Tom Voshell

@del_sol_XCTF Head Coach/PE/Technology in Oxnard CA Husband,Father, Mentor, Getting kids to College! dg #sbseraphs #mcraiders #cpmustangs

[James Light @JamesALight]

Todd Dodge (7X Texas State Champion HC) - Developing QB Intangibles

- Never Let Them See You Sweat
- Great Body Language
- Show Toughness
- Understand Outside Opinions Don't Matter... Good or Bad

[Doug Soles @DougSoles]

One of the worst things about being a track coach is having to defend your 2 hour block of time on the track from other teams. I’m sorry, they need a field, we need a specific facility.

[Tom Voshell @CoachVoshell]

@CoachDearborn @MoorparkXC Excellent job coach. Way to represent your school and 805 community.

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Finnish scientists trucked in real forest dirt and grass and laid it over the gravel at four daycare yards. They let the kids dig around in it for a month. The blood tests came back with changes the researchers hadn’t expected to see so fast or so clear.

The study ran at ten daycares in two Finnish cities with 75 kids aged three to five. Four of the yards got the forest treatment: about a tennis court worth of soil and grass laid over the gravel, plus planters and peat blocks the kids could dig and climb on. Three others stuck with their normal gravel yards. The last three were daycares where the kids were already visiting real forests every day.

After one month, the variety of bacteria living on the kids’ skin shot up, and the kind that helps train the skin’s immune defenses jumped the most. Their gut bacteria started to look like the gut bacteria of the forest-visiting kids. Their blood showed more of the immune cells whose job is to keep the body from freaking out at harmless stuff like pollen and peanuts, and overall inflammation dropped. The kids on the plain gravel yards showed none of this.

Childhood asthma in the US doubled between 1980 and 1995. Food allergies in kids jumped 50 percent between 1997 and 2011, then jumped another 50 percent between 2007 and 2021. And peanut allergies in one-year-olds tripled between 2001 and 2017.

The Finnish researchers think one of the reasons is simple: kids today don’t get dirty enough. 37 percent of American preschoolers now spend an hour or less outside on a normal weekday. Their immune systems are getting trained in environments stripped of the bacteria humans have always lived around.

Aki Sinkkonen, who led the study, put it in plain words: “It would be best if children could play in puddles and everyone could dig organic soil.” The Finnish government is now helping pay for daycares across the country to make the same changes.

[Track & Field Gazette @TrackGazette]

World Athletics releases qualification standards for the World Athletics Championships Beijing 2027!!

Crazy times we’re living in 🤯

Which of these standards is the most unbelievable?

[Tom Voshell @CoachVoshell]

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[NO CONTEXT HUMANS @HumansNoContext]

Wait, what just happened here?

[Tom Voshell @CoachVoshell]

@latsondheimer Is there any difference in percentage of kids playing in college?

[RedWave Press @RedWavePress]

SHOCKING: A growing number of middle school athletes — mostly boys — are intentionally repeating 8th grade to delay their start in high school, giving themselves another full year to get bigger, stronger, and faster, which in turn dramatically boosts their chances at elite high school spots, college scholarships, and massive NIL deals potentially worth millions.

William La Jeunesse: “Of 8M high school students in sports only 7% will play in college.”

“On the other hand, the [likely] number one pick in this year’s NBA draft, [AJ Dybantsa], did 8th grade twice.”

CRAZY IDEA: How about we let more kids be kids!

[eric sondheimer @latsondheimer]

Rio Mesa has been forced to forfeit its win in the Division 4 baseball playoffs over Saugus when a pitcher went over the 30 outs in a week limit. Saugus advances to play Glendora in semifinals.

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

84% of 11-year-olds aren't allowed to leave their street.

53% can't leave their front yard.

92% of 14-year-olds can't leave their neighborhood.

We built a culture obsessed with safety. The result? A generation that's measurably more anxious: https://t.co/oygf4qk5yW

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

Something I noticed when I visited China was public schools always started their days off with a run.

A school in Naperville, Illinois, did an experiment on this and called it "Zero Hour".

Before school, students would hit the gym at 7am and push their heart rates to 80% of their max. Then went on to do class.

The result? Reading scores doubled. Math scores jumped 20x.

On an international test, Naperville 8th graders finished 1st in science (beating Singapore) and 6th in math globally.

Some of my entrepreneur clients swear by doing cardio in the morning. They say it keeps their brain sharp. I don't disagree.

Cardio isn't just for your heart. It's brain fuel.

Exhaust the body to sharpen the mind.

[Rich Gonzalez @PrepCalTrack]

🚨@CIFLACS L.A. City Section Record Alert + State Leader Alert! 🚨 Venice HS senior Lawrence Kensinger “goes yard” with a massive launch of 65 feet, 11 inches at the City Section Finals to break the LA City shot put record and grab the state lead! OHHH MYY!!! 🎥: Nick Garcia.

[Jason Ronquillo @CoachRonquillo]

Attn PE Teachers 🚨

Try this -

On the last week of school send 4 kids every 5 minutes to their favorite English or Math teacher and have them say "Can I hang out here, my PE teacher said it was ok since we're not doing anything".

Good times 🤣🤣

[Chris Fore @chriscfore]

LET'S GO CANNON!!!!
We are all proud of you, young man!

[Tony Holler @pntrack]

5 years ago I consulted with Winnsboro HS. coaches Josh Finney, Tyrus Jones, and Casey Samuels.

They went 100% Feed the Cats.

This morning Coach Finney called to let me know that his sprinter ran 10.02 winning 3A Texas.

“We did tons of jumping and not much running!” ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[Track & Field Gazette @TrackGazette]

18-year-old wide receiver Camden Capehart 🇺🇸 stormed to 10.02s (1.9) over 100m at the UIL 3A State Championships in Texas!

Already committed to Mississippi State University to play football.

His performance makes him US No. 7 all-time among wind-legal high school performers.

[Jon Root @JonnyRoot_]

#1 NFL Draft pick Fernando Mendoza & fellow Raiders QB Kirk Cousins did a Step Brothers impression for the team’s schedule release 😂

One of the best releases I’ve seen so far

[John Massingale @JohnMassingale4]

It never doesn’t amaze me.

One of my very best friends is a USC fan and he texted me saying “that run is art”

[Tom Voshell @CoachVoshell]

Del Sol was represented for the first time at Cif Div 3 in their first season of varsity track with 4 freshman girls in 4x800 relay. Ailyn Santoyo and Sophia Aguirre went to Cif in three sports this year(xc, soccer, track) Jasmine Flores, Leilanney Villalobos. @vcspreps