Glide Shot Put The glide style of shot putting has many outstanding technical throwers since the days of Parry O’Brien started facing the opposite way of the put. Two technical styles have survived over the last several decades. Of the top-level gliders in the world, most of the athletes are using the short-long style of […]
Warm Up Progression For Athletes
‘Event specific exercises should be included in the warm up routine to reinforce the skills needed in a particular event area. Each event group will have different specific warm up exercises to prepare for the training session.The warm up routine will start with total body movements and progress to event specific activities. The initial exercises […]
Coaching Team Success in Distance Runners
Areas often overlooked in coaching high school distance runners have nothing to do with workouts, drills, or exercises. The most important intangible for high level success is “expectations.” No matter what the sport, the coaches who produce championship teams every year are those who truly “expect” their athletes to succeed. While some are hoping […]
Olympic Sprinters and Speed Training
Executing basic sprint mechanics with precision is the key to transforming technique; repeated proper practice over time will improve performance. Sprinters need to develop coordination, balance, timing, and more advanced skills such as maximizing ground contact time, stride length, stride frequency, and recovery mechanics. The primary methods to develop sprint technique include warm up drills, […]
Warm Up Exercises
The warm up routine will start with total body movements and progress to event specific activities. The initial exercises in the warm up are controlled low intensity movements focusing on flexibility and proper mechanics with short rest periods. As the warm up progresses, higher intensity exercises with more dynamic movements increase the body’s range of […]
Speed Training Tips
Speed Training Tips Boo Schexnayder (Team USA Olympic Coach) Most coaches would probably classify speed as the most critical of all athletic abilities. Yet in spite of this importance, in many programs speed abilities go largely undeveloped. This is often because of the faulty assumption that speed cannot be improved, or simply because so many […]
Discus Throwing
Discus Throw The start and the wind up are critical to set up the throw. The wind up is very individualistic, but for the beginner, the simpler the better. One preliminary swing is enough to establish a rhythm to start the throw and should be simple and consistent. Most of the speed developed in a […]
Hurdle Training 300-400 meter Hurdles
In the 300m/400m hurdles, the rhythm of the race can change based on the stride pattern between hurdles. The hurdler should a race strategy that includes pacing and different stride patterns during the segments of the race. Sample 300m/400m Hurdle Training Starts over 3 hurdles, starts over 4 hurdles, starts over 5 hurdles, starts over […]