Cross Country participation can often correlate with personality of the coach.    Cross country is such a great sport. You’re not really competing against someone else most of the time, but against the course, and against yourself. But I see a lot of schools that barely have enough runners... Read more

   I ended my most recent column describing the importance of improving both the anaerobic (without oxygen) and aerobic (conditioning) systems for most team field and court sports.     The reason I’m discussing team sports is simple, they tend to fall in the middle of the black hole of... Read more

   California is generally known as being “cutting edge” for new technology and environmental awareness.  However we are far behind the east coast in regards to the evaluation and management of suspected concussion in the adolescent athlete.  Luckily Governor Brown recently signed legislation aimed at filling in some gaps.... Read more