you must be all in. The journey is long and rewarding because of the opportunity to guide at...
Thoughts on Testing
When you are testing it is important to consider all of the following: Know what you are looking for, there are periods of training where you should see marked improvement and other times when you sho...
Mental Toughness, Boot Camps, Navy Seal Training and Other Nonsense
I have said many times in this blog that mental toughness is in many ways is a myth. In my experience as a coach and athlete the athletes who produce in the competition are the ones who are there ever...
Testing – A Perspective
It is important to remember that testing is the highest form of training stress outside of the actual Competition. Testing is important to determine the individual athlete’s athletic qualities relativ...
To Do or Not To Do
Yesterday as I was working on some new training programs and evaluating the past training cycle when I came across a “new” exercise that I thought might solve a specific problem one of my athletes was...
Growing the Athlete
Growing the athlete is an organic not a mechanistic process. For years I have used the metaphor of building the athlete but over the past few years I have become increasingly uncomfortable with that m...
Middle Distance & Distance Running & Speed
Speed First! Yes you must work on speed first and foremost. It must be part of every training cycle. I find it quite amusing when I hear a runner say that I have been working on base work, but I have ...
Food for Thought From Martin Bingisser
Martin Bingisser is a Swiss hammer thrower and coach. His blog http://www.mbingisser.com/ is on my must read list. I think Martin is one of the bright young minds in track & field. I find his idea...