The first thing I heard when I turned on the radio yesterday afternoon was that Marion Jones had been stripped of the 5 Olympic medals she won in 2000 after she admitted steriods during her training. Now I know that almost no regular reader of this blog is likely to be sprinter – although I [...]

Once again, I forgot to ask you all to vote for me for this award – too busy re-writing this website. But you’ve come through again, clearly voting in numbers as I’m on the shortlist for the second year running. THANK-YOU! Yes, thank-you to everyone who took the time to vote. I’m humbled that you [...]

Having launched the new Will Newton Multisport Coaching website on Thursday evening at about 10pm, I’ve been stunned by the volume of traffic so far. Clearly, you’ve all taken the time to check it out and the feedback I’ve had so far has for the most part, been very positive. Thanks to all those who [...]

You wake up on a morning and the weather is like… yesterday! It’s pouring with rain, the wind is bending the trees almost to horizontal and the stream at the bottom of the garden has swollen so much that it’s flowing over and around the weir rather than through its the channel. Worst of all, [...]

Over the last few weeks, I seem to have done a lot of swim coaching. And I’ve noticed one prevailing “habit” among most of the swimmers I’ve worked with: Low Stroke Count, Low Stroke Rate. I’ve been very impressed by the stroke counts that some swimmers have been able to achieve, some as low as [...]

After over 8700 hits (8756 when this site went live) on the first willnewton.com website, which first saw the light of day on 22 February 2007, and after much promising that I would have a new one “soon,” I’m pleased to unveil my far more interactive website mk11! It’s true that it’s taken a long [...]