For two decades, a teacher and coach now podcaster.

Yes, one of the most successful track and field coaches in California

joins us for episode 82 of the Masters in Coaching Podcasts.

He is J.T. Ayers, and he joins us now.

Let's go.

Well, welcome into episode number 82, the Masters and Coaching

podcast here on IHeart Radio, wherever you're getting it, watching it on YouTube. We appreciate

you being with us. Excited to talk to this week's guest, two decades as a teacher or coach,

and one of the most successful track and field coaches in Orange County,

first at Orange Lutheran High School, and then since 2014 has been at Tribuco Hills High School,

a three-time Orange County track coach of the year. His teams have set numerous school league,

CIF state records in track and field. He is developed and runs one of the most and best performance programs in the country, teaching and training young runners. You can find out more at coachares.com.

He also's got a great podcast on track. We'll find out a little bit more about that and talk

podcasting with him in just a few minutes. He is J.T. Ays and he joins us now here on the Masters and Coaching

podcast. Coach, how you doing? Hey, man. I'm doing great. Thanks for having me. Absolutely.

I want to talk about the podcast first. Everything you're doing, coaching, teaching, successful

at both and what you've done now off the track and developing your own speed and strength performance

program, a podcast as well. How did you get involved? It's a great question. A lot of the credit

is going to come to Steve Rangeld, who is the on track and field CEO. And it's like it's a,'s a company that does a lot of equipment and I mean,

it's basically a place that any coach is going to go to and get anything they need that has to do

with coaching. So I mean, I am actually a customer of theirs as well. So Polvault landing systems,

a high jump hit, everything blocks, spikes, everything.

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