The On Track & Field Podcast!

Mike Boyle is the co-founder of the Middleton, Massachusetts based Mike Boyle Strength & Conditioning. Mike has a long resume of success having previously worked with the Boston Red Sox, US Women’s Olympic Ice Hockey Team, and Boston University and is one of strength and conditionings foremost experts.   

2021 Track Football Consortium presenter, Dr. Ken Clark, is an Associate Professor in Kinesiology at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. Ken's primary focus is in the underlying mechanical factors in athletic performance and teaching speed and how the two go hand-in-hand.

J.T. sits down with 2022 Track Football Consortium presenter JB Morin, who holds a PhD in Sport Science. JB breaks down, in simple terms, the science of acceleration, maximum, and overspeed training and how and when to apply it and how to schedule the proper workout program for your team and athletes.

London based Jonas Dodoo, a 2021 Track Football Consortium presenter and the head coach at SpeedWorks Training, a program designed to maximize athlete's sprinting ability joins this week's podcast. Jonas shares very specific cues and techniques with J.T. that he uses with all his athletes proving that every athlete can get faster. 

This week, J.T. talks with 5x Region Coach of the Year & 3x National Assistant Coach of the Year Ernie Clark about all things hurdle and sprints training. Ernie shares how he structures his workouts so that every rep is a competitive rep and how he maximizes training with his athletes. 

One of the top U.S. T&F coaches today, Dan Pfaff sits with J.T. this week and talks all things training and dives deep into how he implements his own training philosophy in everyday practices. Dan also discusses the importance of mentors and how to network among coaches and touches on the upcoming Track Football Consortium where he's one of the top presenters. 

This week’s guest, Tony Holler, is co-creator of the upcoming Track Football Consortium coaching clinic. A virtual coaching clinic that brings together track, football and strength coaches with one goal in mind – to improve the speed and power of today’s athlete. J.T. and Tony discuss the December event, it’s presenters and why you should listen to them and of course, Tony’s Feed the Cats sprints program.

This week's guest, Lee Taft, known as the "Speed Guru," is highly respected as one of the top athletic movement specialists in the world. Lee is a master for teaching multi-directional speed to all ages and abilities. You can catch Lee at the TFC 2021 in December as he's one of their featured presenters. TFC 2021 tickets are on sale now and you can get them here...https://trackfootballconsortium.com/. 

This week, Hall of Fame coach Brian FitzGerald breaks down the 4x400m relay with host J.T. Where to place your 4 athletes to get the most out of them, the advantages of running multiple relay teams in a league meet, how to be fast in the zone plus, they talk about both the both and men and women's Olympic 4x400m and 4x100m relay teams and how both could be better. 

Coach and #GirlDad of one of the most exciting T&F field athletes competing today, coach Ty Davis shares with J.T. how he juggled the demands and nuances of coaching his daughter, Olympian Tara Davis, to multiple California State Championships, NCAA records and a 6th place long jump finish at the '21 Olympics.