Success in Track & Field ... and Life
Share When I updated the original Rocket Sprint Start by Bud Winter, I only covered the use of starting blocks, and to some degree, the Moye starting block. I didn’t cover the 800m (and up) crouch start, nor did I talk about football’s 3-point 40 yard dash or even baseball’s 60 yard dash. In our [...]
Share Let’s face it, 55 meters is an odd distance. So when high school sprinter/football player Marvin Bracy ran 6.08 for 55 meters, a lot of people just took it as a new High School National Record. And they should! How fast is that? “Rocket” Raghib Ismail (another sprinter/football) of Notre Dame University ran 6.07 [...]
Share Here’s a common question from the mailbag. Do Sprinters breathe when sprinting? The answer is, of course, yes. There are a few pointers on when to breathe (inhale) and when to simply exhale. And when to hold your breath. If you want to read more about deep breathing and its effects, read Deep Breathing [...]
Share Sten and I would like to thank all the beta testers who took the time to evaluate the latest fitness tester for iOS devices. You may recall we had a call-out for the iPhone, iPad and iPod FitnessMeter: Beta Testers Wanted. The company, Appmaker, also makes the iPhone sprintTimer – Photo Finish & Race [...]
Share This is part 2 of the series on Speed Training Tips. Part 1 discussed choosing to train your strength or weakness. Truth be told, you need to work on acceleration development at some point, and not 10×200 hard until butt-lock. Here are some examples of the drills we do. Feel free to copy them [...]
Share This is Part 5 in the series called Plyometrics, Ground Contact Time, and Sprinting. Part 1 Plyometrics, Ground Contact Time, and Sprinting was simply to demonstrate the faster the movement, the shorter the ground contact time. Part 2 of this series covered How to Weight Train without Weights and it focused on speed strength. [...]
Share sprintTimer – Introducing Photo Finish and Race Timing for iPhone Summary The sprintTimer 1.0 for iPhone 4 and 3Gs photo finish app employs the same techniques used in the Olympics. Simply start the timer and point the camera towards the finish line. sprintTimer will build an image of narrow slices of the finish line, [...]
Share Spring Football is around the corner. In fact, it’s already here when you count the off-season. Track coaches who coach multi-sport athletes such a American football will love this complete program as it resembles Track and Field due to the speed, power and strength requirements. Duane Carlisle, currently the Director of Sports Performance at [...]
Share On Tuesday, I posted the free Football Training Education Video by Duane Carlisle, 16 Year NFL Strength & Conditioning Coach and current Director of Sports Performance at Purdue University. The video is from a seminar, and NOT a sales pitch, even though he has a product for sale. If you already submitted your email [...]
Share NFL Kansas Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles is considering revisiting his Track & Field career should the NFL lockout drag on for months. Rumour has it that he has spoken with Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson and Titans running back Chris Johnson about joining him on the Track & [...]
Share If you coach football, here is a free video (opt-in required) that talks about pre-season training. Duane Carlisle is currently the Director of Sports Performance at Purdue University with 16 years as a NFL Strength Coach. His 50 minute video details offseason strength and conditioning techniques which was presented at a seminar. (There will [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Jonas Forsberg of YouthSoccerSpeed.com When it comes to the way we plan and setup our soccer practices, there is one important rule to follow: Never perform 2 High Intensity Soccer Training days in a row No matter what age or level you are coaching, adding in 2 high [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Jonas Forsberg of YouthSoccerSpeed.com The biggest problem today when it comes to soccer speed is probably the lack of understanding on how to improve it, and actually, the fact that you can improve it. The biggest myth when it comes to speed training in general today is the [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Jonas Forsberg of YouthSoccerSpeed.com In this article I’ll share something with you that very often is either forgotten or ignored – a proper warm-up. You see, when it comes to improving soccer speed and soccer agility, we are often so caught up in what exercises, skills or drills [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Jonas Forsberg of YouthSoccerSpeed.com Are you confused and don’t know what step to take in order to take your soccer speed to the next level? To start with, it all comes down to the basics. Let me explain why. There’s been some pretty heated discussions now for a [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Jonas Forsberg of YouthSoccerSpeed.com Do you as a coach feel the importance of acceleration in the game of soccer, but due to information-overload out there, you don’t know who to listen to or what methods to follow? I don’t blame you. According to research, most of the youth [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Jonas Forsberg of YouthSoccerSpeed.com The reason I got into primarily speed training for soccer players was due to my own experience as a young soccer player. At the age of 15 I was extremely fast and explosive, and if I haven’t injured my ACL it could most likely [...]
Copyright © 2012
Powered by eShop v.4
Fastest 40 Yard Dash? Usain Bolt or Deion Sanders?
Share Go straight to the end of the article for my opinionated video. Deion Sanders is listed as the WR for the 40 yard dash with 4.17 on Wikipdia. But was it really the fastest 40 yard dash ever? We think Usain Bolt has the fastest 40 yard based on his 10 meter splits. Maurice [...]