Have you ever had an athlete or athletes that could win multiple events at a championship meet? These athletes are better referred to as your “Workhorse Sprinters…” Your multitalented sprinters who can run the 60 meters through the 400 meters and who might even be able to find success in a field event or on…
Archives for multi event training
Do this if you have too much snow or coach multiple event groups
I have two program recommendations for those of you who: A) have 3 feet of snow on your track B) coach kids competing in multiple event groups C) are responsible for planning training for multiple event groups D) all of the above Whether spring track is turning into an extension of winter track or you’re…
Commonality Based Coaching
What is a Commonality? Simply put, a commonality is something two things have in common. In track and field coaching, the commonalities we are concerned with are shared skills and movements. There are two types of commonalities we’ll discuss here, intraevent commonalities and interevent commonalities. Intraevent Commonalities. Intraevent commonalities are technical features and movement…
Answers to popular training questions (March ’13)
I spend a lot of time answering training questions. In fact, I’ve been answering training questions since first going ‘online’ in 2004. I’ve noticed a pattern in the types of questions I get. So today Here are answers to a couple that I see on a regular basis… Question #1: Latif, I could use your…
13 Questions (and Answers) with Boo Schexnayder
Jumps Expert Boo Schexnayder answers 13 popular questions from Complete Track and Field readers. Question #1: How do you increase the distance of the second phase of the triple jump? Coach Schexnayder: The second phase of the triple jump seems difficult to fix because it is a collection point for all triple jump errors. Any…