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David Stone CSCS

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CSCS, Track and Field Coach at Elmhurst University - sprints, jumps, hurdles M.S. - physiology Duhawk

Elmhurst, IL
Joined February 2020
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David Stone CSCS
2 months
I am notoriously bad at Twitter. If you are here and are interested in jumping or sprinting at Elmhurst University, please fill out one of the recruit forms below. That is THE way to be sure to hear from me.
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2 years
Got my first "I'm going D1 or nothing" response from a jumper who wouldn't make our top 3 this season. 😑
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Most track coaches I know can coach multiple events, manage schedules and direct -sometimes enormous- track meets. Often all of those things at one time, with tight budgets, minimal admin support, and a smile on their faces. I am consistently surrounded by superheroes.
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After 8 years at the high school level, and now 4 years into my collegiate coaching career I've had some time to consider what I would ask a high school coach to do for their athletes to set them up @for success in college.
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3 months
Officially deleted all non-committed 2024 recruits from my phone. Time to start building the 2025 roster...
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2 years
Based on a conversation with @BobThurnhoffer and his great podcast with @CoachJTAyers and @CoachErnieClark these are my rough drafts on long sprint fall. Written at a bowling alley birthday party...
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@coach_j_lima As both a sport coach and a 10+ year s+c, I would not let a majority of S+C coaches near my athletes.
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David Stone CSCS
5 years
Stop pampering your best performers. The seniors who get all the attention and all the extras are going to step into an environment next year where they are not the best. I have seen too many athletes be unable to handle being treated as a member of the team not THE member.
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David Stone CSCS
5 years
Stop making your sprinters (400m included) run 2+ miles of intervals in a practice. If we can coach athletes to run a fast 400m without a track, you should be able to be more efficient in teaching them speed and speed-endurance. Go to @TFConsortium for more info.
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David Stone CSCS
4 years
Only three women in Elmhurst University history have run under 27 for the 200m indoors. All three are currently members of the Elmhurst Track team.
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2 years
@CoachAjStall How close was I to saying "enjoy your last season"? 🤏
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David Stone CSCS
5 years
Teach your athletes to take pride in the process. PRs and high finishes are results of the process. When chasing the next number, it's too easy to teach them the habit of short-cutting the process for a PR. Celebrate process-oriented goals before times/distances.
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David Stone CSCS
5 years
Quit static stretching for a warm up. They'll get to college and find out that nobody does that anymore. It causes confusion and makes them question what else they did under your care that no competent collegiate coach does. Confidence = shattered.
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2 years
I am incredibly proud of the bluejay track squad for their meet today. In blustery conditions, they put on smiles and showed up with some amazing results. More important than the results was the resilience and support the team showed to each other.
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David Stone CSCS
5 years
Teach your hurdlers to 3-step. When a college comes recruiting a hurdler they'll ask if they can 3-step. Big colleges will stop the process. Smaller schools that still need to recruit that athlete will have to spend a year or more developing a 3-step. Save your athlete time later
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David Stone CSCS
5 years
Promote track as the ultimate team sport: consider your conference or state-qualifying meet. No single athlete or event-group can deliver a team trophy, every member must contribute on that day. To do that, you must start acting that way on day 1 of the season.
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David Stone CSCS
5 years
Teach your jumpers to jump big. If they learn to jump big regardless of board placement, they'll be more successful more often. When they get into college and are only good at stepping on a board, they're going to experience some major growing pains.
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Finishing up "Stop Dragging Your Toes" and excited to get into this one as soon as I'm done. Messed around and accidentally turned a jumper into a good sprinter, so time to take the next steps in his training.
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Stuart McMillan
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Here's a quick snippet from video #3 of the Course -- on block clearance & acceleration The Course is a mix of video, text, & downloadable PDF. I think you'll dig it
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@CoachDJBrock @MikeCunningham I have a google doc with lifting and sprint workouts I send to everyone and update as the summer goes along. Nothing crazy, but I'd say the biggest thing I focus on is not doing too much too early. The last thing I want it is a kid fighting an injury in September.
