The On Track & Field Podcast!

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.

 The 2nd fastest man to ever run the 100m & 200m, Yohan Blake, joins J.T. this week and talks all things T&F and what it means to grow up a Jamaican sprinter. Yohan lays out his favorite track workouts and talks about his first love...and it's NOT track. 

What does it take to train and compete in T&F at the elite level? This week's guest, decathlete Devon Williams, talks with J.T. about the ins and outs of being a muliti's athlete and trying to make the hardest team to make in sports...the U.S.A. Olympic team. 

Coach Brad Dixon talks defensive speed with J.T. and explains just how important it is with the game on the line in the 4th quarter.  

Mt San Antonio College’s FastBack ShootOut was this past weekend and if the results are any indication, XC is back and in full effect! This week’s guest, Tim O’Rourke, Mt SAC’s longtime meet director, talks with J.T. about all things Mt SAC and XC related including the question every coach in Southern California asks….is Mt SAC too tough a course especially as the CIF Southern Section’s qualifying race to make it to state? Tim has the stats to definitively answer the question. His answer might surprise you.

This week's episode, with guest Justin Wickard, dives into what it means for athletes who sign a name, image and likeness contract allowing college athletes to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars and how it affects the NCA compliance.