Our 3 day Coaches Club recap & analysis is now available for free at the World Athletics eLearning site. There is no cost to join, just your email address is required. Go to : https://elearning.worldathletics.org The Coaches Club is either a hybrid in-person (live at the event) with a … [Read more...] about 2025 World Indoor Championships – Coaches Club Recap & Recordings
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Thoughts on the 2021 World Athletics Relays #Silesia21
Some thoughts from the 2021 World Relays: Was the weather a factor?The Mixed 2 x 2 x 400m Relay. REALLY?4x400m Mixed Relays, Good or Bad?Do you agree on the order of relays for the Women's Dutch Team? Best runner 3rd? (check the splits below)Why so many horrible exchanges for the 4x200m? Use a … [Read more...] about Thoughts on the 2021 World Athletics Relays #Silesia21
An Open Letter to Lord Sebastian Coe, a World Athletics Potential Proposal
To: Sebastian Coe, President, WORLD ATHLETICS, MONACO OPEN LETTER Dear President Lord Coe, Reference: WORLD ATHLETICS POTENTIAL PROPOSAL[Fitness & Skill Award for Teenagers: 13 to 18 years old] In the late 1970's William [Bill] Toomey, Olympic Decathlon gold medalist and Barry … [Read more...] about An Open Letter to Lord Sebastian Coe, a World Athletics Potential Proposal
Plastic Brits and the Postcode Lottery
This article is guest blogged by Lee Ness, a UKA qualified Event Group Coach for Sprints and Hurdles, the Head Coach/Sprint Coach at City of Salisbury Athletics, and Running Club and Track and Field Team Manager for Wiltshire Athletics Association. Lee wrote the great 3 part series on How to … [Read more...] about Plastic Brits and the Postcode Lottery
Why was Jessica Zelinka NOT at World Championships?
In last week's Freelap Friday Five, I interviewed Jessica Zelinka but surprisingly, she was not the Team Canada Roster in Sopot World Indoor Championships, despite setting 4 PRs in a single meet. Why was she left off the team? I had a huge number of emails, Twitter, and Facebook messages asking … [Read more...] about Why was Jessica Zelinka NOT at World Championships?
SHIN SPLINTS 2014 – Never Again
This new series is guest blogged by Doug Logan. Doug Logan is an Adjunct Professor of Sports Management, at New York University. He was the CEO for USATF from 2008 until September 2010. He was also the CEO, President and Commissioner for Major League Soccer from 1995 to 1999. To read more … [Read more...] about SHIN SPLINTS 2014 – Never Again
The Sad State of the 100 meter Sprints
If you are a sprinter, I don’t need to explain the latest news that rocked the Track world, unless you have been living in a cave. As always, it’s time to move forward, but it makes you think the damage it has done to the aspiring sprinters and athletes out there. People are already saying … [Read more...] about The Sad State of the 100 meter Sprints
SHIN SPLINTS REDUX: May the Best Meds Win
This new series is guest blogged by Doug Logan. Doug Logan was the CEO for USATF from 2008 until September 2010. He was also the CEO, President and Commissioner for Major League Soccer from 1995 to 1999. To read more about his background and involvement in Track, Soccer, Rugby and the … [Read more...] about SHIN SPLINTS REDUX: May the Best Meds Win
The Trouble with Racewalking
This article is guest blogged by Paul Hoffman from My Two Cents: Thoughts of a Small Town Therapist. His previous articles were Notes from Underground: A Rookie Master’s Sprinter Diary , Asafa Powell is NOT a Choker and An Open Letter to Mr. Usain Bolt By definition, sport must be as … [Read more...] about The Trouble with Racewalking
SHIN SPLINTS REDUX: We Have Not Won Anything Yet
This new series is guest blogged by Doug Logan. Doug Logan was the CEO for USATF from 2008 until September 2010. He was also the CEO, President and Commissioner for Major League Soccer from 1995 to 1999. To read more about his background and involvement in Track, Soccer, Rugby and the … [Read more...] about SHIN SPLINTS REDUX: We Have Not Won Anything Yet
