ENGLAND CALLS FOR COACH WHILE TS1 GRAFT AWAY!

Trackspeed1 UK Head Coach John Powell has been selected as one of the coaching staff to the England team competing in an indoor international in Vienna this Tuesday.

Coaching or managing national teams of course is nothing completely new to John, but nevertheless he was delighted to get included again, especially after the challenging last few months to a year or so, where Trackspeed1 UK's profile has altered considerably.

Trackspeed1 UK Head Coach, John Powell, will fly to Vienna
with an England indoor team.

Meanwhile, his squad have largely opted to bypass the indoor competitive programme.  Although their coach has insisted they adopt a speed-based january whether competing or not, all the signs are that there will be one or two names that prove to be 'dark horses' during the 2014 summer.

Kieran Daly has been training very impressively, and duly produced a huge personal best 60 metre effort of 6.84s at Sutton in early January, and one or two of his training partners are likely to stretch their legs simply to see where they are at, during an open meeting at Crystal Palace.

The England selection for John proved a welcome boost to a coach who has enjoyed little support from on high since the 2012 London Olympics:

"I was delighted to be on the team," said John, "I'm one of the old school who still believes it to be quite an honour, and there isn't an international I've ever been to where I haven't either learned something new, or at least enjoyed some really fascinating networking with coaches from other countries.

"The group are going well in the most part this year.  there are a few whose commitment has fallen way short of what it takes, and I think they know whoi they are, but that is a personal choice.  The recent addition of Josh Swaray has been an inspiration to the younger athletes, and a challenge for me again to ensure an athlete delivers at the very top level of British sprinting."