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Share How much protein do athletes need? What’s the best protein? When should protein be consumed around training for optimal results? >> Click here for the Ultimate Book on Protein Intake for all Strength, Power and Endurance Athletes This summary is from the IAAF 2nd International Consensus Conference on “Nutrition for Athletics“ held in Monaco [...]
Share Yesterday’s article on Core Values – Passion, Honesty, and Excellence brought a flood of emails about writing your goals down on paper, also known as “journaling”. Many track athletes mentioned they already wrote their goals down in September before the start of the new season and prior to the GPP Training Phase. Track and [...]
Share As a coach, I’ve always preached passion for the sport of Athletics (a.k.a. Track and Field), fair play & honesty (e.g. being drug free) and the pursuit of excellence. As an athlete, I did exactly that: while staying drug-free, I nonetheless aspired to run in the Olympics, but I focused on internal competition: running [...]
Share Coach Jackson’s most famous athlete was Bobby Morrow, who won 3 gold medals at the 1956 Olympics in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 4×100 meter relay. I still have the Life magazine with Bobby Morrow on the front cover, but not in mint condition. Maybe it’s time to sell it on eBay? I [...]
Share This summary is from the IAAF 2nd International Consensus Conference on “Nutrition for Athletics“ held in Monaco from April 18-20, 2007. Copies of the CD and booklet are available from the IAAF website www.iaaf.org. Nutrition for Long-Distance Running Presenter: Louise Burke (AUS) Over history, long-distance running has been in the front line of sport [...]
Share My apologies for misleading titles. My earlier post Viewing YouTube FLV files with Adobe Media Player had the video of the NCAA 1989 400 meters final with Freshman Tyrone Kemp from Florida and Senior Raymond Pierre from Baylor. I was simply trying to demonstrate how to view a FLV file locally on your laptop [...]
Share Adobe Media Player is a desktop media player that lets you play QuickTime movies, podcasts and Flash Videos (FLV) files. Most people are familiar with Windows Media Player or Real Player. My popular article on Saving YouTube and Blip.tv Files for your iPod or Computer explained how to extract and play FLV files with [...]
Share Everyone knows quick and fast are not the same attributes. You can be quick, but not fast. Or, you can be fast, but not quick. Guest Blogger Brian Schofield submitted this article called Basic Basketball Drills. I thought it was worth posting with the nasty winter weather we are having on the west coast, [...]
Share I’d like to welcome our newest sponsor HotelsByCity.com. Traveling expenses account for over 80% of our track club’s budget. Medical, massage, and physiotherapy account for the rest. This web site offers a prices equal or cheaper than the major sites like Travelocity.com and Expedia.com Their goal is to provide you with the very best [...]
Share This summary is from the IAAF 2nd International Consensus Conference on “Nutrition for Athletics“ held in Monaco from April 18-20, 2007. Copies of the CD and booklet are available from the IAAF website www.iaaf.org Nutrition for Middle-Distance Running Presenter: Trent Stellingwerff (SUI) Middle-distance running is at the cross roads of training stimuli used for [...]
Share [WARNING - Spoiler Alert - if you haven't seen this video, go directly to the video and click Play] BONUS: There is no Carol Lewis commentary in this video, just the raw sounds from the stands. One of the greatest 4×400 meters anchor legs I have seen from Darold Williamson was NOT the Gold [...]
Share We all remember Cathy Freeman winning the 400 meters in front of her home country at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Prior to the start of the 400 meter rounds, she took part and lit the Olympic flame at the Opening ceremonies. I have to admit, this was the most stunning flame lighting spectacle to [...]
Share Sport Psychology at the USATF 2007 National Podium Education Project – Las Vegas. In the presentation on Sport Psychology, there was a handout given called “The Difference Maker”. It had the quote called Attitude. I had posted the quote “Attitude” by Charles Swindoll in my meeting with American Decathlete Dan O’Brien back in 1993. [...]
Share This summary is from the IAAF 2nd International Consensus Conference on “Nutrition for Athletics“ held in Monaco from April 18-20, 2007. Copies of the CD and booklet are available from the IAAF website www.iaaf.org. Nutrition for Sprints Presenter: Kevin Tipton (GBR) Although nutrition for the sprint events has not received as much attention as [...]
Share Remember that old primary school joke: If you answer both questions correctly, I will give you a million dollars: Q1) In 1912, name the ship that hit an iceberg and sank with over 1500 casualties? Q2) Name all the casualties. This is the same with coaching and the 2 magic questions to your athletes: [...]
Share One of the goodies from the USATF 2007 National Podium Education Project was a handout and/or CD from the IAAF 2nd International Consensus Conference on “Nutrition for Athletics” in Monaco from April 18-20 2007. (You were only allowed to take the CD or booklet!) The stated aim of the conference was to help shape [...]
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