The prevalence of injuries among young athletes before and during the early 2000s were likely a consequence of the lack of proper assessment. Concerned about this situation, a notable athlete began coaching and instituting several types of assessments as he moved into personal training. He’s currently self-evaluating three relatively new methods to make his methodology even more reliable.
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Coaching the Twixter: How the 800 Became a Sprint Event
Solid research suggests that the training modality for the 800 as “middle distance” is erroneous. Many experts now regard the event as a long sprint. As such, the key is developing the ability to reduce the falloff in speed as much as possible.
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Strength and conditioning coaches and sports scientists are continually providing coaches with new ways of increasing their athletes’ performances. For maximum effectiveness, they need to learn as much as possible about the sports in which they are assisting and fully interact with everyone else on their respective staffs. A primary goal is making athletes into Ferraris so they are fully capable of performing at any level in training and competition.
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Bolt managed the rounds beautifully by essentially just running fast enough to win each one and automatically qualify for the final. In this way, his tone going into the final would have been optimized because the 9.96 efforts in the heats and semis were more sub-max relative to his season best going in (9.87) compared to Gatlin’s heat and semi relative to his 9.74.
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Shortly after a dream 2012 season, hurdler Aries Merritt learned he had a rare kidney disease. He and his coach Andreas Behm adopted several strategies to deal with the situation. Their faith and persistence paid off in a bronze medal in the World Championships that may have been even more meaningful than Aries’s Olympic gold.
Read More6 Reasons Why Athletes Need to Develop Maximal Speed
Most coaches either ignore or overlook maximal speed development. This is a mistake. The benefits of maximal speed include improved acceleration and injury prevention.
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