The High Jump – Technique and Teaching DVD
In this enormous High Jump DVD, Boo Schexnayder breaks down all phases of the event in detail, using graphically enhanced video to clearly illustrate every key position and movement. Detailed, step by step progressions are shown to teach curve related aspects of the event, takeoff positions and movements, and flight patterns. Technique issues are continuously related to common errors like sitting on the bar, falling on the bar, and jumping into the bar. Of special interest are sections providing step by step, detailed progressions for establishing approaches for beginners, a section on special coaching tricks, and a simplfied triangulation system. The DVD includes and identifies special high level technical sections that make it a great resource for every level of High Jumper. Because of space limitations the teaching progressions in this DVD are high jump specific, if you are interested in generalized teaching progressions we suggest you purchase the Long Jump DVD. 68 minutes.
The Long Jump – Technique and Teaching DVD
This is the most complete Long Jump DVD you will find anywhere. Boo Schexnayder and Todd Lane break down all phases of the event in detail, using graphically enhanced video to clearly illustrate every key position and movement. Detailed, step by step teaching progressions are shown and cues given and explained for every phase of the event. Also included are tips for teaching technique, managing approach accuracy, assembling an approach from scratch, using checkmarks, improving landings, and many many other extra topics. The DVD includes and identifies special high level technical sections that make it a great resource for every level of Long Jumper. 56 minutes.
The Triple Jump – Technique and Teaching DVD
This is the most complete Triple Jump DVD you will find anywhere. Boo Schexnayder and Todd Lane break down all phases of the event in detail, using graphically enhanced video to clearly illustrate every key position and movement. Detailed, step by step teaching progressions are shown and cues given for bounding skills and the event itself. Of special interest is a section dedicated to fixing the troublesome second phase, using flowchart analysis to take you to the roots of step phase problems. Also included are tips for teaching technique and many many other extra topics. The DVD includes and identifies special high level technical sections that make it a great resource for every level of Triple Jumper. Because of space limitations this DVD does not go into great detail about the approach run, if you are interested in that information we suggest you purchase the Long Jump DVD. 63 minutes.
Weight Training for Speed, Power, and Sports Performance DVD
In this giant DVD, Boo Schexnayder explains types of strength and lifts, then gives detailed, step by step teaching progressions for the Olympic Lifts and specific technique pointers for Squats, the Bench Press, and Split Position lifts. The DVD contains demonstrations of his entire weight training inventory, including bodybuilding circuits and remedial exercises, nearly 100 in all. He then gives simple rules and guidelines for forming your program, how to fit the weight training with training done outside the weightroom, gives precise advice on sets, reps, intensities and recoveries for all lifts at any time of year, and gives you his phase by phase periodization model. He finishes by sharing his unique maxing out and testing system with you. 66 minutes.
Exercises for Sports Performance Training DVD
In this huge DVD Boo Schexnayder takes you through his entire training inventory… every exercise is demonstrated for you. Warmup Routines, Static and Dynamic Flexibility Routines, Sprint Drills, Hurdle Skill and Mobility Circuits are included. All Plyometric and Multijump exercises are shown. Multithrow and Medicine Ball Routines are shown, and the huge General Strength section makes it a great tool for younger athletes. Please note this DVD does not cover training design, but includes the names and demonstrations of over 40 circuits and over 400 exercises, organized by category, intensity, and circuit. This DVD is the video accompaniment of the Training Inventory download available on our website. No audio, 56 minutes.
About Irving “Boo” Schexnayder
Boo Schexnayder is regarded internationally as one of the leading authorities in track and field training design. Most noted for his 12 years as a member of the Track and Field coaching staff at LSU. Schexnayder, who coached collegiately at Louisiana-Lafayette and Blinn Junior College prior to arriving at LSU, placed quite an imprint on the collegiate track and field scene. Regarded as one of the world’s premier field event coaches, he was the mastermind behind 19 NCAA Champions during his collegiate coaching career. He was a part of 12 NCAA Championship teams and a pair of Juco National titles, as well as developing a host of conference champions and All-Americans.
Boo Schexnayder has also been a prominent figure on the international scene, having coached triple jumper Walter Davis to multiple World Championships, and long jumper John Moffitt to a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He also tutored former US Long Jump Champ Brian Johnson, Miguel Pate, ranked 6th in the world in 2008, and US Indoor Champ Jeremy Hicks. He has coached 10 Olympians, and has served on coaching staffs for Team USA to the 2003 Pan Am Games in Santo Domingo, the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing, and was the Jumps Coach for Team USA at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
As impressive as Boo Schexnayder’s accomplishments are on the track, he has been just as successful off the track. He is certified at Level I, II and III, and owns the prestigious Master Coach Designation from USA Track and Field. He has formerly served as national chair of USATF’s Coaching Education Committee, Jumps Subcommittee chair, and chair of the Biomechanics subcommittee.
Boo Schexnayder currently serves as the Director of the Track and Field Academy, the educational branch of the US Track and Field and Cross Country Association. He also instructs biomechanics, training design, and event specific courses in the Academy and chairs it’s advisory board.
An educator by profession and a mentor of hundreds of coaches, he has been very active in curriculum development for Coaching Education programs, and has lectured nationally and internationally on speed/power training programs, biomechanics, track and field specific training and rehabilitation. He has authored several publications covering these topics.
He has also been very active in the consulting field, working in NFL player development and combine prep from 2002 to the present, and consulting for individuals, high school programs, collegiate programs, and several foreign NGBs in the areas of training design, jump improvement, speed training, rehabilitations, and specialized programs for football, basketball, soccer, golf, and volleyball.
Prior to his collegiate and international career, Boo Schexnayder was a successful mathematics teacher and prep coach at St. James High School for 11 years, coaching football, track and field, and cross country.
The Vacherie, La., native was class valedictorian at St. James High in 1979, and earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Nicholls State University. He graduated cum laude with a B.S. in physical education in 1983 and later added a master’s degree in administration and supervision in 1988, again earning cum laude honors.