Coach of the Year, John Artman, and his son, Connor, traveled over 1300 miles in a quest for speed.
A Lack of Coordination: Why Runners are Falling for The Freeze
Weekend warriors racing “The Freeze” between innings of Atlanta Braves games keep falling down. Why? Lack of coordination combined with attempted re-acceleration.
ITCCCA announces 2017 Athletes of the Year
This marks the eighth year that the Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Association wishes to award Athlete-of-the-Year honors to Illinois Track &Field/Cross Country athletes …
Free Rotational Shot Webinar August 3
My friends and fellow coaches Jim Aikens, Roger Einbecker, and I have begun offering webinars on track and field topics. The webinar format is simple. …
New Ideas for Old School Football Coaches
Can football coaches apply sprint principles to their sprint-based sport? This article challenges the way things have always been done.
Please, do not do this to your athletes
Check out this video recently posted on Instagram. As far as I can tell, this took place in the weight room at Louisiana State University, …
Glide Shot Put Webinar on June 25
Anyone watching the NCAA championships last weekend could not be blamed for thinking that glide shot putting in this country has gone the way of …
Low Hanging Fruit
By Rob Assise, Homewood-Flossmoor High School One of the reasons why late summer and early fall is my favorite time of year is apples are ready …
In Search of Transfer – Part 2
By Rob Assise, Homewood-Flossmoor High School In the prelude to this article, I provided a story that hopefully caused readers to evaluate their programs and think …