10 QUESTIONS ABOUT SBF (1) What the hell is Sprint-Based Football? Sprint-Based Football is a low-dosage approach to coaching football that prioritizes speed over endurance, prioritizes winning [...]
POWERING THROUGH MY FINAL SEASON Well, I’ve seen all there is to see And I’ve heard all they have to say I’ve done everything I wanted to do . . . I’ve done that too And [...]
THE CARROT AND THE STICK Most of us have been raised with rewards and punishments, the carrot and the stick. B.F. Skinner (1904-1990) had a huge impact on American education. Skinner’s [...]
FEED THE CATS-INSPIRED PHYSICAL EDUCATION Fast, Fresh, Fun, Happy, and Healthy. Those are five Feed the Cats-inspired words that form my mantra to teach, coach, and live by. My personal journey [...]
FEEDING THE CATS IN THE EMERALD ISLE JULY 6 In the past year, I’ve spoken to groups as small as 25 (NSCA Illinois) and as large as 500 (Glazier Football Clinic, Las Vegas). I addressed an entire [...]
I wrote this article in June of 2017 in the car on the 2,113 mile ride home from the NCAA Championships in Eugene. The article caught the interest of the legendary Michael Boyle who flew me to [...]
THE TEN DON’TS OF SPEED TRAINING There is no sprint textbook. There is no absolute certainty when it comes to optimal sprint training. Like it or not, the training of a sprinter is [...]
Don Holler: The Death of a Coach It’s hard to tell when the cascading medical problems began. Let’s just say that life in Don Holler’s eighties was not kind. Procedures, infections, surgeries, [...]
SOCCER: TEN WAYS TO FEED THE CATS “Feed the Cats” began in 1999 as a new approach to make track and field a more enjoyable sport by focusing on speed instead of running laps. The Origin and [...]
15 YEAR HISTORY OF THE @PNTRACK INVITE Plainfield North hosts a 14-team invitational Saturday, March 11th, starting at 10 a.m. We run on a 178-meter 4-lane track where the curves are nearly [...]
