Scott Wilson

I tell our people just keep giving your best each day. Consistent works plays off. A lot of little items ADD up. Press on!!

We ran a fun hurdle shuttle relay at our team building day. One of people wore his meta glasses. Cool perspective. Press on!!

@MikeCunningham People often try to have this great block push and think that is the whole deal. Having one good push and then 2 steps with poor pushes is not as good as a solid block push and 2 good steps.

Do you have a sequence to teach athletes how to use the blocks? Does it look anything like this?

@MikeCunningham I often teach proper acceleration technique right before an initial block teaching session. My thought process is - that blocks are the start of an acceleration pattern and if someone does not accelerate properly then having a “good block start” does not mean as much.

Focus on what you have control of. Press on!!

@nedryun He is a hero of mine, more so for his character & faith in Christ. Thanks for sharing.

Still won the silver medal and ran a 3:37 1500 which is still mind blowing to me. But the headlines essentially blared he was a loser, he only got the silver. Mind you he’s only 21 at the time. Comes home and it’s a struggle. Summer of 1969 steps off the track in the middle of the AAU championships. He needs a break. Essentially retires. But a year of so later decides he’ll make a comeback. Total up and down, roller coaster of a ride. He’s putting in the work, 120 miles a week, but some races are disasters, others are good. Comes into the 1972 Oly Trials. Makes a tactical mistake in 800 finals, goes too soon, ties up in homestretch, gets passed by three others and loses out on 3rd spot by inches. Has to come back in 1500. This time he doesn’t make a mistake and just annihilates everyone over the last 150. The finish of that race makes the cover of Sports Illustrated. He goes to Toronto not too long after and runs a 3:52 mile on a cinder track, third fastest time in history behind his two WRs. He’s primed, ready to go, in shape to break WR in 1500 in Munich. But his 3:52 is entered as a 1500 time and he’s put in the wrong opening heat. He tells USOC officials of the mistake. They tell him not to worry, it’s just opening heat. 500 m from finish in that heat he’s tripped, he goes down so hard he’s knocked out for about 11 seconds. Gets up and finishes but out of qualifying spot. Howard Cosell tells my dad he’ll help write the appeal to be reinstated and he does. But the appeal is rejected even though it’s clear my dad was fouled. After years of sacrifice it was all gone in a split second. My dad had just come to Christ in May of 1972. He had every right to be angry and bitter, and it took him awhile to get over the Munich fall and forgive. It could have ruined him. It didn’t. I was texting with him about this incident this morning; he sent the pic and hadn’t seen it before. I told him it could have destroyed him, but it didn’t. He forgave. He replied, “Only God can do that.”

I think about this moment for my dad. He was 25. Third Olympics. WR holder in the mile, 1500, 800. 1968 Olympics he’s been the favorite even though it was held at Mexico City and a mile of altitude. Despite that, and having mono that year and pulling a hamstring, he. . .

@Siemers_XC_TF This is why there is not one miracle workout. You are being observant and then picking a variable to adjust. How a coach progresses an athlete through a season with workouts is an Art as much as it is a Science. Keep being an excellent Coach. Press on!!

The one-variable rule changed how I write progressions. Change pace OR volume OR rest. Never two in the same week. That's the rule. But knowing the rule isn't the same as knowing when to use it. My girl miler starts outdoor season running 10 × 200 at 41.25 with a 200 jog. By District, she needs to be running 2 × 200 at 38.75 + 3 × 300 at 58.1 + 2 × 400 at 77.5, all with equal jog recovery. That's twelve weeks apart. Every week I'm deciding: Does the pace drop? Do the reps get longer? Does the mix shift? I'm looking at how she finished the last workout. Her sleep that week. Whether she's racing Saturday. If she tweaked her hamstring on Tuesday. The rule keeps me from doing too much. The judgment keeps me from following a script. Some weeks I write the progression on Sunday, look at it Thursday, and throw it out because she's not where I thought she'd be. That's not a failure of the plan. That's the plan working. By District, she's running a workout she couldn't have imagined in week one. Not because I followed a formula. Because I knew when the formula didn't fit.

@Tier1athlete This is one of the more difficult drills to do properly. One cue often does not solve it. I encouraged people to feel a “stiffness” in the landing leg and land more flat footed. I often give a visual so he/she knows what it should look like.

Coaches what cues do you use to teach #dribbles to your athletes?

Teaching people the best SET POSITION is key to a good block start. (Shin angles, front leg knee angle, back leg knee angle, etc.) There are many variables to account for. Press on!!

@DillonMartinez Here are world class sprinters. Notice the power position on the front block leg. But just as important the swing leg is still behind them.

A classic starting error I call the "lawn chair exit." How do you cue this, coach this, or correct this?

@DillonMartinez Use a band and emphasis move the hips down the track. Swing leg (shin is too high, knee projection of the right leg is not in tandem with the push of the left leg. Don’t worry about being that low, if the legs are pushing the right amount then the low angles naturally come.

2026 Men’s and Women’s team conference titles. Total Team Effort. Press on!!

Using wickets to help with stride length. Speed = Stride Frequency x Stride Length. The goal is to find the right combination of those two elements that produce the best results. **Practice Makes Permanent**

@Siemers_XC_TF All the best! Hope it goes well.

We are competing at the Clear Springs Charger Relays today. Right now we’re doing our team warmup. Field events start at 10am. Running at 2pm.

Pictures taken by Dave Bell.

Track & Field requires the best of you. Pictures from our last meet.

@Siemers_XC_TF You are right on with this important aspect of coaching. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Press on!

We were in a track coaches meeting going over the week. Someone asked, “So what's the plan if Tuesday's weather doesn't cooperate?” The room went quiet. Not because it was a bad question. Because no one had an answer that wasn’t, “Well… we’ll adjust.” Adjust HOW? That’s the part no one teaches. Most of us can write a solid plan. Mileage. Workouts. Progression. But the hard part isn’t planning. It’s standing on the track, mid-practice, with real kids and real fatigue, and deciding: Do we stay? Do we cut it? Do we move on? That decision never shows up on the spreadsheet. But it’s the one that decides how the season actually feels.

Indoor season is here. Make it a great day!

@CoachKurtHines Hang in there, Coach. Sorry this has happened to you. Philippians 3:13 comes to mind. Looking forward to see where God places you to do his work.

Our team went 6 – 4 this season, made the playoffs, won the Team Sportsmanship Award for our Conference, and… I just got fired.

Every day is a gift. Press on!!