JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?BgQE6(.EQpu@40}J(QH ="+7u3þ=3Qle[k ͩY'M9#M$ZblcQop+SEl ~5rmƊQCWEֲZCǽcUAc#; Y^zS'&Pi`-ݭTY3 b.&d B6oOjjHPb-7 f{9xldO^.B6G% #h$P:28 IǗ`b+2l-`QE( (@QJ Y@Y\pM:%YPF) p07U5Nvn:hQEҸY?W@Eq֗Y1֭}VM\0S`+/F El7[>N/9%kMRWIMIre2ՍF)#T9bMZzVz;iVQ@d ZXS[LC4Tj-vim[ c]j|"ITIk*KNT&EꦚfM;9^Di INnERQA4PES@R ȦT`;U_'SUX3W6<)E1'v=V3"H2A>hm}Rn ΐh GQH(Z(qd~t)sI3@QEUˎqUܤU 6tQE &,s G^MCVUc>c.=sW`U<pi'?ڬJ6Y(y0N2+SīQ DxtU/FYpa n;}X-DM!8,/{UHŠ(NUg` $ޮ[[$=Ah0s]4.7w'ljLuoҔUʊok3cMPӌjL{8!5d QCo2Gbyas:]`Ao>X\ g=9^勩4In6ϵq76 B+xMI]N%j)s1IZ6@QN6 %VͶԨ< I\MĢ6Sx kOPՍa0$)?zMƗ6@(O㡢κ'\si[GC##LXo#N ]ՇtIἹ:t53r_+u<:[K6XV UJKnXOJU[Mw!KxG;Td_5HT467.e rh,̱Ȫ|J&13l|zWC+V4g\f·Pn4oA<ȉ<[d[3#Xw6IRUdV%>.΍}p2 [;hmŵǜFPW[6ERH5x!%mǨkxoRO aX0}V2\MﳨcdH%tTZ4ɩC#pd]3E"e\=Yi-j}bk!#NkNM3rg<SSDyc^;FC"-7{׳j:p@q4KϦ9+۽mqZVQMUDFA95szv-`YI<@ xoå#tZY:uJ AWw[~ݬ/#R9Ccq'\stl#Z7F ۦB i]U=a$/dpxSQZ zN +2vRfZcFcI/ѵ|-`5YW?<~\שj+4BŷڵWg$a[VѴ5gduZ6[9Hgw-^mF̥x WeS͂wHX'pOZ1kZHztQUs:&xcQ>qdb{r?ƧKxGZ_%; >ѩg .f(\{.*~y(+M jwڱrl`'3IFgZ)ivO}U#99aM:1KpvOlOA&9U-A 6mI\Eqz)o냅`ORvh/y_ iRLT_W~S;לi! 9\IӭtA:[J n_L- m܃nqE!U$#3]Oh,jˌGU()CVDA fX|8׬ol5sQukEQ—]I# ;6Ow1Y)8DBO,,`5g\b$]D &RTVc%o!TA:s[ztkjֱ|W>.*]Rƕ' 2ۓc- XJ&p:?^:VCH00>OP-:y0BROaZ6\W}ت[Vsw%f/,>I+ҹYٯno ]nW= q\rڤHbwcQISPNry{xN8$mS[>- WyDa\t`R,K>iS,ѬAV1Z紭D[?)>Kֺt`FCs] zhsVs]ZLjK$GQ`0:\|F57Hi35_+SKj|c: lb P:3"0[~r\U]wJ]${89FHWnb3W%#p+rֵfx-rTo`|Y3xY#cudz#x<7Z%점 b~UNNsfYNJ+X64;'ITfQE%%-cS:?u+lڼ5_3}=kj|1ys奻n;>b JYtw8'M(^՜d Ԛn-˖2$uXw:qIe.oKqcY<2N\{Ze},Eǽg;sZ56|L[ ?QYHK[*x=;vp""yDj 9=t uocn\FYm |3}hVC sNIבd΍ޅP(mQ8c~i+;X`K{ S:J5KYue1EC,vJ΢oCJj57G=<ѧϗc巬lEz8=)8Y^3O?MAs|3|g=2Or dǟc\m   F&4r1?Tո(Q3ԪǭTSJe_#W6u]S#Ui%9Fci$jD)b=3Hu \aDJ l~+5£t qor1"&{de^IBCii qFZi x'bf jܔ¸$^ cO`k+[ = r?26+FkR(9 q!'~3ҵ.sּY<`5V,6JչIbz#ޠ:J v}yw4Nuplw԰HqUԬuœ\yW^q9םtI>GQ@k//&Pq }+Js֒u(B|1-DH=@V"}xFmR]cQ/MT2՛B=QqUXQHl;sB9)NG6WFF,rIL O@Oҧs=pO? V*r*e1K8jeOt2@^L'=\r;JKwl[Ʒ pP:Tu{Si|6KN9Z#AW`cz查i_m7Rp#3ں ;BO=#ފRtlq薈zݎ CY*yⶡSx&9pңܬ`J.H@v=y I]Z'`#xQšX0an෧]m46rwR׾>aF#sx5I9莕nltEV*9s7Gmwns*-O;8F#KdFiB6\ ֲj*qWe  ċ1Yui*&Fm#yw5٥V%8JVW=9ԍ8\~~̢Tg9#a Uob7Qt }ml'+ҌTUnng@1$[h:J#8bX*љE^6!N9'bPsZRYK)p}9vlOMXr8>RrHa=ju.~n NKeEXZ='$$ThwrB@FJYl- Vv˙zrCE%ܧo۪er#\Umb#ސ#5Bq#& ԅ-bH8]#GXYW#⹡&E|&i=+*{w9M5ˁs9j ;$; W$^xGpg{מ\4LEޢF(ᗂj޻uEq'O?UԼIi5c "YBG`3[kTqkM٣~iBg?iq-p1Fyչi [xLt;qUt =4<ٸJyZ#=[NVc*.0$ %hDcnϟƼ×gC⼞0 >`q]I#N,R)&mcr9UJ!v;ply|>{F[hԬtһ[M{Kyl#~ZU}R% ~MG_7/"H k@$$Qk/c\=ޝqk2G,I1 5j3W$7/OڋxqlwQN5[I'Px1ч#;M4VU2XSӚ&&}sQe=>ddQȦEq,'n4'`-%aБ#)`՝ q84S&ֺCg5'*qȤ#?'; +XaλWŞd*| 8ץX41>y\`ysX&J985;ƋTNC1yu?*V"1TqVW%=Auq&$`@6*b!L`szۃ^d6ٸ$uk6uRV\~t(2O4fuF NX\uzT6±St>uȪ2CslwJ~H ߒV$*pF@*%JLM|,+>x;L3+QvZ>ic{]G4V\c${g4S /vcG(:{%2~Wd=ֳ_-=*3e(x"}/PMbmc 殭&:oq֢Vd`H ڛ-7®kV;Bx^i>-l`OzuGB&Sz5Ih`4lC[a'J,zq25(sޑ. ] ?Ʋx~&`dap1_ZyʒA>"єGv<?jwjJ?{ =*H-SP c2BNvM+[I62?:PY.