When most coaches think of summer track and field camps/clinics, they assume they’re strictly for the kids. So, you may not be aware that the Complete Track and Field Clinic is different. Of course, our focus is on the athletes. But, we also encourage high school and youth coaches (and parents who work with their…
Archives for March 2017
Multi-Sport Athlete Transitioning to Track & Field
Often, at the high school level, it is common for coaches to persuade their athletes to join the track and field team after finishing up their preferred fall or winter sport. Likely, the main goal for encouraging an athlete to go out for the track team – or the objective for an athlete transitioning to…
Discounted Hurdling Drills
As many coaches prepare for the start of their outdoor seasons they start to wonder what drills they have in their coaching inventory and what level of experience their athletes have in the hurdles. A drill that we use at the Complete Track and Field Clinic that we find most useful for beginners and experienced…
Growth and Development Issues in Distance Runners
Most cross country coaches’ work with athletes that have not yet reached absolute physical maturity and awareness of growth and development issues in their distance runners. Many of these same coaches have teams with both boys and girls on them, which raises the concern of different rates of development. Even coaches that have a program…
Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment of Running Injuries in the Middle Distance Athlete
Running injuries of the leg and lower back are the most common types of acute or chronic ailments found in distance runners. Aches and pains are common in runners training in excess of 15 miles per week, but these transition to injuries when the ailment is severe enough to reduce the number of miles run…
Proper Posture in Distance Running
When trying to make cross country runners faster there are no more important variables than proper posture and the characteristics of foot contact on each stride cycle. Foot contact times vary with pace in running. Slow paces show longer foot contact patterns, and increases in velocity show consistent decreases in contact times (Figure 1). …