Resisted Sprinting to Enhance Speed
Resisted sprinting is a tool that is frequently used in speed training. The idea is that by making the movement more difficult, the athlete must learn to recruit more motor units to...
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Sprinting: Direction of Force Application May Be Important
There’s a great deal of interest in making team sport athletes faster sprinters. There are a lot of approaches to doing this from speed training to strength training to plyometrics. Speed training...
Classic Article: Ozolin and the Speed Barrier
When it comes to the training of speed, we have a number of interesting tools. These include tools that make sprinting more difficult (i.e. resisted sprinting) and tools that allow the athlete...
Is Resisted Sprinting the Magic Bullet for Improving Speed?
Adding resistance to sprinting is a popular training tool for strength and conditioning coaches. The idea is that by adding resistance, the sprinting motion becomes more difficult. This requires the athlete’s nervous...