• Home
• What's New Most recent additions to the site.
• Training Tips Advice and suggestions for how to fix certain technique problems as they pertain to hurdling.
• Workouts Hurdle workouts and workouts for hurdlers that I've used at various times of year.
• Profiles Profiles of various coaches and athletes who either coach the hurdles or run the hurdles.
• Issues Issues in the sport of Track and Field that are relevant to hurdlers and hurdle coaches.
• All-Time Greats My lists of all-time greats in the various hurdle events
• Top-Ten Lists Various top-ten lists in the hurdle events, and lists of Olympic and World Championship medalists.
• Links Links to other Track and Field sites that may be useful to hurdlers and hurdle coaches.
• Videos A variety of hurdle races to view.
• Personal StoriesAnecdotes from hurdlers and hurdle coaches about personal experiences they've had in the world of hurdling.
• Site AuthorIncludes a very handsome picture of moi
• Contact me to ask a question, respond to any articles on this website, or to contribute an article to this website.
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****In October of 2010, I did an instructional video for Championship Productions, and as of May 2011, it is available on their website as a part of their track and field High School Coaches Blueprint for Success series. The video is over an hour long, filled with strategies for coaching hurdlers, workout plans for hurdlers, as well as demonstrations of key drills to help hurdlers develop efficient technique. I have seen the final product and am very happy with it. Click here to go to the Championship Productions page of the video, where you can view a sample portion of the video prior to purchasing it.****

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What this site is all about...

I started this website in September of 2004 because I love the hurdles and I knew there were plenty of others out there like me, who feel that this beautiful, artistic event that requires so much hard work and dedication too often takes a backseat to Track and Field’s “glamor” events.

My purpose in maintaining this site is for it to be a place where hurdlers and hurdle coaches of all ages, levels of experience, and levels of ability, can go to exchange ideas about training methods, technical problems, and to discuss issues relevant to the hurdling events. This site is a place where we can discuss personal experiences in the world of hurdling that will serve the purpose of educating and/or inspiring other hurdlers and/or coaches who are going through similar experiences.

Hurdling isn’t for everybody, and there’s a reason for that. Hurdle racing, and especially hurdle training, is very demanding, and, often, very frustrating. Those of us who have made the choice to try to make the best of ourselves in the hurdle events have to stick together and support each other, even if, somewhere down the road, we end up competing against each other. That’s what this website is all about.