Follower of Jesus, Married to
@anjwhitman
, Dad, HPE CHS. Sprints Coach MLS HS, KSU TF alum⚡️, made in Ashtabula, OH. USAR vet. John 14:6
#CometSpeedOG
TF coaches, y’all crack me up. Everyone complains when FB don’t run track. Then DK Metcalf announces intention to compete and people want to be up in their feelings acting disrespected. I hope he rolls out and it draws MORE kids to both sports. Let’s Go!
As HS coaches, we have a heart for kids with low talent who work hard. We’re perplexed by kids with big talent who don’t work hard. And we hope for the kids with lots of talent and a great work ethic.
Athletic Directors: If your HS football team is doing well, but your spring sports can barely field rosters because most of your football players are choosing to only lift rather than play a spring sport, are you really succeeding?
@KingJames
I'm viewing this as
@KingJames
encouraging black men to step up into their much needed role. He's not saying white people can't be involved as well. The experience is unique and should be view through that lens. Black men have much to offer.
Memo to ADs of Mid majors: You can be really good (team and individually) in Track & Field. Stop cutting men’s programs! Bring back the ones you’ve already cut. Invest in the sport with the biggest HS participation #’s! Track athletes grad rates are high!
@MACSports
schools 👀!
If you live close to your HS alma mater, I courage you to volunteer at a home Track & Field meet. It'll be good for you and the meet. If you don't live close, help the local HS or MS out. Every meet's success hinges on the help. Give back and enjoy the energy of the team!
How cool would it be to turn on
@SportsCenter
and see previews of the
@NCAATrackField
championships which start today rather than the endless chatter about the NFL season which doesn't start until Sept. 8th?
@ConnieSchultz
Friends, please don’t read into Connie’s words the implication that her sisters lack intelligence. Both of them, like Connie, are difference makers. They work with the youth of our hometown. All 3 are the kind of friends you’d love to have in your life!
The 400m is a sprint; the 800 is the hybrid. And although speed training for the 400m may seem counterintuitive, it should be the priority, says
@pntrack
. via
@SimpliFaster
1/2
Most track & field events are solo, so when you step up to the starting line, you control your destiny. If this terrifies you, you need track & field to learn how to execute under pressure. via
@SimpliFaster
To say that I’m proud of this young lady would clearly be understating my feelings.
@ellaleebaker22
you are everything that a
@trackcomets
athlete should be. You lead by example & have the heart of a champion and I’m so glad we took this ride together. Go Comets!
#CometSpeed
I’m so proud of
@AnjWhitman
. She and her fellow
@oatccc
leaders helped lead a successful indoor state meet. It was an incredibly time intensive undertaking and turned out spectacularly. She’s not one to toot her own horn so I’m saying: Job well done!
Explain to me again how the NCAA could hold championships in D1 and D2 indoor Track & Field, but not in D3? Can’t wrap my head around that one. 🤷♂️🤦♂️☹️👎🏼🤬
@aaren_mcshan
@KingJames
I hear ya. Did you know that he opened a school in Akron for struggling children? Also, he is funding scholarships at
@uakron
. He's putting his $$ where his words are for kids. Great stuff!
Chocolate milk offers electrolytes and 8 grams of high-quality protein per cup, and it replenishes glycogen stores and rehydrates just as well as Gatorade, says
@Wendi_Irlbeck
. via
@SimpliFaster
@steven_montoya
For me, it missional work. God put me where i am to serve his purposes and my pay will mostly accrue in heaven. If it weren’t for the coaches who have and continue to invest in me, I’d be dead or in prison. I owe a debt I cannot fully repay. As long as God allows, I’ll serve
I am LOVING introducing some concepts as well as giving drills to apply those they have already been taught! Teach them y’all! 🏃🏾♀️ Future Lady Eagles Let’s Go!! 💚💚💚
@MISDathletics
This young man put a team and an entire community on his back and took both to the top of the podium at the
@OHSAASports
TF championships. Godspeed all along your journey,
@mateomedina2_
! Your example will shine for all to see, young champion!
@ElyriaHSTrack
@Ohio_SWC
True classic work stands the test of time. This is one such resource which I reference frequently every year I coach. RIP, Coach McFarlane.
#thebaseforspeedisspeed
State Meet week advice. For all event areas. This is NOT the week to do you longest, hardest workouts of the season. It’s also NOT the time to introduce radically new elements to training.
#thehayisinthebarn
Extensive tempo today following Sled contrast/PAP and Speed Endurance Days. 100-100-100, 100-100-200-100 100-100-200-100, 100-100-100 straight out of Brent McFarlane’s The Science of Hurdling & Speed.