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David Stone CSCS
2 years
The greatest kindness a person can commit is to plant the seed of a tree whose shade they will never enjoy. To every Jay alum, whatever the outcome, this moment is a result of your kindnesses. 4x4 FTW
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4 months
A recruit told me there's a coach who recruits against us by saying our team has to train in dorm hallways. While that's not true... if it were, aren't you embarrassed?
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@MikeCunningham Personally, I had to spend a couple years volunteering at a college program then moved up to a stipend job before finally moving to fully time collegiate coaching. As a HS coach I couldn't even get into the right rooms, but as a collegiate volunteer I got access to networks.
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David Stone CSCS
2 years
🎼Might not be much to you, but my momma thinks I made it🎶
@ElmhurstBluejay
Elmhurst University Athletics
2 years
The Elmhurst University Director of Cross Country & Track and Field Jordan Bartolazzi has announced the promotion of David Stone to Associate Head Track & Field Coach.
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2 years
If you asked this woman if she'd be a conference champion three weeks ago, she'd have told you she might not make the conference line up. What a gritty jumper.
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Ep. With Doug Lemov and Todd Beane. Great Episode! "It's a myth to think that wins equate to good coaching"
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1 year
I've officially reached my social limit for the summer. Want to pop by? Nope Want to meet up randomly? Nope Barbecue? Nope Beach day? Nope Reunion? Nope Wedding? Nope
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2 years
Me and a school record holder.
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David Stone CSCS
2 years
@jmarpdx Stu McGill has some pretty compelling research on (side) planks. Part of his big 3 exercises to develop tension and stability in the low back.
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2 years
A man who had never seen a triple jump before his freshman year just flew to Boston and put up a PB that is number 5 all-time at EU. We have a lot of work to do, but he's making it fun every step of the way.
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David Stone CSCS
4 years
Great certification course from @ALTISEdu @ALTIS and @CoachSanAndreas
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David Stone CSCS
2 years
They say to never meet your heroes. But I met @BobThurnhoffer and then he became my hero.
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MTCCCA
2 years
Very excited to announce our first of two KEYNOTE speakers for Thursday December 8th! • @BobThurnhoffer of @UNMLoboXCTF will share his story of “Amor Fati: An Evolution of a Track Coach” • Prior to UNM he was the head coach at Loyola Chicago! He will be giving 3 presentations!
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5 months
Coaches who yell "MOOOOOOOVE!" During a sprint race... Are they standing still? Did you not give them proper instructions prior to the race? Are they in your way?
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David Stone CSCS
2 years
Jumpers who sprint. Lauren Marshall ran 8.09 (no.5 in program history) then went on to finals in long jump today.
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David Stone CSCS
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Training for the long sprints under constraints - Track & Field Summit by Coaches Clinic ⁦ @TFConsortium ⁩ coaches will be familiar with a lot of this. #sprints #trackandfield #track #400m
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David Stone CSCS
5 years
Take away from the March 23 webinar with @Fergus_Connolly and @codyroyle
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David Stone CSCS
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I recently followed up on several lists of recruits who I recruited as conference scoring athletes but who went into mid-major D1 programs... their results were not reassuring.
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David Stone CSCS
4 years
My first track coaching position was coaching sprinters/jumpers/hurdlers at my alma mater (Rockford boylan) a very PWI. During picture day there was a long line of athletes (all white) and a small group of black athletes in a circle off to the side. The head coach leans over...
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David Stone CSCS
1 year
Couldn't be happier for the best coach to come from Chicago!
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Bob Thurnhoffer
1 year
Never imagined what I’d be getting into when Joe offered me the job at UNM in Aug ‘21 but I packed up the Uhaul & drove from Chicago to ABQ excited for the opportunity. Ended up being 2 of the best yrs of my life. Wishing UNMTFXC nothing but the best. Onto the next chapter.
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Super proud of these guys. Their average improvement from 2023 to 2024 was 48cm in the triple.
