Training to Accelerate
Acceleration is the ability to increase speed. For a sprinter, it’s a component of their race. First they accelerate, then they achieve maximal velocity, then they maintain that velocity for as long...
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Agility is Difficult to Develop
Agility is a challenging subject for many strength and conditioning professionals as well as many athletes. It’s challenging because it is sport-specific, situation-specific, and represents the bringing together of a huge number...
Specificity In Speed Training Is Important
We frequently employ straight line sprinting to help increase an athlete’s running speed. There are many instances in athletics where this is appropriate. However, there are also many instances where an athlete...
Is Sprinting Important For Field Sports?
With today’s technology we can do a better job of developing and evaluating conditioning programs for sports that have traditionally been challenging to program for due to their varied energy system requirements....
Strength, Power, and the 100 Meter Sprinter
There's been a great deal of debate about what qualities are most important for the 100 meter sprinter. Force, direction of force application, power, ability to move the limbs quickly, stride length,...