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. …
A Clear Path to Win it All: How PN went from Bad to Good in the 4×2
The trials and tribulations of being in the hunt for the state championship. A behind the scenes look at Plainfield North’s week leading up to …
A Football Coach’s Guide to Feeding the Cats
Emphasizing speed and prioritizing recovery are two points of emphasis when you “Feed the Cats”. Send this article to a football coach who is progressive …
Aikens on Throws Outdoor Week 7: My basic plan for sectional track meet week
by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School Just goes to show you how much of a head coach I am not anymore. My last couple of …
Aikens on Throws Outdoor Week 6: Conference Week
by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School MONDAY 5/7: Today was a full practice with everyone who is going to throw at the conference meet. This …
Aikens on Throws Outdoor Week 5: The home stretch of the season
by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School MONDAY 4/30: Today we had a triangular meet at Saint Charles North with us and Elgin. The weather was …
Aikens on Throws Outdoor Week 4: Today, I had kind of a weird realization.
by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School Monday 4/23 We had a make up meet at Woodstock today. After meets on Thursday and Saturday last week, …
Aikens on Throws Outdoor Week 3: Well surprise, surprise, we had another meet canceled today
by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School MONDAY 4/16: Well surprise, surprise, we had another meet canceled today. This one is supposed to be made up …
Aikens on Throws Outdoor Week 2: Finally, some outdoor meets!
by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School THROWS COACHES BLOG #11 Monday 4/9 We were supposed to have our first outdoor meet today but it was …