Ten years after Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson made his MLB debut and blazed that memorable Bo Knows trajectory from the gridiron to the diamond (and back again), Steffan Jones straddled a similar crossroads in professional rugby and cricket. Football and baseball, rugby and cricket, wildly different sports at the technical, tactical, and psychological levels, […]
Over the last year, Pacelab Ltd has spent hours assessing and profiling fast bowlers and sprinters. Some of these athletes are based at our school (in particular the sprinters), whilst others are professional and international fast bowlers. As Director of Pacelab Ltd, I have developed a desire to take the guesswork out of coaching fast […]
Program of Excellence. Own the Podium. Gold Medal Profiles. Long Term Player Development. The funding bodies and high performance ethos that support Hockey Canada’s drive for Olympic success cohere around a culture of well-designed and dedicated training. KPI’s are identified and tracked. Benchmarks are tested and modeled. Physical trends and adaptations are monitored, measured, and […]
“If you’ve got speed, you can figure out how to jump. It’s just not that complicated to me.” Power, velocity, and force, the connection is simple enough, and guided by Jumps and Combined Events Coach Jacob Cohen, athletes in the University of Illinois track program have been doing more than just figuring out how to […]
When someone tells you who they are, listen. Lawrence “Boogie” Johnson—the 2013 USA Track & Field Coach of the Year and current Head Track & Field Coach for California State University, Northridge (CSUN)—has the bona fides to call himself whatever he chooses. Even as he trains a crew of notable Olympians, including 2016 Rio medalists Brianna […]
The sun is already beginning to bear down at 9am in central Los Angeles, saturating the athletic complex at the University of Southern California with a lazy heaviness further exaggerated by the easygoing pace of a campus in summertime. A few swimmers can be spied gliding down their lanes at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center, but […]
