Sprinting: Bringing the Heel to the Hip
In a previous post we talked about the fact that sprinting starts with the feet. While that is true, a sprinting athlete has to do something with their feet beyond just have...
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Applying The Weight Room To The Sport
A few days ago I put out a Tweet about relating strength and conditioning coaching cues to the cues that sport coaches used. The idea behind this Tweet was that this helps...
Run Fast to be Fast
I put out a tweet about speed training a while ago, to the effect that using sprints as punishment or sprinting until one is sick is not a good way to develop...
Thoughts on Advanced Program Design
This is a post that deals with elite athletes, so it’s not going to be suitable for a lot of populations. In fact, some of what this post will cover is the...
Resisted Sprints: It’s On The Legs!
Resisted sprinting has been around for awhile. The idea is to add resistance, to make the nervous system recruit more motor units during the sprinting motion, in the hopes that it will...