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Published: Wed, 02/27/13
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Greetings & Salve! The Freelap Friday Five series is quickly becoming my favorite articles to write for the Blog. Why? Because I get a chance to ask 5 tough questions to elite coaches, athletes, and sometimes athlete-turned-coach. In the series, I actually cheat as I ask sub-questions within a question. Heh heh… This past month, I had some very interesting interviews, including:
Plenty of insight from these various coaches and athletes!
Eddie Hart Falling Sprint Start (free ebook) Eddie Hart, the 1972 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100m relay, ran Masters track after his open career, as well as coached Track & Field. His 10.87 at M40 was a WR for 14 years, before Troy Douglas ran 10.29! Coach Hart coaches in Northern California, and he created a mini ebook on the Falling Sprint Start. If you are interested, just send an email to [email protected] and ask for the free ebook on the Falling Sprint Start.
25% off Complete Olympic Lifting DVD Wil Fleming’s Complete Olympic Lifting DVD is on sale with 25% off until Friday, March 1st. If you aren’t familiar with Wil, you can read his guest blog entry Should you Olympic Lift? >> http://www.completeolympiclifting.com
Best of February 2013 As always, here are the best articles for February 2013. Enjoy. Jimson Lee SpeedEndurance.com Developing an Effective 7 Step Approach in the 110m Hurdles 2013-02-04 07:00:00-05 First, I want to congratulate Antwon Hicks for his recent 60mH win in Saskatoon at the Knights of Columbus meet. Coming from Miami, Saskatoon (Canada) must have been cold! Antwon has a PB of 7.53 for the 60mH and 13.09 for the 110mH. He is also a 2.10m high jumper and 21.52 200m sprinter! Some [...] read more... Kenta’ Bell on Coaching Sprint Force & Mechanics [PODCAST] 2013-02-05 08:00:00-05 Last night I had the opportunity to listen to the teleseminar hosted by USATF-GA (Georgia). The guest speaker was Kenta’ Bell, two time Olympian (2004, 2008) in the Triple Jump who has written several articles on this Blog. (Click here for his past articles) Also in attendance was S&C coach Randy Hadley and numerous other [...] read more... Yohan Blake and the Rocket Sprint Start 2013-02-06 06:00:00-05 Yesterday’s podcast from Kenta’ Bell on Coaching Sprint Force & Mechanics mentioned the Jamaicans using the Rocket Sprint Start. Starting blocks are all about putting yourself in the right biomechanical angles for the best and most efficient start possible. Beating everyone else to the first 10 or 20 meter mark helps, too. Here is an [...] read more... 5 Tips: How to Train a Masters Sprinter 2013-02-11 06:18:00-05 Here are 5 tips I can give to a Masters Coach or Athlete. Don’t Show Up Broken Any injuries you have prior to training must be addresses and fixed. If you want to PREVENT being broken, see my next point. Remember John Smith’s 3 rules on why you get injured: when you are tired (i.e. [...] read more... The Effect of Muscular Pre-Tensing on the Sprint Start 2013-02-13 07:00:00-05 This article courtesy of the Canadian Athletics Coaching Centre and Human Kinetics. This article is a study in the effectiveness of pretension in lower leg muscles during a sprint start. In the study, the subjects perform sprint starts with varying levels of force applied to the block pedals while in the ‘set’ position. Although the [...] read more... Innocent Egbunike, 400m sprinter & Coach [PODCAST] 2013-02-20 06:00:00-05 First, I want to thank Ian Dube and Bill Goss from USATF-GA (Georgia) for this podcast. Visit their website at www.usatfga.org and their Facebook Fan Page at www.facebook.com/USATFGA. Last month they had Kenta’ Bell on the Teleseminar and I really enjoyed the 20 minute talk followed by a Q&A session format with all the callers. [...] read more... Ato Bolden’s Secret Tip: How to Run a Faster 40 Yard Dash 2013-02-21 06:00:00-05 With the NFL Football Combine approaching, everyone talks about the 40 yard dash. Everything from Chris Johnson’s “legit” 4.24 to Deion Sanders’ “reported” 4.17. We even try to compare (hypothetically) about what Ben Johnson or Usain Bolt could run the 40 yard dash. I’ll sum up my tip in one sentence on how to run [...] read more... Sprint Drills and Cues, Part 10 2013-02-26 08:00:00-05 Next to the various sprinting workouts and weight room exercises, the most controversial topic is sprint drills or speed drills. Do they work? Why do you do them? What is the purpose? For my athletes, I use sprint drills as part of the dynamic warm up, but also as reminder for cues. Of course, marching [...] read more... |
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