Exerting Force During Sprinting
When it comes to running fast, it’s important to move your limbs quickly and to exert force against the ground. There’s a debate amongst sprint coaches about whether it’s possible to improve...
strength
Maintaining In-Season Strength
Strength is critical for athletic performance. It is a factor in power, it helps us sprint faster, change directions, throw, move an opponent, and even resist injury. It is also a skill...
Transfer of Training is Important for the Coach and Athlete
Dr. Vladimir Issurin, who has a number of books out on periodization, has written an interesting article for the August issue of Sports Medicine on the transfer of training. Issurin makes the...
Training to Accelerate
Acceleration is the ability to increase speed. For a sprinter, it’s a component of their race. First they accelerate, then they achieve maximal velocity, then they maintain that velocity for as long...
Complex Training: Great Tool for the In-Season
In strength and conditioning, a complex is a combination of a slow, heavy strength exercise (like a squat) and a fast, explosive movement (like a vertical jump). In theory, the slow strength...