@Q"s޷# *HsIWY"Ɂ4SrAs!lWb?vpAESf>jhL/;ԟe $gj99*\=jl:E1N7gj&kALg2䁞:UAOjt/ITVzmژle\Tןz\]a 6NIvZK>J˸M{_qBZCkUQS$'VOWY.4 FR@8#޲M=IQd8EyDR(IGR$)ҬL gQg&S8r:~]bU09t5W$sqȢ@ =[{jC8 Ȉxg\k>kcY-h=;R@6=Zf 9\BV#߭BwzՑGFMh|ۏJAty< ~WOc^YAO(.m$]\`}kHRbkb D%=t,T,=;Z#1ɃYH#92ɻTtz %y=֜cYZz%{R#ʸc+ŶhiKO=2*Xv~`ӃL A*P;Ӱ |jR01c&GzI>Kړ@e]yԎˏ#=z3$% 1Ρe\cPyTdq'X}F\pZhL1#<NsV3;6 oGaT1 !ܓ+j&Aҳ%$Vl vzJ*&nn֕˜qV34F qQX3GjKI鞝O~4 $ކŚmU OWL 2픨$MFcEGsU{ֳiS*ojk/+7H~pTt}'ǵZʜ (-hz I%֊+6X 98Ԧ%(~) &d5a"Pz)+K#{+t"S<(2:qUY}s3It8EUْ=H ̹2iG؀rHP"W88) H !鮘p߁S=ZĪjZQ,3å0 rBI늶5 prqO@*A(:7M $rja91a86-W5^{sR?J6AqR1PISBGJT'*`O+ǯOdh[@,\pq@NAq.wb19l>#,kOpsޑpQuaO"`(z}vL ~P:G?J(`wҜ聟Ί*U7mw+EeGJM&:b*XDPy֘έˇ(uz(VR$8f( j%T*HlQE.qBI_'H[(!#tS(EFۻ7#*(RQ@zf)?Z(?es, and he still has one more year! <br><br>BFS: What are Kevin's best results in the weightroom?<br><br>LJ: He's got a 500 bench, 650 squat and a 380 power clean. <br><br>BFS: Some coaches believe that explosive lifts such as the power clean are dangerous. How to you respond to this?<br><br>LJ: In all my years of coaching I've never had anyone get injured doing a power clean or snatch! I think the coaches who believe these lifts are dangerous are the ones who don't know how to teach them. Honestly, I believe that explosive lifts are injury preventors because they prepare the body for the kind of shock it's going to get when taking a jolt or a hit.<br><br>BFS: In regard to specificity of training, how many elite-level throwers do you know who do not use the Olympic lifts?<br><br>LJ: At the elite level, none.<br><br>BFS: Does the snatch lift have any advantage over the clean as far as the throws go?<br><br>LJ: It's a quicker lift and can have a place in the training of a thrower, but in a high school situation the power clean may be a little asier to teach.<br> <br>BFS: In addition to weight training, do you do any plyometrics with your throwers?<br>LJ: With heavier athletes, orthopedic injuries are always a concern, so with our throwers we do mostly ground-level plyometrics. However, late in the season we do some box hops and depth jumps, but we're very controlled in the number of foot contacts and only perform these exercises twice a week. <br><br>BFS: Have you tested Jesseca's and Kevin's vertical jumps?<br><br>LJ: Yes, Jesseca has a 26-inch vertical and can grab the basketball rim. Kevin has a 33-inch vertical and can dunk very easily.<br><br>BFS: Has the admard work of his players. He feea(& ~]qM;wǵIm7+㊩W~V&9PV劸;ױƆl/b+LM~*5~|B10N9IcJ6%/9׎<֕7㎎霃6X⽦?i3`WMbTWo#{;SLṱH{gۿp<ثݟO\GǾ5)Z{͊Cڗ;'{i+1/ ~ۏnƳbtzw?z׏N{W{ ͊͜6*B `("ourceful equipment manell in academics. Brenda remember,  Every year after spring break the Harvard track team would run in two meets in Houston. When inevitably we were asked what school we were from and we said Harvard, people would say,  Harvard has a track team? And of course whenever our Harvard athletes won their events, everyone was just shocked. <br>Although many superstar athletes would argue that academics interferes wier for BFS Home Page and Magazine Archives Pages --> BFS Magazine Archives