The Track and Field Performance Podcast

Lead coach of Leap Squad Track Club, Keinan Briggs speaks about his holistic approach to developing high school jumpers.

Coach Briggs discusses how he methodically implements and pivots his progressio…

In just under two hours, Coach Cliff Rovelto provided a masterclass overview of the combined events. We spoke about the physical, mental, technical, and tactical aspects of designing and managing tra…

Personality traits, attitudes, habits, skills - this one had it all. Dr. Lennie Waite spoke to me about her beliefs and strategies that she uses within her practice. These methods help athletes and c…

Australia's lead High Jump coach Alex Stewart has many impressive accolades on his resume, he was the 2018 National Coach of the Year after guiding Brandon Starc to an Oceania Record of 2.36m, but pe…

British Athletics Pole Vault coach "Scott Simpson" speaks about the factors he considers when outlining his training throughout the year. Scott provides his stable yet individualized program for Olym…

Coach of Irelands fastest female, Phil Healy, and 2019 All-Ireland Hurling Champions, Tipperary; Shane McCormack has 20 years of coaching experience and is an IAAF Level 4 accredited sprints and hurd…

Track and Field coach and 2x Olympic Shot Putter Amin Nikfar is the current Throws coach at UNC-Chapel Hill. The reason I say "Track and Field coach" is because, throughout this episode, he highlight…

Canada's own Glenn Smith sat down with me to explain pelvic and t-spine movement as it relates to efficient upright sprint mechanics. 

Coach Smith details how he observes and cues the athlete to move …

Episode 12 was with throws, youth development, and coach education expert Derek Evely. Derek boasts (although you won't hear it from him) an impressive resume comprising of leadership roles in major …

LSU Jumps Coach and USTFCCCA course instructor Todd Lane came on the podcast and dove deep into his prerequisites for elite high jumping: Approach, Take-off, In-Flight, and Plyometrics.

More importan…

With over 30 years of coaching experience, Benke Blomkvist has facilitated the success of household names such as Susanna Kallur and Andrew Pozzi. In this episode, he provides a well-articulated over…

The Olympic Training Center at Chula Vista, California has been home to the best field event athletes in the US for over a decade. The host of medals and all-time best performances in the jumps has b…

Furman College is widely known as one of the NCAA's dynasties for distance running. There is little wonder why that is when you have coaches as knowledgeable and passionate as Coach Chris Neal. 

In th…

Sport Ireland Institute's David Tobin conveys his approach to improving athlete's nutrition - for the benefit of their performance. 

There is plenty of takeaways and scope that athletes and coaches ca…

I was able to sit down with one of Britain's top triple jumpers and Managing Director of RightTracks Sports Jonathan Ilori.

The former Mizzou Graduate and NCAA All-American used his experience in the …

Experienced Sports Psychologist, Professor, and Athletics coach Dr. Cliff Mallett provides a wealth of knowledge and experience regarding athletes mental preparation.

Cliff articulates his journey as…

Sprint training and coaching enthusiast David Maris leverages his unique set of experiences both as an athlete, coach, and life-long learner to explore a variety of factors in prescribing sprint trai…

Jumps specialist Nick Newman: jumps and multi's coach at USC provides his philosophy and considerations for the prescription of strength training. Nick discusses the role of an enlarged impulse for a…

Arizona State's Jumps and Multi's coach John Ellis describes how he interacts and builds relationships to get the best out of his athletes. John shares his experience at Southern Mississippi; his wor…

Bob outlines how he implements resisted sprints training for sprinters and jumpers at Loyola University Chicago. He describes the philosophies he has developed that allow him to cleverly organize dif…