‘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 […]
Strength Training For Speed and Power
Strength training is only one aspect of an athlete’s program, however, the entire training session must have continuity. Track and field practice and strength training sessions must develop similar qualities such as speed, strength or endurance independently. The accumulation of well-timed specific training with purpose will result in optimal athletic performance. Track Events: 100 m, 200 […]
Coaching Practice Design
The number one goal of practice is to improve performance. Coaches need to know how to teach and what to teach it. During practice, coaches need to communicate effectively, teach the technical aspects of the sport, offer challenging skills, and share feedback to gauge progress. Dividing the daily session into three phases will provide a […]
Bodyweight Exercises For Athletes
Bodyweight Exercises For Athletes Using General Strength in the Training Regimen Boo Schexnayder- USTFCCA Lead Instructor, Team USA Olympic Coach www.sacspeed.com General Strength General strength uses exercises that develop strength, using the athlete’s bodyweight as the sole load or resistance. In general strength work, no external loading is applied. General strength exercises can run the gamut […]
8 Rules For Sport Nutrition
10 Rules for Sports Nutrition and Recovery Damon Davis, Auburn University: Strength and Conditioning Specialist 1. Get 8 hours of sleep EVERY night – it is not possible to “catch up” on sleep. Great things happen when you get a solid 8 hours of sleep each night such as release of hormones that aid in recovery […]
Track and Field Coaching Tips
Coaching integrates the principles based on teaching pedagogy, psychology, kinesiology, physiology, biomechanics, motor learning, and other scientific and unscientific concepts, theories, and approaches to maximize athletic performance. Effective coaching involves developing motor abilities, cognitive abilities, and psychological abilities to build the total athlete. Athletes will have many technical problems, even at the elite level; the […]