On Coaching with Magness & Marcus
Steve Magness and Jon Marcus team up to bring you an insider's view on coaching. Taking you inside the thoughts and conversations that usually occur behind the scenes. They bring a diverse background having both worked with athletes at the collegiate and professional level. They hope to bring a mixture of science, old-fashioned wisdom, and a touch of philosophy to help understand the process of coaching and maximizing endurance performance. For more information visit www.ScienceOfRunning.com
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 60 minutes
- Episodes
- 282
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
Episode 61: “If you can’t be great, be good” Coach Mike Smith after winning a National Championship
As promised, we’ve brought back NAU coach Mike Smith to give us insight on how his team won the NCAA Cross-Country Championships. As he did in our previous episode, Mike delivers numerous pearls of w…
Mon 27 Nov 2017
Episode 60: “Don’t Jog!?” Myths on Conditioning for Team Sports
“Don’t jog! Only High intensity interval training!” Outside of the distance running world, these phrases are often thrown around when it comes to development of endurance in team sports or non-runnin…
Fri 03 Nov 2017
Episode 59: Culture and Belonging: Interview with NAU coach Mike Smith
This is a MUST listen episode. In this weeks On Coaching with Magness & Marcus, we bring in NAU coach Mike Smith to talk about team culture and training. In this wide ranging and deep episode, we div…
Thu 19 Oct 2017
Episode 58: What Coaching Methods Have You Outgrown?
Welcome Back! In this episode of On Coaching with Magness & Marcus, it’s time to take on one of the important concepts in coaching: Change! How have we as coaches evolved in our thinking? Jon and I t…
Fri 06 Oct 2017
Episode 57: The Discernment Spectrum: Smart, Intelligent, or Sophisticated
In this episode of On Coaching with Magness & Marcus, we delve into a concept Jon calls “The Discernment Spectrum,” which is: Smart—Intelligent—Sophisticated As we learn a subject or skill, we exist …
Tue 12 Sep 2017
Episode 56- How To Become A Champion
In this episode of On Coaching, we discuss the amazing book Athletics: How to Become a Champion by Percy Cerutty. Cerutty was the coach of Herb Elliott who was the 1960 Olympic 1,500m Champion and h…
Mon 21 Aug 2017
Episode 55- The Two Way Street of Coaching: Why learning from our athletes is a must.
In this episode of On Coaching, Jon and I discuss the often skewed coach-athlete dynamic. Traditionally, coaches have been the information purveyors, the power holders, distribtuing knowledg in a one…
Fri 21 Jul 2017
Episode 54- A Real Coaching Conversation
On this weeks On Coaching Podcast with Magness & Marcus, we have a special treat for you. We’re bringing you a real conversation. When we were at the US championships, Jon and I sat down at a local c…
Thu 06 Jul 2017
Episode 53- The Experience vs. the PowerPoint Coaching Style
Are you a collector of knowledge or a master of application? Take a look at your favorite coach. Chances are if you follow their twitter stream, you think “Man, they have it figured out,” as the coac…
Sat 27 May 2017
Episode 52- Specialization, Generalization, and Individualization
Should we be a generalist or a specialist? Do we coach to the individual or the average? Do we want to be a one-trick pony or a master of none? In this episode of On Coaching, we take on these buzz w…
Mon 24 Apr 2017
Episode 51-On Coaching- Marginal Gains, the One Percent Rule and big concepts
Big concepts get thrown around a lot these days; Marginal Gains, 10,000 hours, the 80/20 rule, the 1% rule. Everyone has their own phrase or concept for helping take performance to the next level. In…
Wed 05 Apr 2017
Episode 50- Coaching the person and NOT the work
Are you coaching the person or are you coaching the work? In this episode of the On Coaching Podcast with Magness & Marcus, we delve into the difference between coaching people and the system of runn…
Mon 20 Mar 2017
Episode 49- Mastering the Marathon
It’s time to talk about the marathon! The mysterious race that causes more problems than all other races combined. In this episode, we discuss the intricacies of the marathon. How does training chang…
Mon 27 Feb 2017
Episode 48- Mastering The Art of Racing
Racing is a skill. It’s not something you get thrown into and hope to figure out, it’s a skill that needs evaluated, dissected, and improved upon. In this episode of the Magness & Marcus Podcast On C…
Mon 13 Feb 2017
Episode 47: Understanding Interval Training
We’re back with the first Magness & Marcus Podcast on Coaching of 2017. In this episode, we have a long and frank discussion on interval workouts. What are they, what do they do, are there magical in…
Thu 26 Jan 2017
Episode 46: The State of the Sport
For the end of 2016, Jon and I take a look forward. What is the state of track and field in the world and where do we go from here. We get things started by asking what each of our utopian track and …
Tue 20 Dec 2016
Episode 45: What is high performance coaching?
What in the world does the term “High-Performance Coaching” mean? It’s a phrase that is thrown about in the sports world, so we brought on coach Vern Gambetta to discuss his views. As always when we …
Mon 12 Dec 2016
Episode 44: Reflection and Rejuvenation
The seasons done, the races have been run, and the outcomes are determined. Whether they were good or bad, we have to move forward. As a coach and athlete it’s about figuring out what lessons to lear…
Tue 15 Nov 2016
Episode 43: What’s it take to be a competitor?
“He’s a competitor!” We’ve all had athletes that exemplified the act of competing. They show up on race day, run their guts out, rise to the occasion when it’s asked of them, and put their teammates …
Fri 28 Oct 2016
Episode 42- Mimicry Vs. Mastery
This week, we take on the big question of mastery, particularly in regards to coaching. Beginners tend to mimic. It’s ingrained in us; mimicry is the way we first learn how to make it in life, as we …
Tue 04 Oct 2016
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