Dan Pfaff is one of the most respected and influential coaches in the history of track and field, widely regarded as the original “Master of Movement.” A co-founder and senior lecturer at ALTIS, the Phoenix based training center and education platform for coaches and athletes, Dan has spent decades at the intersection of elite performance coaching and coach education, mentoring thousands of coaches and therapists around the world. He was mentored early in his career by biomechanics pioneer Coach Tellez, and has gone on to lecture in more than 27 countries and publish widely on biomechanics, training theory, and the art of coaching.

Over his career in track and field, Dan has coached 49 Olympians, including 10 medalists, alongside 5 world record holders and athletes who have combined to set 57 national records, with expertise spanning sprints, jumps, hurdles, and combined events. Beyond track and field, he has consulted extensively with professional sports organizations across the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL, sought after for his rare ability to see movement dysfunction and technical breakdown that others miss. Known for an empathetic, thoughtful coaching style, Dan has become a sought-after mentor and educator across the broader sports performance community, not just within athletics.

At ALTIS, Dan is the primary author of coaching education courses including Coaching the Short Sprints and The Coaching Eye, teaching his biomechanical assessment techniques and “have to have versus want to have” approach to program design to coaches worldwide. Across his teaching and writing, Dan consistently returns to a handful of core themes: coaches as “error detection and correction specialists rather than drill collectors, the necessity of a true 3D, holistic view of movement rather than isolated treatment of body parts, staying flexible with cue systems to fit the individual athlete, and the deep patience required to actually learn to see — a skill he describes as a process that does not happen overnight.

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