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David Stone CSCS
3 years
@MikeCunningham I'm still with @BooSchex in that a coaches' union should exist. The burn and churn model of burning out coaches and hiring younger coaches at lower salaries just to maintain bottom line and keep productivity at unsustainable levels should stop.
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David Stone CSCS
4 years
I can't wait for this. I'm proud to be a part of #1000coachesforchange
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Andreas Behm
4 years
Twitter do your thing!!! Please RT and help spread the word 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼... 💯 percent of proceeds this event will go to endowing a scholarship at an HBCU!!! #1000coachesforchange Join us:
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David Stone CSCS
4 years
For the first time in Elmhurst University history a woman has jumped over 11m in the triple jump. #2021 #trackandfield
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David Stone CSCS
3 months
I don't get excited about track and field athletes who clearly don't love track and field. It's fine if it's just a job to you, but I can go watch Kevin in accounting if I want to see someone just showing up to collect a paycheck.
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I'm not proud of this guy b/c of the mark (1st bluejay male over 14m since 1999) but because of all the work he's put in to get here. At every step he has had the opportunity to choose a lifestyle that does not support his athleticism and he chooses to bet on himself every time.
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2 years
New to coaching high jump? Each week: Skip for height 1-2 days Skip for distance 1-2 days Sprint fast 1-2 days Scissor jumps 1 day Non-negotiable on technique: -foot angled bt far corners of pit -5 step curve -aggressive lean
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1 year
Bluejays put 6 long jumpers in the cciw top-20
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David Stone CSCS
4 years
My favorite jumps coach @BobThurnhoffer on the @GillAthletics podcast. Give it a listen.
@MikeCunningham
I ❤️ T&F Coaches!
4 years
Great time with Loyola U HC @BobThurnhoffer episode 97 of the Gill Connections podcast. He takes us on his journey from athlete to coach. I learned the value of a true friend hearing him tell his story. Bob has a really bright career ahead of him.
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David Stone CSCS
2 years
@BobThurnhoffer Training for the last 120-150 would require heavy doses of acidosis. It's simply not a training modality that can or should be repeated regularly if the intent is to have the athlete healthy and racing at the end of the year.
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2 years
One jump is all you need.
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David Stone CSCS
1 year
Loved his course on the 400m, I watched it while I rode a stationary bike and it made stationary bike riding in my basement not suck. For reference I also watch John Wick movies while I ride, if you need an entertainment scale.
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Bob Thurnhoffer
1 year
Any coaches looking 4 some fresh coaching ed material. I created 2 courses earlier this year on @thecoachtube 1 for the 400m and another in the Long Jump. Both have a lot to do w philosophy of training. I have a wedding to pay off😬 cheers
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David Stone CSCS
2 years
I think one of the biggest challenges in coaching track is teaching the paradox of performance. In order to perform in, say a long jump, your best results come from letting go of the results and simply working on the process.
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David Stone CSCS
9 months
Working on a course to be released (hopefully) before the end of outdoor. Forced me to engage with my personal philosophies and which lens I view training through.
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David Stone CSCS
4 months
Slay queens.
@ElmhurstBluejay
Elmhurst University Athletics
4 months
The 4x100m team of Lauren Marshall, Tiana Grady, Hannah Schwarz, and Aniya Seeley-Williams have advanced to Saturday's national final! The team ran a time of 46.75 to finish sixth in the prelims. #FlyJaysFly
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2 months
@RUGBY_STR_COACH Photos of Blake 2 years before this look like an entirely different person.
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David Stone CSCS
4 months
@pntrack @MikeCunningham @0fficialgrandpa is a great local announcer. He announced the Chicagoland championships this season, worth contacting if you want a local guy.
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David Stone CSCS
5 months
I may have just coached the best triple jump day in school history. I'm so proud of this squad.
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David Stone CSCS
2 years
🔥hot take🔥 I don't periodize my jumpers. We start with the basics every year and extend out the jump. When an athlete needs a larger stimulus we add it, when it's time to "peak" we subtract it.
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David Stone CSCS
3 years
Made it to the podium in her first national championship. She is leaving a legacy that will be hard to match.
