Specifics of a Training Day By Tony Veney Specifics of a training day. Now we are going to look into some of the things that really work into, what am I going to do on the day, specificity in track and field requires having a major theme for the week. What am I going to…
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Trail Leg Slide Drill
Trail Leg Slide Drill By Tony Veney Everybody has done some trail leg circles, now we are going to get into trail leg slides. One of the reasons why I like this particular drill is it really requires the athlete to get themselves in the proper position, gets another good stretch into the hips, but…
How To Get Fast
How To Get Fast By Tony Veney How do you get faster? The best way to get faster is to run fast. You must have the speed you need before you can build the endurance to survive it, which is one of the biggest mistakes that coaches make. Speed is 25 times more difficult to develop…
Barefoot Warm Up
Barefoot Warmup By Tony Veney The purpose of a good warm up is to prepare the prime movers, which are the feet for the activity to come. We use a barefoot warm up which incorporates one lap of walking and one lap of jogging. One of the reasons why we do this is be incorporating…
Hurdle Drills
Hurdle Drills By Tony Veney One of the things that’s a little different aside from frequency and stride length as far as hurdling is concerned and sprint hurdling, as opposed to regular sprinting, is the big split that you are going to get between the legs as a hurdler attacks and moves through their hurdle…