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…
Archives for maturation
Age Appropriate Distance Training
One of the most important reminders for those coaches involved in training young distance and middle distance runners is they are not simply miniature adults. Not only are the bodies smaller, the mind less experienced, the systems of the body not at full development, but also training has far different effects and considerations as compared…