More relationship-building in practice & less in competition. Don't be a distraction to the athlete or the team.  Relationships matter more than technical expertise to your pupils. Perception is the reality to parents, guardians, and athletes. Parents are crucial to healthy coach-to-athlete connections.

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It was my pleasure to have program builder, inspirational leader, and hurdle expert JT Ayers. JT starts our conversation about the importance of finding the right mentors and humbling yourself to create connections with coaches who are doing things right. These networks are critical for our growth into better servants to our community. Next JT and I discussed the five key things to build a program from scratch. He dives deep into each one and how to apply that in multiple settings to truncate the time it takes to become successful. He talks about the importance of being your genuine self and lay roots within your community. JT and I open up about our faith along with its role in our life as coaches/educators. Coach Ayers then treats us with a detailed explanation of how he develops hurdlers and an elite level along with balancing the logistics of running such a traditionally large program. Coach Ayers is a walking, talking, lightning rod, and by the time we were done talking I was ready to run through a wall for him!

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Today I discuss sprint training for master's athletes. We start out discussing acceleration and its value for older sprinters. Then we move to how to implement upright running by specifically targeting stride length by maintaining it for the long haul and how to improve it. Next, I lay out a way for master's sprinters to handle their off-season conditioning and planning before the competitive season. Finally, we finish up with a specific example of how to do this arguably for the most brutal event in track & field, the 400m Hurdles.

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It was my great pleasure to have one of the most prolific Olympic coaches in history on my podcast, Stuart McMillan. Coach and I started our discussion on the importance of the rare centrist. We talked about his early mentors and even his own athletes as teachers. Coach McMillan explained the importance of developing a relationship where the athletes become more a part of the process in their training and advocates in high-performance sport. He and I then chatted on aspects of ALTIS that seem to separate them from others. We spend a lot of time discussing their trackside therapy. Stu then educates the audience on the importance of integrated experts throughout all levels of sports performance and the successes of the UK model in the build-up to the Olympics. 

We moved our conversation to the future of amateur sport and its survival hinging upon people like Paul Doyle. I then asked him his thoughts about unique ways to build commerce in track and field like gambling. Coach went on to lay out the challenge of everyone being a part of the change to improve the sport and how especially important stakeholders who want to reform things must step up if they want the sport to improve. We finish our conversation with ALTIS's recent initiatives to provide opportunities to people of color and woman coaches. 

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In today's chat, I discuss that technical training does work. We then dive into Derek Hansen's idea about the simple model and cue of #bethehashtag. Technical work must be seen daily in training to build the movement patterns you want to see. Just like all other training to maximize an individual's potential, we must steer our interventions to our athlete's unique technique. When this is all done correctly not only will performance output improve but injuries will be reduced in the process. 

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It is my great pleasure to present to you today Coach Robert Assise, nationally renowned jumps coach, writer, and clinician. Founding father of Fieldfocus.  Coach of scores of all-state athletes in the jumps and frequent contributor to Simplifaster. Rob and I covered a lot of ground in our 1.5-hour talk. Coach Assise discussed the development of jumpers at the high school level through testing and talent identification. He laid out strategies for coaching numerous jumpers across all the power events. We went into great detail on how he lays out weeks of training and the modifications made over time. We followed this segment with a deep dive on isometrics and strength training in general for jumpers that he has developed over time. No doubt for everyone who wants to learn how to develop explosive power or as the kids say "get bunnies" this is a must-listen!

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1. Be consistent 2. Social Equity 3. No Outrageous promises 4. Honest even when hard 5. Be prepared in advance

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Buddy Morris is a force of nature this is an unvarnished conversation with colorful language abound. Buddy holds nothing back in his honest approach to four decades of sports development.  In this particular conversation, I allowed coach to dive into his stream of consciousness and take me along for the ride. We discussed athletic development at the professional level and the importance of variation. He discusses the value of sprinting above all other modalities especially in a year without a lot of contact with NFL professionals. He explains his worry about personal trainers and therapists who might not be entirely altruistic in their motives when dealing with multi-million dollar athletes. We discuss what coach Morris has learned from the likes of Dan Pfaff and Louie Simmons. He details numerous stories about the recovery process, rehab, and work-to-rest ratios for the best path to sport readiness. I thoroughly enjoy my time with Buddy.

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Thoughts Why We Should Try to Coach from the Emotional Middle Ground  To pick up the Sprinter's Compendium:  https://tinyurl.com/y6eydy6w​ To follow me at Twitter: @SprintersCompen   To follow me at Instagram: ryan.banta  1. Influence of Wooden  2. Magic and Kareem Story  3. My own story  4. Long-lasting benefits  5. It's getting harder 

It was my distinct pleasure to have a great conversation with Olympic champion and World Record holding sprinter Bianca Knight. We discussed the rapid rise to track and field stardom. She took us through her transition from amateur to professional ranks. Bianca talks about the importance of being true to yourself and how sometimes the solitary pursuit of world-class athletics. She and I discussed what it takes to be a great coach to athletes pursuing Olympic greatness. We then dove deep into her favorite training sessions and how her training was laid out within a microcycle. She discussed the sessions as a coach she would implement. We discussed the importance of building training for the event and the unique athlete you are working out. Bianca educates us on her new App BK Trackstars. Through this App, she hopes to improve coaching, the love of sport, and enhancing training through a community-based effort. Through her efforts, she will be raising money for qualifying programs that can use a boost in their efforts to continue the great tradition of track & field at the grassroots level. 

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