Success in Track & Field ... and Life
Share Armin Hary from Germany, the Rome 1960 100 meter Olympic champion, was considered the fastest starter due to his reaction time to the gun and quick acceleration out of the blocks. He earned the nickname “Thief of Starts” from the term “Thief of Hearts” and was often accused of jumping or anticipating the gun. [...]
Share Just a reminder, Daylight Savings Time is a week away in USA & Canada on March 8, 2009. 65% of the readers from SpeedEndurance.com are from the United States and Canada. The one hour time difference, either from Standard Time to Daylight Savings Time, or traveling though several time zones makes a difference on [...]
Share Wired For Speed – Introducing the Mercurial Vapor Superfly Imagine a paper-thin boot, where the support comes from threads. This is the Mercurial Vapor Superfly – an industry-defining boot, incorporating Nike Flywire technology and redefining how footwear is made. Nike Flywire technology utilizes high-strength threads that act like cables on a suspension bridge, delivering [...]
Share How to Fit Speed Training Into Basketball Practice by Lee Taft, MS, CSCS, SPC, USATF, Performance Director, Sports Speed Etc., LLC www.MyBasketballSpeed.com One of the most common questions I get as it relates to finding time for speed training during basketball practice is; how and when can I fit it in? First of all, [...]
Share If you are like me, you are probably reading 3-4 books concurrently. This is really no big deal. Ever since school, we often took 4 or 5 courses a semester. Our brains can time-slice and multi-task very effectively. The problem is traveling for an extended period of time. How do you carry all those [...]
Share Finally!!! A Film Festival All About Sports! Hollywood, CA – The 1st Annual All Sports Los Angeles Film Festival will be held on July 10 and 11, 2009 at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, California. Whether it is a dramatic or comedic piece, ASLAFF welcomes screenwriters and filmmakers to share their great stories in regards [...]
Share NIKE, Inc. and reigning NBA Rookie of the Year Kevin Durant showcase the next generation of footwear with the launch of the KD1, Durant’s first signature shoe with the brand. By taking a personal journey through Durant’s life, Nike designers seamlessly integrate superior performance with personal design touches. Durant’s relentless work ethic is well [...]
Share The IAAF article can be found here. Click here to download the PDF file. How were these splits recorded? Transponder antennas were laid under the track at the 0m, 100m, 200m and 300m. Athletes wore chips on the inside of their front bib numbers, so when they crossed the transponder threshold, a time was [...]
Share The 2009 NFL Combine Timing and Testing Sessions are being held from February 18-24 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, IN. This scouting combine is an invitation only event for invited players and NFL team officials. The tests performed include: 40 yard dash, bench press, vertical jump, standing long jump, 20-yard shuttle, three-cone drill, [...]
Share With all the hype about Usain Bolt’s 10 meter splits and speculation on what he could have run, I forgot to analyze the 200 meters! Shame on me! I touched the topic of Speed Reserve in Part 1 and Part 2. Usian Bolt’s 200m splits were clocked at 9.98 + 9.32 splits for his [...]
Share Like any good thing in life, you can use it or abuse it. Somewhere, somehow, you have to draw the line. Take for example blood doping. (1) You draw the athlete’s blood, centrifuge it (i.e. rotate it) at high speed, separating the red blood cells (RBC) from the plasma. (2) Your body will produce [...]
Share Why is Nike winning the Shoe War? Let’s recap 2008. Over $18 Billion dollars in sales in the fiscal 2008. Just as a perspective, Apple topped $10 billion in quarterly sales this year. And according to reports, Nike accounted for almost 50% of ALL running shoe sales in the USA. That’s a lot of [...]
Share This study showed the kinetic parameters at 150m and 350m during a 400m race. The male subject was the 44.94 by Thomas Schönlebe and the female subject was the 48.56 by Marita Koch. The study was from “Incidenza dell’allenamento di forza su alcuni aspetti structurali delle prestazioni dei velocisti – esperienze degli allenatori della [...]
Share A conventional stopwatch calculates running time and splits, and may include newer features such as heart rate monitors and distance traveled by means of a pedometer. But what happens when you have a GPS enabled watch that can accurately calculate distance, and well as elevation drops? This would come in handy when you don’t [...]
Share BEAVERTON, OR – NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) today introduced an innovative new padded base layer called Nike Pro Combat with a superior lightweight, articulated fit that allows today’s basketball player to be protected and feel unstoppable. LeBron James and Amar’e Stoudemire, among others, will wear elements of the Nike Pro Combat collection when they take [...]
Share The 2009 Simplot Games will be held on February 19-21 in Pocatello, Idaho. Their official website can be found here. Below is a Dick Fosbury interview from the 2008 Simplot Games that includes archival video from Fosbury’s days in high school and the 1968 Olympics. People take it for granted when Fosbury initially developed [...]
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