@ElmhurstBluejay
Elmhurst University Athletics
3 years
Elmhurst University's Ava David closed out her first appearance at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships by earning All-America honors with an eighth-place finish in the 200 meters. Recap/Results:
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1 year
Coach's lawns are a thing (lawns that are not in great shape during season, because when would we take care of them?) Coach's spouse is a thing, because those should expect to be neglected too. Coach's child... same deal. Coach's mental health? Add it to the list.
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David Stone CSCS
3 years
Don't pay attention to recruiting standards. Contact the coaches you want to compete for. If I turned away athletes because their high school marks weren't "good enough" I wouldn't be coaching some of the hardest working athletes in track and field. Character matters more.
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David Stone CSCS
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My wife convinced me that competing in long jump this indoor season is a good idea. When she married me, I started questioning her judgement... this puts it into question again.
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David Stone CSCS
2 years
Excited to be returning to @ITCCCA as a lecturer this year. It's my daughters favorite track event of the year.
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David Stone CSCS
4 years
A coach I'm lucky to coach with every day (global pandemics aside)
@ElmhurstBluejay
Elmhurst University Athletics
4 years
Our How We Adjust series focuses on how Elmhurst Coaches and staff are adjusting to the COVID-19 outbreak. Today's focus in on Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Jordan Bartolazzi. Story:
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David Stone CSCS
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I see a lot of club coaches and recruiting advisors sending a lot of athletes to D1 programs where: - the coaches turn over every 1-2 years - they wont travel with the team - graduation rates are low - history of athletes improving is poor All for the D1 tag...
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David Stone CSCS
10 months
Football season is mostly over. Fall soccer season is mostly over. Weather is turning cold. I'm afraid it's time to prepare for an increase of high speed treadmill videos masquerading as speed training by charlatans.
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David Stone CSCS
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The athlete who competes in both sprints and jumps must have special considerations in training. The CNS impact plus the structural damage of both events are unique and DO NOT compliment one another or cancel each other out. You can't just add jumping to a sprinters workouts.
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David Stone CSCS
11 months
This guy is prepping for a special year. 42' on an easy 8-step... went 8.9 on an 80m earlier this month too...
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David Stone CSCS
1 year
@CoachDoty If the expectations are professional management skills, then the environment should reflect that. Salaries and autonomy should then reflect the CEO expectations.
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David Stone CSCS
6 months
Any coaches who want to come hang out and talk shop at an open jump session Thursday in Elmhurst, let me know. Would love to have some company.
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David Stone CSCS
1 year
Do any college football coaches care about 7-on-7? I haven't met one yet, would love to hear from one who does.
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David Stone CSCS
4 years
When a parent tells me a recruit needs someone to push them, I usually think "this is not a college athlete".
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Bobby Stroupe
4 years
If you are an athlete or parent that thinks your kid needs to be “pushed” - probably don’t have what it takes. Reliant on external motivation? your potential is limited. The great ones don’t care who is there or who is coaching.. they are skilled at improving regardless
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In the history of Elmhurst University only 2 women have jumped over 11m in the triple jump. Too early prediction: if your best jump is 10.99m at the end of the 2024 season, you will be 7th on our top-10 list.
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David Stone CSCS
2 years
My coaching progression: Fresh- you don't know anything, I'm here to teach you Soph- learning is hard, I'm here to remind you Jr- tell me what you know, I'll correct you Sr- engage in the conversation as a full stakeholder, I'll support you
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David Stone CSCS
3 months
2025 recruiting is open for Pole Vault, Long, Triple, High. Lets go. Historic season coming up. #DragonSlayers2025
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David Stone CSCS
3 months
I will forever believe if you need to sleep in your office to get the job done, you're not very good at the job.
@CoachDanCasey
Coach Dan Casey
3 months
"When I hear about guys sleeping in their office I wonder what they hell they're doing there. Cause the game ain't that hard. The work will always be there, your kids won't. I tell my coaches, if you miss a recital or little league game... I'll fire you." - Bruce Arians
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David Stone CSCS
4 years
Thanks for nominating me for the coaching picture challenge @CoachTylerIIT . I nominate @FireSQFitness @Feez_26 @bobschultzdbq @BobThurnhoffer Post a picture of yourself in a coaching moment.
