The Track and Field Performance Podcast

Dr. Ken Clark: The Science and Practice of Elite Sprint Performance

Dr. Ken Clark is a professor and coach at West Chester University where he balances teaching, sprint science research and in-person coaching with several collegiate teams

Ross Jeffs: Profiling Sprinters and Jumpers, Preventing Hamstring Injuries, and Coaching in Realtime

In this episode, we sit down with Ross Jeffs — jumps and combined events lead coach at Aspire Academy in Qatar, and former sprints and hurdles coach with experience acros

Jack Green: The Human Side of Athletic Performance and Coaching

Jack Green is a two-time Olympian, World and European relay medalist, European U-23 champion in the 400m hurdles, and now the lead coach for Saudi Arabia's long hurd

David Kerin: Fixing the Right Problem

David Kerin is a former collegiate coach, USA Track and Field national team administrator, and performance consultant. David brings a refreshingly unconventional lens to

Angus Ross: Enhancing Strengths & Weaknesses; Eccentric Training for Speed and Power

Angus Ross is the Strength and Conditioning and Power Physiology Lead with High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ), working with elite track & field athletes and multi

Dr. Christopher Stanley: Mental Skills for Managing High Pressure Moments

Dr. Christopher Stanley (CMPC) is a sport and performance psychology professor at the University of Western States, former Lead Sport Psychologist for USA Track & Field a

Ernie Clark, Bob Thurnhoffer, and Jason Wakenight: Training for the 400 meters

This episode brings together three coaches with documented success coaching the 400 meters and 4×400 m relay within the NCAA system. Ernie Clark, the Head Coach for spri

Craig Pickering: Developing Elite Sprint Relay Teams and High Performance Systems

Craig Pickering – former Olympic sprinter, Winter Olympian in bobsleigh, sport scientist, and now Director of Performance Sustainability at Athletics Australia – joins th

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 Gras

Paul Burgess: Vaulting from Elite Athlete to World-Class Coach

From being a 6 meter pole vaulter back in 2005 to coaching the 2024 Olympic gold medallist Nina Kennedy and 2023 World Championships bronze medallist Kurtis Marschall, Pa

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 &

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

Chris Shambrook: How Psychological Preparation Fuels Performance 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

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

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

Josef Karas: Nailing General Prep, Coaching Workhorses, and Battling Physiology

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 coac

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 Unive

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 du

Dan Pfaff: Horizontal Jumps, Performance Testing, and Debriefing

Dan Pfaff is widely regarded as one of the most influential track and field coaches of all-time with over 50 years of experience.  His thought provoking insights on spor

Dublin Sprint: A Breeding Ground for Irish Olympic-Level Sprinters

Coaches Jeremy Lyons, Gerard O'Donnell, and Aideen Synott have created a high performing environment for sprinters in Ireland to thrive both collegiately and post-co