The 100 meter and 110 meter hurdles events must be thought of as sprint events, and not an event where you dump the slow kids. So don’t fill your hurdler crew with those young people who were not able to make your top three or four flat 100-200 meter sprinters. Since pure acceleration, acceleration, transition…
Archives for 100 meter hurdles
“Working the Dirt”
The 100 meter and 110 meter hurdle events must be thought of as sprint events, and not an event where you dump the slow kids. So don’t fill your hurdles crew with those young people who were not able to make your top three or four flat 100-200 meter sprinters. Since pure acceleration, acceleration, transition…
Specific Development Drills for the Sprint Hurdles
Since the Fall of 2011, I have presented what I believe is a comprehensive approach to developing young and experienced 100 and 110 meter sprint hurdles. The Hurdle Master Class through CompleteTrackandField.com has given me the platform to show that any girl or boy able to run the flat 100 meters in 14 and 12…
Development of the Sprint Hurdles
One of the difficult areas to manage as a coach is the development of your sprint hurdles (110H/ 100H). The books out there will give you plenty of technical things to learn and what I want to touch on is the practice session itself. One of the biggest problems continues to be the fact that…
New hurdle program from Tony Veney. Get it now!
If you didn’t compete as a hurdler, you probably struggle with teaching the event more than you do with the sprints (you need a hurdle program!) OK, I’m talking about myself… But, even if you were a hurdler, as my mentor told me the day he hired me many moons ago, “Just because you ran…
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…
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…