Speed development, injury rehab, and lessons learned from over 40 years as a coach, with Boo Schexnayder

Legendary track and field coach Boo Schexnayder has had an accomplished career spanning over 40 years, perhaps most notably coaching for Team USA and his 18-year tenure at Louisiana State University. In this episode, coach Schexnayder talks about speed development, coaching jumps, rehabbing injuries, and his experiences as a coach and consultant. Schexnayder was a contributor to the recently released NSCA's Developing Speed, Second Edition.

NSCA's Developing Speed https://ecs.page.link/WmUag

Boo Schexnayder

Boo Schexnayder is internationally known as one of the leading authorities in training design. He is most noted for his 18-year term on the LSU Track and Field staff. Prior to arriving at LSU, Schexnayder spent 11 years at St. James High School in Louisiana coaching football, track and field, and cross country before moving on to Blinn Junior College and Louisiana-Lafayette. Regarded as one of the world's premier field event coaches, he was the mastermind behind 26 NCAA Champions during his collegiate coaching career and has been a part of 13 NCAA Championship teams and a pair of junior college national titles.

On the international scene, Schexnayder has coached 18 Olympians and seven Olympic/World Championship medalists. He served on coaching staffs for Team USA for the 2003 Pan Am Games in Santo Domingo, the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing, and was the jumps coach for Team USA at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Schexnayder has been heavily involved in Coaching Education. He formerly served as the national chair of USATF’s Coaching Education Committee, Jumps Subcommittee chair, and chair of the Biomechanics subcommittee. He was the founder of the Track and Field Academy, the educational branch of the US Track and Field and Cross Country Association. He now spends his time as a consultant for Schexnayder Athletic Consulting.

Schexnayder Athletic Consulting https://www.sacspeed.com/wp