Training Must Adjust: Loading
The tools that we use to train athletes have to adjust as the athlete moves through his or her career. This is due to a number of factors. First, as athletes progress...
strength and conditioning
Exerting Force During Sprinting
When it comes to running fast, it’s important to move your limbs quickly and to exert force against the ground. There’s a debate amongst sprint coaches about whether it’s possible to improve...
Maintaining In-Season Strength
Strength is critical for athletic performance. It is a factor in power, it helps us sprint faster, change directions, throw, move an opponent, and even resist injury. It is also a skill...
Increase Stride Length to Increase Speed
Speed is often expressed as the product of stride frequency and stride length. In other words, speed = sf x sl. Stride frequency is basically the number of strides and athlete takes...
Speed Training for Athletes
Track and field coaches divide sprint training into three components; acceleration, maximum velocity, and speed endurance. Acceleration is the process of increasing your velocity. Maximum velocity is running all out. Speed endurance...