@EmmanuelAcho
I support Gwen 100%. And, BTW I served our country, which is supposed to allot the right to peaceful protest. It aint like she stormed the Capitol…🤨
Dear FB reporters, coaches, scouts reporting hand timed 40’s in the 1/100th of a second (ie 4.38): please stop. A hand time must be rounded up to nearest 1/10th (ie 4.4). Converting to equivalent auto time requires adding .24 (ie 4.64). Also, we don’t start clock on movement.
@FloTrack
Cutting those sports is a lazy cowardly way out. Rolling up your sleeves and working through solutions takes guts, heart, vision, and fortitude.
I see people taking shots at FTC sprint training model. I’ve made that mistake thinking I was all that. Thankfully,
@pntrack
graciously accepted my apology. Tony, Chris, and the
@TFConsortium
are insanely good guys. They aren’t trying to tell y’all what to do, per se 1/3
What a night for the CometSpeed crew. Boys 4x2, Girls 4x1, Ben in 400, and the Boys 4x4 qualified for Regional with a 3 second SB 3:26.49. Ben is a newly minted 🔨 with a 48.6 split!
@trackcomets
I can’t say enough about this young lady. Nazz qualified to Regional in 4 events! HJ, LJ, 100H, and 4x1. A true Comet! School record in LJ!
@trackcomets
@SteeleComets
I passed my
@USTFCCCA
Coaches Academy Sprint, Hurdle, Relay specialist project! It was a great school. Thanks
@BooSchex
, Coach Anderson, & Coach Badon for a great school & my dude,
@WadeCoach
for sharing dorm space. Our athletes will benefit!
@trackcomets
#CometSpeed
@JoeEhrmann76
Sorry, Joe, but when you're under (or not) paid, that will wear you out regardless of how noble your purpose. When you can't make ends meet or provide for your family, that stress/burnout is inevitable.
@CoachWilcox55
Unpopular opinion: him playing in that game at that point should have been considered malpractice on the part of the coaches and training staff. Kid gets a career ending injury in one of the myriad of pointless bowl games. Who's gonna pay their bills then?
I’m still old school. I create this every year. It has tons of resources: warm ups, training schedules, data from testing and critical zone work outs, training inventories. Maybe someday, I’ll make it into a presentation and a book. 🤷♂️😎🗣📒
@BooSchex
When the volleyball coach saw me doing speed training, the coach rolled eyes. However, when everybody on the volleyball team increased their vertical jump by 3" as a result of sprinting, everybody was happy.
#classicBoo
Ohio Track & Field royalty came to Jesse Owens Stadium to inspire the next generation of superstars. Thank you,
@tianna_mad
,
@Run2Reign
, and Butch Reynolds for coming home to add to the great experience for the kids.
#OhioTFLegends
Your pogo hops, drop jumps, and calf raises aren’t doing jack squat for training the soleus. Sure, they’re great for the Achilles. They’re great for the gastroc…, says
@Brandon_L_Pigg
. via
@SimpliFaster
Jumpers and hurdlers are sprinters first. Improvements in acceleration development and top speed will translate to these other technical events, says
@grahamsprints
. via
@SimpliFaster
Happy Anniversary,
@AnjWhitman
14 years of non stop fun, laughs, hugs, adventures, and 2 alpha personalities negotiating shared space. We’ll celebrate tonight after we both do the coaching thing. Love you, Shorty!
What did it take for an offensive lineman to get drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft?
✅ 6’4” or taller
✅ 302 pounds or more
✅ 5.12 or faster in 40
Fastest: Chris Lindstrom (pic) 6’4”, 308, running 4.91.
HS O-linemen need to be sprint training 2x per week.
TF coaches: do you keep "track" of your coaching PR's? I feel like we all sing the praises of our top end athletes and I'm wondering if you chart it. When I was a college coach, it was part of my resume.
Parents, if you really want to give your kids an athletic advantage, make sure they’re at an elementary school with a quality Phys Ed Dept. I’m teaching basic movement in track practice that should’ve been taught K-2. Lucky for them I’m a PE teacher. 🤦♂️
It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of Head Track & Field Coach, Jud Logan.
Jud was a fighter and an inspiration to all those around him, and all of Eagle Nation offer our heartfelt condolences to his family.
The concept of “bigger, faster, stronger” is a myth. It should be “bigger and stronger” or “faster and stronger in proportion to your body weight.” Chris Korfist
Coaches, just as there is no need for the designation FULL MILE (it’s either a mile or it isn’t, it is also redundant to say lifetime PR. By definition, PR is lifetime. The best mark of that year which isn’t a PR would be a SEASONAL best (SB). Carry on…🤦♂️😜🤷♂️