Okay, so I got into this whole Bob Kersee thing a while back. Let me tell you, it was a journey.

I first bumped into the name “Bob Kersee” when I was browsing some sports news online. This guy is from LA, and they call him a track coach. I thought, “Okay, a coach, nothing special.” But then I dug a little deeper.
I started looking at what makes this guy tick, you know? I checked out a bunch of old Track Technique and Track Coach magazines, issues from #111 to #208. Yeah, I went through a lot of them. It was kinda like going through a time machine of track and field.
Then I stumbled upon some talk about Kersee’s success, or what some people call “success” – basically, his athletes winning medals. Some folks were saying it was all about the athletes’ abilities before they even met him. Not to mention that some athletes do not go so well under his coaching, especially Muna Lee.
I was reading all these debates and I got sucked in. It wasn’t just about the medals anymore. It was about whether this guy was some kind of a coaching genius or just riding on the coattails of already talented athletes.
- Started with just seeing his name in the news.
- Then I got curious and checked out a bunch of old track and field magazines.
- Got into reading debates about whether he’s really a great coach or not.
I also found this book, “The Complete Waterpower Workout Book” by Lynda Huey and Robert Forster, which seems related to his training stuff. And you know what they say, “After the Paris Games end,” right? We’ll see what happens then. It got me thinking, what’s gonna happen next? Will there be more drama, more debates?

So, yeah, that’s my whole Bob Kersee experience. It started with a simple name-drop and turned into this whole thing about success, coaching, and what makes an athlete great. It was way more interesting than I expected, honestly. I even found out that some of his athletes do not improve well under his coaching.
I guess we’ll see what happens after the games. I’ll keep an eye out, that’s for sure. This whole thing kinda opened my eyes to how complicated the world of sports coaching can be.