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Can you believe it’s November? OMG where did the time go? Just 8 short weeks before we start calling it the beginning of track season preseason training.Okay Okay Focus… Just Focus : – ) There is still time to get done what ever it is you need to before you happily give up you weekend (Happily….RIGHT??,RIGHT. For [...]
Planning For Success…. Coach Rashad Ahmad As young people what are some of the things you do everyday that you plan for? When you think about those things, what is important to you? Are family, friends, being popular, sports, are those some of the things that are important? Looking at track & field and [...]
Runners Take Your Mark….. Tomorrows Olympians Peter Thamel of the New York Times wrote an article entitled “Leaders From All Levels Agree to Focus on Youth Game” It’s about the youth basketball scene and how in recent past the decline in USA Basketball’s performances at the international level. Just not playing over the past few years as good [...]
Given that some youth athletes can start their competive running participation like bullets out of a gun,only to later begin to grow and change body size ,coordination and perhaps interest change as speed abilty of others catch up, and even pass your bullet. How is a parent to know when fast is really “special” fast and when it’s transitional fast? Where do we find [...]
With the economic changes we are facing as Americans, we have unique financial challenges as we look forward to another eventful, busy track season. Many questions swirl around my brain, like: How much more will it cost to travel via airplane or car ? (gas prices over $1.50 more than when my family started this track journey) How does the average family [...]
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