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David Stone CSCS
4 years
Coaching under constraints.
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David Stone CSCS
3 years
@Tier1athlete @MikeCunningham Double, triple, NAY... quadruple like
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David Stone CSCS
4 months
For the first time in my coaching career, I get to tell recruits with a straight face that I only have space for one more jumper per gender but I don't have to be out there beating the bushes all summer because this jump squad looks deadly. #dragonslayers
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David Stone CSCS
3 months
2024 freshman male jumpers
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I told you he's not done. 26cm PR on the road. 10cm to go for his next big milestone jump.
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David Stone CSCS
3 years
The right person can become the athlete you were trying to recruit and then some. And usually they are more fun to coach along the way.
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David Stone CSCS
1 year
Please stop glorifying "the grind" and start being smarter. "I sleep in my office because I'm dedicated". No, you just suck at being efficient.
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Call me Keir
1 year
If you knew your job limited your ability to be with your wife and kids, and it stretched you thin to the point where you have no social life.... And you WEREN'T getting paid hand over fist to do it, you're just doing it for the logo and the story you tell yourself. Imagine
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David Stone CSCS
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@MikeCunningham Love this! One of my ladies went from 9.36m in TJ as a freshman to 11.58m for indoor as a senior. Another went from 18.76 in 110H last year to 15.76 this year.
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David Stone CSCS
1 year
Nobody more deserving. Congrats!
@BisratKidane
Bisrat Kidane
1 year
I am excited and grateful for the opportunity! Can’t wait to build on the momentum we have started here at north park!
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David Stone CSCS
3 years
I'm a better coach because I get to coach alongside these two class acts.
@ElmhurstBluejay
Elmhurst University Athletics
3 years
Elmhurst University's Jordan Bartolazzi and the rest of the Bluejays' coaching staff was named the CCIW's Women's Track & Field Indoor Coaching Staff of the Year!
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David Stone CSCS
9 months
When final grades are compared to self reported academic check ins...
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I'm pretty proud of this one.
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David Stone CSCS
4 years
It's been just over three weeks since George Floyd was murdered. The number of track coaches, s&c coaches, and gym owners who have spent this time only promoting their clinics, writing to congress to open their gyms, or focusing on their income is astounding.
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David Stone CSCS
22 days
HS coaches, thank you for developing young track athletes. Please, let them go when it's time. Nothing worse than a kid getting injured because he's blending the workouts his HS coach sends with the college workouts.
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David Stone CSCS
2 months
Torn between making a PSA for high school seniors about posting themselves drinking on social media if they intend to get recruited... and just using that as an easy filter for who I don't want to recruit.
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David Stone CSCS
2 years
@StuartMcMillan1 La-di-da-di we like to party
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David Stone CSCS
2 years
If I taught a class on how to be a coach it would take 2 years. Year 1- how to reverse-engineer the demands of your sport Year 2 semester 1- how to communicate what you reverse engineered to the athletes you coach Year 2 semester 2- how to manage yourself as a coach.
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David Stone CSCS
2 years
@BSiemers1993 @BleacherReport @usatf 3 high schoolers ran faster than 6.70 *today*...
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David Stone CSCS
1 year
When your athletes see an absentee father, how can you expect them to be grow into a whole person?
@TheFieldOf68
The Field of 68
1 year
“I'd like to get married, have children. But I don’t even know how I can cultivate that right now… We’re supposed to be leading young men. But right now all they’re seeing is absentee fathers with the way the calendar is” - @CoachWesMiller We are LIVE:
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David Stone CSCS
2 years
There is no leadership without courage and there is no courage without vulnerability. There aren't many sporting experiences that create vulnerability more than stepping onto a track and competing. This is where the character of track athletes are shaped.
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David Stone CSCS
10 months
If you have to ask "who will coach me next year?" Or "who will be my coach in 2 years?" Look at other programs before you commit.
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