The Track and Field Performance Podcast
1) Marco Airale | Sprint Mechanics, Intensive Tempo Training, and Warm Ups
Marco Airale has been one of the fastest-rising elite sprint coaches of the past five years — and one of the youngest — guiding athletes like Reece Prescod, Andre De Grasse, Daryll Neita, Amy Hunt and...Show More
2) Paul Burgess: Vaulting from Elite Athlete to World-Class Coach
From being a 6m pole vaulter back in 2005 to coaching the 2024 Olympic gold medallist Nina Kennedy and 2023 World Championships bronze medallist Kurtis Marschall, Paul Burgess has transitioned from el...Show More
3) Eamonn Flanagan: Key Principles Behind Effective Plyometric and Jump Training
Eamonn Flanagan is the Head of S&C at the Sport Ireland Institute. In this episode, Eamonn shares deep insights from a career that spans elite Olympic (including track & field), Paralympic, and profes...Show More
4) Joseph Coyne: Giving the Athlete What They Need When They Need It
Joseph Coyne, PhD is the Director of High Performance & Sports Development, Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar and Strength & Conditioning Coach, Elite Sport Program & Swimming, Bond University Joseph's ex...Show More
5) Chris Shambrook: How Psychological Preparation Fuels Performance, Confidence, and Resilience
Dr. Chris Shambrook, is a renowned expert in performance psychology with over five Olympic cycles of experience. In this episode, Chris shares his journey from earning a PhD in sports psychology to wo...Show More
6) James Sandilands: The Art and Science of High Jumping
Athletics New Zealand track and field coach, James Sandilands is mainly known as the coach to the current World Indoor and Olympic champion in the jump, Hamish Kerr, but James's current crop of high l...Show More
7) Werner Prinsloo: Akani Simbine's Journey to 9.82 and 4th Place at the Paris Olympics
In this episode, I chatted with Werner Prinsloo, the coach behind South African sprinting sensation Akani Simbine who in his third consecutive Olympic 100m final, at the age of 30, ran a national reco...Show More
8) Josef Karas: Nailing General Prep, Coaching Workhorses, and Battling Physiology (Part 1)
Josef Karas is a former Czech International Decathlete and a graduate of Kansas State where he worked under legendary coach Cliff Rovelto. Since transitioning into coaching, Josef has coached long jum...Show More
Josef Karas: Nailing General Prep, Coaching Workhorses, and Battling Physiology (Part 1)
1:16:12 | Dec 9th, 2024
9) Glenn Smith: Breakthrough Performances, Technical Qualities, and Coaching Philosophy
Glenn Smith is a former Canadian national champion and world championship semi-finalist in the 200m sprint. He holds a Master’s Degree in Exercise Science from the University of Texas at Austin and ha...Show More
Glenn Smith: Breakthrough Performances, Technical Qualities, and Coaching Philosophy
1:25:26 | Nov 27th, 2024
10) Gordon Bosworth: Wisdom from 40 years of Physiotherapy with Elite Athletes
Being the Chief Physiotherapist to UK Athletics/British Athletics at the London Olympic Games (2012) is just one of many major roles that Gordon Bosworth has undertook during his professional career. ...Show More
Gordon Bosworth: Wisdom from 40 years of Physiotherapy with Elite Athletes
1:38:37 | Oct 13th, 2024