2. Getting People Into It, Thirsty Thursday : Speakers & Interviews

he's not a medical doctor, youd be better off searching out someone in that profession

Does anyone know how to get in contact with Mr. Jack Daniels? I have had a weird injury for a few years now and dont quite know how to remedy it.

I love thirsty thursdays

Sean Wade,tennis scholarship at Rice Uni. Went on to run 210 for New Zealand

Thought he was talking about Peter snell to begin with... if you switch the marathon for 800m the story carries on almost exactly (Snell was a very good tennis player before switching to track).

It starts withi quality coaches throughout America on the high school level. I coach at a high school that has a large XC/Track program and we are completely under staffed. We get tons of happy athletes because we bust our butts and make it as competitively fun as possible. I see so many football, soccer, baseball, basketball, etc, teams having tons of coaches and many more volunteer assistant coaches. If you knew nothing about sports you would know which sports are more popular by looking at the sidelines and seeing how many coaches are there. Amaerica needs XC/Track teams with 6-10 coaches out at practice every day! This would get more and more kids out for the team. Kids would definately come out more. Right now running seems like an inside thing that only a select few can join or even understand. Bottom line, we need more coaches first, then get the coaches each to get more kids out.

If you look at most professional athletes in basketball or football, almost all of them competed in some event in track and field, to stay in shape for their primary sport. The reason they opt out of sticking with track and field comes down to money and fame, mainly money; just look at the league minimum for both sports to get an idea of just how much money is in those sports. Track and Field needs to find a way to not only make the sport glamorous to athlete's but to the general audience. There is only one place I competed at where the audience knew everything down to a good split in a race versus an avg. split in a race and that was at Hayward Field. Those spectators knew so much in comparison to any other track meet, where 90% of the primary viewers are other athlete's racing.

absolutely! kids need to try different sports and test themselves with new things. not only does this allow them to find things that maybe they didn't think they'd be great at, but it also develops them as better all around athletes. we don't get better by constantly working on our strengths, we get better by eliminating our weaknesses, especially while we're still developing and our bodies are changing to take up their final physiology (usually around 25 for males). throughout high school, for most people, it's a bad idea to specialize. getting a base fitness in a lot of different sports, getting stronger, faster, more aerobically fit, will pay off in the long run no matter what people end up specializing in when they get to college and later on in their lives.

I think that it is smart to help youth discover their abilities and talents as they continue to grow older. For example, I'm a junior in high school and I discovered that I could run well when I was in the 6th grade, and now I want to run cross country and track in college. If we help the youth of the future recognize their potential, then they can do what they want to the fullest of their abilities.

who is this tennis guy is he talking about that 2:14?

Do we have any idea how many runners there are in America? High school? college? etc..

I'm curious if there are any statistics out there on this?