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Early season leg injuries are usually the result of improper adaptation to the stress encountered in a training program. Following are four major causes, with some suggestions for alleviating the problem.

(1) Too much early season volume. During the summer, when your athletes are working on their ...

"Training Off Season" Cross Training, provides the gradual conditioning of the physiology. The major goal, is to achieve muscular strength, prevent injury, and we have to train on the edge. The goal should be to learn where that edge is, and not to be afraid that sprinters can handle more.

Goals ...

There are many ways in which to help your athletes to train and to run quality 400 meters races. Coaches look for athletes who can win, become local and national champions, Olympic Champions and World Record holders. I believe the first important thing to do when working with a young athlete is to ...

Every other year my wife a (Peruvian) we vacation in Lima, Peru, in South America. This was last year in November we stayed three months until January, 2024. While I'm vacationing, another sprint coach Peter Salazar at Granite High School, is training and conditioning the sprinters until I get back ...

Athletes having issues with the heel bone (Achilles Tendinitis), it's an inflammation of the Achilles tendon. The Achilles is the large tendon connecting the two major calf muscles, the gastrocnemius and the soleus. The tendon is under too much stress, the tendon tightens and is forced to work too ...

I always tell athletes when they join the team, have a desire, be discipline, and be dedicated to train and race, and focus on a goal and follow the instructions and advice set forth in the training program, I say each day, to the athletes you go through personal battles and challenges every single ...

Dear Coach George Payan,

The Development of Steve Scott, a World Class Miler by Len Miller

Sorry these materials are so late in coming on Steve Scott. Hopefully there will be a few ideas of value to the readers. I might add that to develop a miler or 1500M runner, leg speed is the number one ...

by Skip Stolley Coach, Track West International Athletics Team

Introduction

There are many methods of training for the distance races, each varying in purpose, format, intensity, and duration. The demands of each specific race...from 800M to 10,000M...and the individual runner's strengths and ...

Coach John McDonnell University of Arkansas 800 Meter Workouts

Monday a.m. 3-4 miles
p.m. 4x400's @ 52-55 seconds w/ two and half minutes recovery

Tuesday a.m. 3-4 miles
p.m. 4-6 miles plus weights

Wednesday a.m. 3-4 miles
p.m. 12x200's @ 24-26 seconds w/ 90 second recovery

Thursday a.m. 3-4 ...

Workouts First Six Weeks Cross Country Season

Monday a.m. 5-6 miles
p.m. 10-12 miles @ 6:30 - 6:45 pace

Tuesday a.m. 4-6 miles plus weights
p.m. 8 miles @ 6:30 - 6:45 pace

Wednesday a.m. 4-6 miles
p.m. 10 miles @ 6:30 pace

Thursday a.m. 4-6 miles plus weights
p.m. 8 miles @ 6:30 - 6:45 pace ...

Coach John McDonnell suggested regarding competition are geared to bring the athlete to top condition and to prevent unnecessary injuries throughout racing:

1. Limit the number of meets to cover one week with no more than eight or nine meets. Total.

2. If the buildup season is long, keep it ...

Degree:
1972, Bachelor of Science in Physical Education (Kinesiology), Fullerton State University, The State of California
1972, Standard Teaching Credential, The State of California
1985, Master of Education, Azusa Pacific University, The State of California
1987, Adapted Physical Education ...

1. If you are after high mileage, make it moderate. It will pay big dividends over the years.

2. Carry a training cycle over more than one year with some meets if you don't have meets run time trials as an incentive to keep going.

3. Take age and development level into account when setting up the ...

Clinic in Orange County, California, John McDonnell, Head Track & Field Coach & Cross Country Coach at the University of Arkansas. Spoke on Distance Running on "The Prevention of Injuries" He mention there has been a great deal of physical breakdown of distance runners. He said the breakdown ...

I was go through my storage boxes and I found a number of clinic notes, I will be sharing these gem clinic notes. For your information regardless of
archaic information that's in the past, coaches with experience or new you can pick-up some ideas and added to your program and it will show benefit ...