13 Seconds
I am very grateful to have spent this weekend with the CACC/UofA and a number of Canadian sprints/hurdles coaches learning from Vince Anderson of Texas A&M. Although I am not a coach per se, I do...
View ArticleDan Pfaff on Cues for Changing Skillsets
Here’s a short video of Dan Pfaff lecturing that I recently found on speedendurance.com. In this lecture, Dan discusses the importance of being dynamic when cueing your athletes. I’ve talked previously...
View ArticleJunior Level Athletes: Can we do better?
Shouldn’t junior level athletes still look smooth and be relatively injury free? Not to be naive but if they’re roughly the ages of 16-21, they can’t possibly have been put through volumes of training...
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Therapists: Can We Do Better?
I think we need to start looking into this a little more. There has been no shortage of discussion and coverage over Asafa’s trainer, naturally. If you’re unfamiliar with why he and Tyson Gay have...
View ArticleFrans Bosch – Coach Camp – Running Conference
Just wanted to update everyone on some upcoming CE opportunities. Regardless of whether or not you’re a coach, strength coach or therapist, each of these will be appropriate. Elite Speed Development...
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Looking at the Literature: An analysis of injuries & illnesses at the 2011...
Study Title: Determination of future prevention strategies in elite track and field: analysis of Daegu 2011 IAAF Championships injuries and illnesses surveillance Authors: J-M Alonso, P Edouard, G...
View ArticleInterview with Speed Endurance
Just wanted to share a little Q & A interview I did recently with the good folks at speedendurance.com. The site is great and one I read frequently – I have it on my Pulse reader – since there are...
View ArticleRambling and Mind Wandering (as it pertains to the sprints)
I’m here at Frans Bosch’s course in Arizona and as I was having (what was supposed to be) a brief text conversation with one of our coaches back home in Canada, I realized that my rambling is simply...
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Frans Bosch & A Guiding Framework
From August 15-18, I had the opportunity to head down to Athletes Performance in Phoenix to attend Frans Bosch’s Speed Development & Motor Behaviour clinic. Although the Canadian Athletics Coaching...
View ArticleIntegrated Support Teams & Planning for Performance
I just completed a weekend of mentorship here at the University of Alberta with with Kevin Tyler and Dr. Gerry Ramogida. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Kevin and Gerry, here are their bios....
View ArticleFeedback During Competition
For those of you that have attended conferences with multiple presenters, you’ll know that some conferences hold a Panel Q&A to wrap up the weekend. Well recently I attended the Canadian Athletics...
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New Trends in the Prevention of Running Injuries (Course Summary)
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend The Running Clinic’s “New Trends in the Prevention of Running Injuries” course in Vancouver, BC. This was one of those courses that I had been meaning to get...
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