Every time I talk to my good friend Ray Wilks, it seems like he’s got another stable of multiple 50’+ shot putters on his HS team. And this year is no different. Ray is a former teammate of mine at the University of Connecticut who earned All America honors during his time there and won…
Training Components and Exercise Circuits By Boo Schexnayder RELATED: Get Coach Schexnayder’s Complete Training Inventory on DVD. Warmup Preparatory Routines Mobility Jog Circuit Weave Backwards Run Side Shuffle Right Side Shuffle Left Arm Circles Arms Across Crossover Run Static Flexibility Routines Capella Hansen’s Back Series (L-R) Spinal Roll Hands Behind Back Elbow/Obliques (L-R) Calf Stretch…
Ah, yes! Track season! Simultaneously the source of great fun and great overwhelm. I’ve already posted my annual plan for the track season. But I thought I’d share my Week 1 microcycle. This is my plan for the first week of practice. Will it go this way? Not likely. But since I know the physiological effect…
Every sprint race has a period where the ability to hold off the effects of fatigue hurts overall performance. In the 100 meter and 100 meter sprint hurdle races, the transition from acceleration, to top end and speed endurance are almost identical. Both races hit max velocity at almost the same location in sub-elite and…
In this prep for the Master class, we are going to cover the basics of what hurdling is and what hurdling isn’t. First, hurdling is not gathering together everyone that isn’t fast enough to run the short sprints or gain a spot on the 4×100 relay. If you will avoid this first No-No, you will…
Alright friends I have a couple of important announcements for you today. I’ll attempt to be brief and let you ask questions if you have them. First up: Summer Clinic Update – The 2013 CTF Summer Clinic is moving to Harvard! Yes, this year the summer clinic will be moving to Harvard University instead of…
Humans are creatures of habit in what they do and they operate most efficiently on a number of synchronized physiological cycles and psychological patterns, especially on meet day. Some cycles are so deeply imprinted that they are difficult to alter, but many can be changed by merely adjusting daily habits and routines. General eating patterns…
I don’t know any good coaches who run the same system year after year. And we’d be doing you a disservice if we ran the same clinic each year, regardless of how successful and well received our event. One of the concerns people have when considering attending/sending athletes to our clinic is the sheer number…
Two weekends ago I had the opportunity to speak at the Wisconsin State Track Coaches’ Clinic. With over 1000 coaches in attendance and in doing 6 presentations over the course of 2 days, I left with my head spinning. Before I jump in, I’d like to take a moment to thank the WISTCA staff….
Most coaches would probably classify speed as the most critical of all athletic abilities. Yet in spite of this importance, in many programs speed abilities go largely undeveloped. This is often because of the faulty assumption that speed cannot be improved, or simply because so many training systems follow traditional yet ineffective means for developing…
