Success in Track & Field ... and Life
Share Next to the Olympics and World Championships, the NCAA “March Madness” Basketball Tournament is my favorite event. It’s easy to win the National Championships. Just go 6-0 on 3 consecutive weekends. Go Hard or Go Home. In theory, you throw out all your stats, whether you are 27-0 or 18-12, and start with a [...]
Share Wired For Speed – Introducing the Mercurial Vapor Superfly Imagine a paper-thin boot, where the support comes from threads. This is the Mercurial Vapor Superfly – an industry-defining boot, incorporating Nike Flywire technology and redefining how footwear is made. Nike Flywire technology utilizes high-strength threads that act like cables on a suspension bridge, delivering [...]
Share BEAVERTON, OR – NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) today introduced an innovative new padded base layer called Nike Pro Combat with a superior lightweight, articulated fit that allows today’s basketball player to be protected and feel unstoppable. LeBron James and Amar’e Stoudemire, among others, will wear elements of the Nike Pro Combat collection when they take [...]
Share NIKEiD AND KOBE BRYANT COLLABORATE FOR A SPECIAL HOLIDAY SURPRISE BEAVERTON, OR – NIKE, Inc. and reigning NBA MVP Kobe Bryant are celebrating breakthrough innovation with a festive flair this holiday season and beyond. Beginning December 25, 2008, Bryant’s new Nike Zoom Kobe IV, his fourth signature shoe with the brand, will be available [...]
Share What would Bob Hayes or Ben Johnson run on today’s new artificial track surfaces? Mondo has been around since the 1976 Montreal Olympics for Track and Field (Athletics), but Beijing 2008 was the first time using the new Mondotrack. Like the Speedo LZR swimsuits, the new Mondotrack from Mondo gives sprinters a technological advantage. [...]
Share LOS ANGELES – NIKE, Inc. and 10-time NBA All-Star Kobe Bryant unveiled the Nike Zoom Kobe IV today, its lightest basketball shoe ever, with a new low cut design weighing in at a mere 11.6 ounces. The game of basketball is evolving to a quicker pace, and as basketball’s agent of change Kobe is [...]
Share LA84foundation.org is the web site for the Legacy of The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games that has several excellent Free Track and Cross Country Coaching Books. There is a web-based lesson for athletes, coaches, trainers and parents on how to prevent ACL injuries. While it may appear to focus on soccer, it applies to [...]
Share Available at USA retail stores Friday, October 31. In Canada January 2009 From NIKE Press release: BEAVERTON, Ore. – “ As LeBron James proved in a Gold Medal campaign this past summer in Beijing, he is a basketball player who can do it all and he requires a performance shoe that can keep up [...]
Share From NIKE Press release: Nike Considered Design is Nike’s latest products which combine sustainability principles with the newest innovations for sport. While Nike has delivered consumers Considered products for several years, for the first time, Nike Considered Design will be featured in all of Nike’s six key categories: basketball, running, football (soccer), women’s training, [...]
Share Watch youth Brazilian soccer training video and it can be very helpful for you to learn the various soccer skills. Particularly, the coaches can use these ultimate videos for speed training sessions. Soccer is a sport that demands your endurance and speed to remain active in the field for the complete 90 minutes of [...]
Share This article was Guest Blogged by Alwyn Cosgrove, founder of Results Fitness in Santa Clarita, CA. I first met Alwyn 7 years ago, and his resume would take an entire post! Earlier, he wrote Top Ten Training Tips for Athletic Conditioning Success The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Program Design: A Unified Theory of [...]
Share In my previous article on Sport Psychology, I promised to mention one of my favorite resources on this highly specialized topic. I highly doubt Asafa Powell’s coaches are researching this in depth, but you never know. The Sport Psychology Arena provides professionals, researchers, instructors, coaches and students with information on the range of Sport [...]
Share This is the third installment of Niv Orlian’s soccer series. I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did. His first two were Speed and Endurance in Soccer Conditioning and The Sweep and Stepover – Step By Step Soccer Moves If you’re looking for ways to improve soccer skills individually, you’ve come to [...]
Share If you are a Personal Trainer, Strength and Conditioning Coach, Sports Coach, or Rehabilitation Specialist, this one day conference is an exceptional professional development training seminar. A panel of World Class presenters offers their experience relating to the area of “Mobility and Movement”. All aspects of physical conditioning and preparation are addressed in this [...]
Share Last week, Guest Blogger Niv Orlian wrote the article Speed and Endurance in Soccer Conditioning. Today he writes about Step By Step Soccer Moves, in particular The Sweep, The Stepover and the Double Stepover. How To – Step By Step Soccer Moves Ever wondered what makes great soccer moves actually great? Is it their [...]
Share Guest Blogger Niv Orlian wrote this article on the 6 Elements of Soccer Conditioning, and covers the Warm Up, Strength, Power, Speed, Endurance and Agility. Soccer Conditioning – The 6 Elements Soccer is an athletic sport and it has become more than a game that awards the player with the best ball skills. Improving [...]
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