Ryan EwingMar 192 minDay 4 - Virtual Coaching 3/19/2020Good morning coaches and athletes! Today is "Day 4" of this unprecedented season of firsts and I couldn't be prouder of everyone banding together to do their...
Ryan EwingMar 182 minDay 3 of Virtual Coaching - 3/18/20I sincerely apologize that this post is a bit later than usual... I created a video that I wanted to add to this posting, but the processing of that video to...
Ryan EwingMar 172 minVirtual Coaching Day 2Our 2nd day is all about conditioning the body and is called an "X-Factor" day. Athletes are asked to work on walking and skipping A's and B's, "ankling" for...
Ryan EwingMar 142 minPlanning for the Coronavirus Part 2Well... The day I was dreading has officially come. Our practices have been suspended until further notice. Our schooling has been suspended starting this co...
Ryan EwingMar 133 minPractice - 3/12/20Last night's practice was potentially our best one of the season from a jumping standpoint. The kids brought an intensity that I'm unsure we've seen thus fa...
Ryan EwingMar 122 minPlanning for the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)This is a post I've been debating about for the past couple of days... With all that is happening with COVID-19 I personally want to make sure that all coach...
Ryan EwingMar 114 minWelcome to the 2020 outdoor season!To say that I'm excited would be an injustice to my track and field team. I am WAY beyond excited. This time of year is honestly magical to me, and is some...
Ryan EwingMay 6, 20193 minMeet UpdatesToday's post is not just about the meets we had this past weekend - but the plans I have moving forward for the rest of the 2019 season. First, let's touch u...
Ryan EwingMay 2, 20193 min5/1/19 - PracticeDue to us simulating a meet at practice yesterday we decided to follow through on our original plans and have a recovery day. Our main focus was to "flush ou...
Ryan EwingMay 1, 20192 minMeet # 12 (canceled) - Practice 4/30/19To be upfront - I'm getting sick of other teams cancelling on us because they think the weather is "too cold/wet" for a track meet. It's starting to feel lik...
Ryan EwingApr 30, 20192 minPractice - 4/29/2019Tonight's practice was focused on speed. The main drills touched upon some mechanical elements of sprinting and proper starts out of the blocks. So, we focu...
Ryan EwingApr 25, 20193 minPractice - 4/24/19Yesterday was a speed day at practice. The sprint athletes worked on block starts and exchanges. While that happened, another coach (Coach Kernen - a previou...
Ryan EwingApr 24, 20194 minPractice - 4/23/2019With all the meets and days off during spring break I honestly have no clue what "day" we're on. So, from here out I'll be simply putting the date of the ac...
Ryan EwingApr 18, 20192 minMeet # 7 & Rest Of WeekLast night we had our first home meet of the season vs. Beloit Memorial. A large number of our athletes were not present due to this week being our spring br...
Ryan EwingApr 17, 20193 minDay 30 & Spring BreakHey everyone - sorry this post is extremely late! Day 30 (last Friday) was a weird day that ended with a "situation" that kept me from blogging about the pra...
Ryan EwingApr 12, 20192 minDay 29 - 2019We were supposed to have a meet today, but due to terrible spring weather (snow and rain) we held a practice indoors instead. All sprinters/jumpers went imme...
Ryan EwingApr 11, 20193 minDay 28 - 2019Day 28 was a recovery day due to our meet on Tuesday. We had kids perform RPR, and gave them time to go over film from the meet. The male jumpers and I went...
Ryan EwingApr 9, 20195 minDay 27 - 2019 (Transitioning)Yesterday was a speed day for the athletes. The sprint coaches have seen that the team needed start-specific work so sprinters worked on knee and arm drives ...
Ryan EwingApr 8, 20192 minDay 26 - 2019Today was a scheduled speed day. I generally do approaches on these days, but kids have been hitting their approaches at practice quite consistently. The o...
Ryan EwingApr 5, 20192 minDay 25 - 2019Tonight was an X-factor day. We had athletes doing whole-body conditioning/explosive movements to best build them as athletes. At my station I did one-legge...