Check out this video I taped this morning. My good friends at the IYCA and I laugh some times at how often we are misunderstood when it comes to our philosophies on deceleration. We agree on each others methods. We just attack it from different directions. Take a listen to me rambling about this topic. I love your questions about this topic and hope they keep coming.

P.S. -  If you have not registered yet for the IYCA 2010 Summit, then jump on it now. It is going to be fantastic …

Saturday three new athletes start training with me…a brother, a sister and a friend. They are between 10 and 12 years of age. My typical starting point with any new young athlete is to find out how their posture is during basic running exercises. To see this I use low cones. (Low cones allow them to run over them-one step between each). With this exercise, I am looking for how the athletes maintain tall posture while lifting their knees and driving their arms. What typically happens in younger kids when …