“If you’ve got speed, you can figure out how to jump. It’s just not that complicated to me.” Power, velocity, and force, the connection is simple enough, and guided by Jumps and Combined Events Coach Jacob Cohen, athletes in the University of Illinois track program have been doing more than…

When someone tells you who they are, listen. Lawrence “Boogie” Johnson—the 2013 USA Track & Field Coach of the Year and current Head Track & Field Coach for California State University, Northridge (CSUN)—has the bona fides to call himself whatever he chooses. Even as he trains a crew of notable Olympians, including…

Let’s get this out of the way from the get-go—Ryan Steenberg is not normal. It’s not normal to drive a golf ball 300 yards and hit baseballs “off the planet” at age eleven. It’s not normal to play two years of quarterback at the collegiate level and then switch to…

The sun is already beginning to bear down at 9am in central Los Angeles, saturating the athletic complex at the University of Southern California with a lazy heaviness further exaggerated by the easygoing pace of a campus in summertime. A few swimmers can be spied gliding down their lanes at…

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve joined the team at SimpliFaster as a managing editor for the site’s popular blog. SimpliFaster is always on the lookout for insightful submissions from coaches, sports scientists, and high performance professionals—if you are passionate about a topic and have a fresh take, send the…