Background & Testimonials - Speed, Agility, Quickness

Coach Brad Taliancich: Former Head Track & Field coach at Louise S. McGehee School. He holds a degree in Education/Wellness from the University of New Orleans, competed in Track & Field at UNO and Nicholls State University, coached Track & Field at Isidore Newman School, UNO and Nicholls State, as well as several professional football players, high school state champions & AAU Junior Olympians and assisted with several Baltimore Ravens agility training sessions . He was also the Health & Fitness Director of the Metairie Jewish Community Center for 5 years.

TESTIMONIALS

“Brad provides a great service for the sport of track and field in the New Orleans area, giving young athletes a chance to continue their training programs year round and improve in our sport.”

Brendan Minihan, Head Coach Metairie Park Country Day School, April 7, 2008

“Brad is a great coach and excellent mentor to the kids. Besides his professional qualities (his training sessions were meaningful, challenging and fun) he is also very approachable and flexible which really worked great with my kids that had to juggle their sports schedules.”

Ozrenka Popovic, February 13, 2008

Brad I would like to thank you for this opportunity for Lance to attend your training. He thoroughly enjoyed it and learned alot! You have an awesome program that I would recommend to anyone.

Thanks again,
Sydney Dupont

“Brad has been wonderful to work with. His expertise in track and field, and his creative approaches enable each athlete to strongly and precisely develop their skills and perform at their top abliity. Brad works exceptional with children and knows how to make a hard workout fun.”
Gina Gagliano, January 12, 2008

“Brad is a high quality track & field coach that basically started McGehee's program from the ground up. He has extensive knowledge of the training techniques that are necessary to improve individual results. Brad will make any one's track & field team better then they are now. I recommend Brad for any track & field coaching position open to him.”
John Humphreys, December 28, 2007

"Over the past ten years, I've had the opportunity to train with a whole lot of different people, but I can honestly say that my training experience with Brad was especially memorable and influential. To begin with, the type of excercises and drills that we did back then, I still remember and use when training on my own. They are basic and simple, but very effective and do exactly what they're designed to do in terms of improving quickness, agility, strenth, etc. But I think just as important is the fact that it's really fun to train with Brad. He's both easy to get along with and to respect and take advice from. I'll let the results of this training speak for themselves, when I mention that back then I was training specifically for a major track competition, from which I returned with numerous first and second place medals. The point is, whatever your fitness goal, Brad can help you achieve it, and I would highly recommend him to any aspiring or current athlete of any level."

--Phillip Glotser
Cross country: 2 time 5A District Champion, 2 time All-State team, 6th and 11th finishes in state. 3 mile best: 15:51. Track: 1st place in district in the mile '99-2000; 1st place in region in the mile '00-'01; part of school record setting 4x800m team ( 8:00.65), 800m best: 1:58.7, 1600m best: 4:31

"Brad Taliancich has a true knack for getting the most out of each athlete he works with. What separates Brad from most coaches is the fact that he knows how to be tough and remain positive. Young people want to work and get better because he is very clear in his expectations and they are driven to experience the results."

Scott Western
Athletic Director/ Head Softball Coach
Louise S. McGehee School

I was an athlete trained by Brad Taliancich for six years. He first coached me in track and field when I was in seventh grade at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, Louisiana. He introduced me to sprints and high jump. I learned the overall physical skills of track and field events, as well as the mental aspects of competition. Although I am only five feet six inches tall, I still won the Louisiana State High School High Jump Championship in 1997. I also competed in the AAU Junior Olympics in 1997. I was accepted to walk on the University of Texas at Austin track team.

Brad Taliancich works well with athletes of all ages and he knows how to push them to their limits without over exerting their physical capabilities. He is extremely perceptive to the needs of his athletes and able to communicate methods of improvement. During my training sessions with Brad, he concentrated on basics such as strength training with weights, cardiovascular training on the field. More importantly he taught me to focus on the psychological and visual aspects of competition. He taught me how to defeat my main competition on the field, which was my inner self-doubt. He taught me that if I put my heart and mind to it, I could overcome any competition.

I recommend Brad Taliancich as a coach and trainer not only for track and field, but also in preparation of all aspects of competitions in life.

Laura G. Gleason
Former LA State High Jump Winner & AAU Jr. Olympian

Brad Taliancich was my son's coach at the Metairie JCC and the New Orleans Jewish Day School. He was a great coach and I don't know a child that did not love him. He was enthusiastic with the kids and always positive about getting them involved with sports and performing to their very best potential. He instilled in my son a love of sports and what it takes to be a good team player. This is my son's second year in premeir soccer at Lafreniere and Coach Brad was his first soccer coach!

Sincerely, Heidi Vizelberg