How the HF Boys’ Track team structures their acceleration and maximum velocity workouts.
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 …
#fillthelanes — The Palatine proposal to boost participation at the state track meet
By Ed Ernst There often comes a moment at the coaches meetings before sectional or conference meets when a conversation takes place that highlights a …
Donnell Robertson: A Life We Will Always Remember!
by Mitch Wilson, Head Track Coach Rantoul High School (IL), Assistant football coach To quote the late President Franklin Roosevelt, June 10th, 2018, “a date …
101 Bits of Advice From an Old Man to His Youngest Son
This project was going to be “A Letter to My 22–Year Old Self”. Instead I wrote “101 Bits of Advice From an Old Man to …
Divergent Thinking: Inside John O’Malley
“We focus so much of our program on love. I’m not a huge fan of this whole grit movement in education. Grit is not the …
Festival of Speed
The “Sprint Showcase” evolved into a high-tech sprint study last summer and will reappear this summer as the “Festival of Speed”, June 30 and July …
Evolution to Essentialism
More than anything, this is a track and field story.
Through My Lens 2018
Grab a cup of coffee and find a quiet place. It took me six weeks to read War and Peace, six days to write this. …