My journey into the Core started in college when you could buy one of those manuals from a body-building magazine. Crunches, hanging leg raises and maybe some sid
Thursday, February 28, 2008
By: Dr. Shawn Allen
I think this is a million dollar tidbit.....it is the way i have done bench for a long time (not that i
Thursday, February 28, 2008
By: Dr. Shawn Allen
The squat stuff is coming soon. Before we get to that, I have permission from Shawn to print a response that he gave to a trainer who was instructing his athlete to bench with a big arch in the lower
Monday, November 19, 2007
By: Chris Korfist
I thought I would spend some time writing about my summer and my discovery process. I am always trying to find better ways to coach and train.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
By: Chris Korfist
I recently heard a presentation given by Physical Therapist Robert Lardner who claimed that we evolved too quickly. His presentation was on the role of the shoulder and scapula and t
Friday, October 12, 2007
By: Chris Korfist
Dr. Shawn Allen and I decided to sit down and figure out what differentiates faster sprinters with slower sprinters. We have a unique situation because I have a large gro
Monday, September 10, 2007
By: Chris Korfist
I have finally found time to sit and crank off some articles. I am still open to people emailing questions and I would be more than happy to answer them. This article will be a catch up and intro to w
Sunday, September 09, 2007
By: Chris Korfist
"It would also be nice to see your thought process and protocol for doing the mini tramp runs everyday for a week (i.e. when you would need to do this) and the same thing
Saturday, July 28, 2007
By: Chris Korfist
In a previous article, I asked if anyone wanted to me to address any questions that they may have regarding our training system. So Heth from Elite training was kind enough to
Saturday, July 28, 2007
By: Pete Connalley
Here’s a quick rundown of our 2007 track season, utilizing many of the force related principles taught by you and your DVD. I probably got a number of them wrong through a lac
Thursday, May 31, 2007
By: Dan Fichter
Once again, sorry for the delay. Caught between track season and all of my other commitments, it is hard to find time to write an article. Also, since I receive little feedback
Sunday, May 13, 2007
By: Dan Fichter
Working with a lot of different athletes, one trait that I have noticed is that athletes who lack hip extension in their start or power coming down the track cannot bound.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
By: Dan Fichter
I think where I have the biggest disagreement with most coaches is our definition of stiffness. Some coaches will describe an athlete who lacks flexibility as stiff. Sometimes,
Saturday, May 12, 2007
By: Dan Fichter
Accurate assessment of progress/program
Push for harder workouts for all exercises
I am half way through my first year of coaching at York High School, in Elmhu
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
By: Chris Korfist
If you want to follow the fad craze these days, look no further than
companies like Vibram and Nike. Vibram is the company that has
brought you the soles and treads of many of the shoes you
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
By: Chris Korfist
Joe X is a different type of athlete than the previous two. First he is
much younger. I started to work with Joe going into his freshman
year. He is a football/baseball athlete who wan
Monday, February 19, 2007
By: Chris Korfist
Working with a lot of different athletes, one trait that I have noticed
is that athletes who lack hip extension in their start or power
coming down the track cannot bound.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
By: Chris Korfist
Watching people start is always fun. Everyone is different. You can
even watch the NFL combine start where the athlete crowds the line.
In fact, in some cases, it looks like they're about to
Saturday, February 10, 2007
By: Chris Korfist
As discussed in part 1, Dan Palmer had certain issues to face in
order to become a state champion. He was a good athlete to start
with but the trick was to make him great. So, what happens w
Friday, November 10, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
I am halfway through my first year of coaching at York High School
in Elmhurst, Illinois. For those of you who follow Cross Country,
this is the home of the Dukes who are nationally famous f
Friday, October 20, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
This is General George Marshall’s attitude to building a modern army
equipped to take on two highly militarized societies in 1942. This
was the attitude that I took to build this year’s Illi
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
I think where I have the biggest disagreement with most coaches is our
definition of stiffness. Some coaches will describe an athlete who
lacks flexibility as stiff. Sometimes, they will pla
Sunday, October 01, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
"How long ...shall there continue knaves to vend, and fools to gulp,
so low a piece of demagougeism" -Abraham Lincoln
This is of course Abraham Lincoln’s response to Stephen
Monday, September 25, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
Watching people start is always fun. Everyone is different. You can
even watch the NFL combine start where the athlete crowds the line.
In fact, in some cases, it looks like they're about to
Friday, September 15, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
In a recent article I listed some of the top things I would have
done differently if I had the chance. Some might call these
"throwbacks". Well, this time around I decided that I'm going to
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
I read your "Deconstruction of Speed" article and found it to be
very interesting. Could you explain more about why you don't like
squats? I don't understand why so many strength coaches wou
Friday, September 01, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
As I am finishing my second season employing the Inno-Sport concepts
to my athletes, whether it was track, football or basketball, I have
found there to be some coaching errors in my program
Saturday, August 26, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
One of the biggest problems that I face when I come into a school is
convincing the stubborn power lifters that squats do not make you
faster. Some people are shocked that we don’t squat or
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
This year I have had the opportunity to work with our throwers in
addition to our sprinters. I did not coach the event itself but I
applied Inno-Sport concepts to their weight training. The
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
Worried about your 40? So are most other high school sophomore and
junior football players right now. Nike and all of the others are
starting their combines and colleges are opening up their
Sunday, August 06, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
To follow along the same line of my last two articles, I will show
some examples that running technique can change with proper
assessment and application of knowledge. I would like to note t
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
So, hopefully, you have solved your posterior chain problem after
the last article. Possibly that may have also solved many other
problems as well. If not, we will delve deeper into the land
Saturday, July 15, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
I love listening to coaches at track meets. In the excitement of the
race or after a race, trying to give their athletes a tip as to how
to improve, I often hear coaches talk to their athlet
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
As high school football season comes to a close, it is
usually the time that coaches want to start putting programs
together for the long haul until next season. Some coaches will take
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
It is usually this time of year when high school
football coaches are wondering what they could have done to be in a
situation where they would still be playing right now in some form
o
Sunday, June 18, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
It is almost basketball season. It is always interesting
to watch basketball coaches put their teams through their preseason
workout. First, most basketball coaches have as much right to tra
Thursday, June 08, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
Why do coaches use Olympic lifts? It is my favorite
example of people using exercises and having no idea why they use
them. It’s that damned monkey principle again. I think it goes back
Thursday, June 01, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
What is Monkey Training?
Some time back, in the Q&A section, DB wrote about an experiment
conducted on monkeys, where the result was monkeys attacked other
monkey
Saturday, May 27, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
Problem #3: White Men Can't Jump
Problem number 3 deals with the old wives tale that "white men can’t
jump.” The reason why they can’t jump is because they have b
Saturday, May 20, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
Problem Number 2: Poor Plantar Flexion Strength
Problem number two is lack of plantar flexion strength. How many
times have you heard a coach yell, "Get on your toes!”
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
By: Chris Korfist
Problem #1: Poor Hip Extension Development
In the past months I have had the opportunity to visit some high
schools across the Midwestern United States. They invited m