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Stages in Learning Drills for Sprinting *Enzo Williams is a Level 3 Athletics Australia Sprints and Hurdles Coach. Who works with Filipino Athletes? He was the Head Coach of the Zamboanga Del Sur Sports Academy. And is currently working with Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation mainly with the sprinters. (This Article was first compiled in 2020, … Read more
Female Athletes Periods and Exercise How do female athletes deal with periods during competitions? How does that affect performance? Are there cases when women decide not to participate in competitions because of periods? There is a different impact depending on the individual on Female Athletes Periods. Most Female Athletes Periods experience minor effects, some may … Read more
Fartlek was invented in Sweden in the 1930s and loosely translates as “speed play,” is a variable-pace workout where you work out according to how you feel. It alternates between slower and quicker speeds, is essentially unstructured interval training. Workouts can mix easy running, hill reps, and even T-pace bouts into a single session. The … Read more
Following on from our article on Knee Pain exercises about Uphill Running. We now continue with exercises to help alleviate knee injuries. This comes to play due to the fact an athlete on our program had a knee injury playing an unscripted game of basketball, and another former athlete ended up with knee problems while … Read more
Lydia De Vega was Asia’s fastest woman during the 1980s. Therefore one of the important chess pieces of the Gintong Alay program in Track and Field. Hence turning the Philippines into a superpower in Asian Track and Field and inspired national pride in being Filipino.
Kristina Knott bounces back in 100m as SEA Games draws near April 29, 2023 After nothing short of a horrific 24.64 season opener in Tokyo on April 21 at the Tokyo Grand Prix where she could only manage 5th behind Riley Day of Australia at 23.65 (well off Knott’s 23.01 National Record). Kristina Knott bounced … Read more
PATAFA Ignored my Recommendation for EJ Obiena 2014 Asian Games and Several other athletes PSC Files Attached is a copy and paste from a 2014 Letter. That I provided that EJ Obiena should be selected for the Asian Games in 2014 and furnished to PATAFA via the Philippines Sports Commission. Obiena, Griffey, and others were … Read more
Letsile Tebogo of Botswana is the 100m World Junior Champion Botswana star Letsile Tebogo smashes his world U20 100m record, clocking 9.91 (0.8m/s) to retain his title, at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. Tebogo also broke his world junior record yet again which he had run 9.94 in heats of the World … Read more
Lythe Pillay powers to 400m victory in 45.28 | World U20 Championships 2022 South Africa hasn’t won a global title for some seasons now but they got a surprise U20 one in the shape of Lythe Pillay who still looks like has more in the tank to go sub 45. Following in the footsteps of … Read more
Marestella Long Jump Queen Competition (July 30, 2022) The Marestella Long Jump Queen Competition in my view was far better than any PATAFA event I have seen during the pandemic following reasons. 1. Commentators who made the event interesting and didn’t just read out BIB Numbers which Bore the viewers. I have already told PATAFA … Read more
2022 ASEAN University Games Athletics Underway as the Philippines doesn’t enter any team The 2022 ASEAN University Games started already in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. Surprisingly the Philippines via the FESSAP failed to register a team in time. FESSAP whose focus was on the 2022 World University Games which was postponed to 2023. Did not register … Read more
Marestella Torres – Joins the Legends of Track and Field A career that spanned over 2 decades. After 23 years of loyal service to the national team, Marestella Torres finally hangs up the spikes and focuses on other ventures. One of the greatest ever Filipina Athletics Athletes of the 21st Century. Her feats in the … Read more