This is Volume VI of “Through My Lens”, my take on the 2019 IHSA State Track Meet. It’s long, but every story needs to be …
Goodbye to High School
Born a high school teacher’s kid, high school as been the center of my life for 60 years. Now I say goodbye.
The 4×4 Team Predictor
My young 4×4 team qualified for the state meet but now we need to run four seconds faster to run in the state finals. This …
Feed the Cats: How to Help Track Athletes Stop Hating Their Sport and Start Running Faster Than Ever
Remember, kids are good at what they like, and incredible at what they love. Grit is work in the absence of love. “The Grind” has …
2018: Pause and Reflect
2018 was a banner year. What will 2019 bring?
The Origin, Evolution, and Future of Record-Rank-Publish
The most important reason for trying the speed cycle harkens back to what I learned from BFS twenty years ago. When athletes break records, the …
Why Coaches Recruit Speed (But Still Neglect It)
Speed is a top priority in football and many other field and court sports. Football coaches love speed in all its forms—gap-to-gap, sideline-to-sideline, endzone-to-endzone, and …
Breakfast with Korfist
TFC, sleep, Fleetwood Mac, Stonewall Jackson, Integrated Sprint Training, Rebel Talent, Championship Productions, youth sports, Montini, RPR, Taiwan, Exogen compression tights, wind tunnels, and toe …
There’s Something Happening Here: Bountygate in 1968
50 years ago, a small town was torn apart while America was coming apart at the seams. This story is told through the eyes of …