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 [...]
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 [...]
Hal Mumme and Me By Tony Holler In the summer of 2016, I read two amazing books written by S.C. Gwynne, “Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most [...]
Reflexive Performance Reset (RPR) I met Douglas Heel of South Africa on October 18th, 2014. The “Be Activated” workshop hosted by Chris Korfist was unlike anything I’d ever witnessed. I learned [...]
Ten Survival Tips For Coaches I grew up in a coach’s house and witnessed the toll that coaching takes on a family. My father coached for 47 years and won 644 games as a high school and college [...]
REPLACING THE EXISTING FOOTBALL MODEL: A FIVE-MINUTE READ “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” ~Mark Twain “You never change things by [...]
WAVE THEORY One of the most famous track coaches of all time, Bill Bowerman, believed that moderate daily training would never result in world records. He said that hard days were never hard [...]
BIG CATS AND THE “TRUCK STICK” Feed the Cats celebrates speed and athleticism. The development of “Apex Predators” requires 1) sprinting fast, 2) lifting heavy, 3) jumping high, and [...]
Hal Mumme and Me By Tony Holler In the summer of 2016, I read two amazing books written by S.C. Gwynne, “Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most [...]
A Simple Plan First-time track coach? First-time sprint coach? How do you “Feed the Cats”? Does this program work with girls? Last week I received a message from Sara Baker, the new [...]
