Athletics Weekly

Having been rejected from being on the national coach development programme and being a local coach mentor despite coaching athletes from u13 through to international level and countless national regional and local champions... I have no comment on the matter.

Do we need coaches at the top or do we need a team of people who can analyse the performance of the athletes and coaches around the country and look to support them to help them develop!? If the coaches in the UK get athletes to a certain level then the athletes are poached to work with foreign coac...

I don't know that we don't have the right coaches in the UK Bevone but an issue with the right athletes with the wrong coaches. Its pure luck if a super talented athlete falls at the door of the rright coach for them. I'm sure there will have been many very talented throwers who through no fault of ...

Aaah well we have coach mentors for that. Problem is there isn't one for each region!

Good step up by Bomba there..

I am more than happy to take on the London Region javelin squads again if required... (just in case anyone is reading this)

You're basing his whole 2013 season on one jump in march?

Will be interested to see how the throws move forward!!

Because old has beens have the knowledge and ability to engage with the youth of today. We should be looking to our YOUNG coaches who can think on the young persons level and supporting them!

He had surgery on a shoulder injury last year and, I guess has been getting back on it. Question is... How much more will he progress next year. For those who actually know Merv, he is an absolute beast of a thrower. He generates so much power which has been erratic in the past but now seems to be m...

In Wales today Merv threw 83.52m and backed it up with 82.92m

Also Jacko is 100kg and recently posted a training video of him doing 22.10m with the 6kg his next comp is in December

Jacko posted a new bench press pb today of 192kg....

At 17 he did 18.43m jacko has already gone over 20m! I predict that within the next 4 years jacko will have broken the world shot putt record

Team Pfaff not doing so well... Steve Lewis.... Greg rutherford and goldie.....

Let's not forget goldie will be going in the jav final.....

160+ views and not a single comment...... Nice.

Starting to look like UKA have been backing the wrong horses

A blast from my past was brought up recently when I heard that Mel Batty was seriously ill in hospital. It has now come to my attention that he has died.

Mel was a friend of my parents back in the late 70s and 80s.
Mel was the 10miles WR holder and coach to Eamon Martin


RIP

Here is an idea.... Set up a national event squad and make them all train TOGETHER. raising competition in training will push them to be faster....

For excellent and funny tweets on the goings on in the UKA world follow @CharlesVComedy what an insight he had been.

Kike was 17th in her first ever international qualifying with a throw of 48.37m which was her 2nd best throw ever. As a coach I am pleased with her. Our aim was to make it to the European juniors and not embarrass ourselves. I think to beat 5 people who were ranked above her is a good achievement. W...

If I can afford the phone bill I may report direct from the champs when I get there tomorrow.....

The GB U20 squad has left for Estonia. Can anyone provide links to sites offering live footage when things kick off on Thursday?

mump boy wrote:i don't want to have to say this again but there are 2 people who need to kiss and make

AMEN!

Totally gutted that Dan wasn't selected to go. He had been in very consistent form this year and thrown 3m pb yet gets rewarded with............

Just because someone is on the NCDP doesn't mean they aren't doing their own thing. People may just be keeping up appearances. How many people on the NCDP have produced something since being on it when they hadn't before... Is it the case that these people have been producing the goods before this w...

Hi all, bit late to this accusations party that everyone has been having. i'm a bit alarmed to see my name being mentioned as the person who has cheated... i find this a bit odd. i also find it a bit odd that it has been claimed that it is also the athlete i coach, Kike, who has benefited by my supp...

I was in attendance at the throws/jumps event on Sunday. Was somewhat bemused by the 'fine tuning' going on by that Harrison chappie! On the form displayed generally I concour with you views. I will await the 'eye of the tiger' Looks like the European Juniors will be a good competition. Three GB gi...

But it was reported on the UKA website same day... You'd think they could have picked up on that