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Share I wrote about the 400 meter fiasco from my eye witness account at the 2010 Rome Golden Gala. This is unacceptable at any level and the race should be re-run. Athletes who were unaffected should be able to keep their performance (time wise) for ranking purposes only. In all fairness for the sake of [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Jim Hiserman, author of the books Program Design Method for Sprints & Hurdle Training and Strength and Power for Maximum Speed This is Part 2. For Part 1, click here: 400 Meter Training- Blending Short-to-Long and Long-to-Short Methods – Part I In working with some high school coaches [...]
Share Nick Dakin: The Best of British Track & Field 400M Hurdles Drills (DVD) British National Team coach Nick Dakin is also the Director of Coaching for Loughborough Students Athletics Club at Loughborough University, a world prominent centre for coaching, sport and exercise science. A former hurdler himself who represented Wales internationally, Nick’s coaching accomplishments [...]
Share Michael Khmel: The Best of British Track & Field 200M & 400M Long Sprints Drills (DVD) If you are not familiar with name Michael Khmel, check out his podcast and his other product review here. Michael Khmel is the Senior Performance Coach for Sprints and Relays for the UK. This DVD covers three aspects [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Jim Hiserman, author of the books Program Design Method for Sprints & Hurdle Training and Strength and Power for Maximum Speed Development of 400 meter sprinters is a complex task that requires a thorough understanding of Sprint Mechanics, Maximum Speed Development, Strength & Power Development/ Maintenance, development of [...]
Share The past articles on my visit to Rieti and David Rudisha’s 400/800 performance brought on a few emails asking the obvious question: Where Are The Videos? Okay, here they are. I decided to use some high tech server technology and use the JWPlayer to display MP4 files instead of the usual FLV (my apologies [...]
Share This whole Coe-Ovett movie brought back some old memories. The Sebastian Coe – Steve Ovett dual in Moscow 1980 was a surprise where they each won the event they weren’t supposed to win. I had a similar experience back in 1991 at the Provincial Championships where a top 5 finish (with a standard) earned [...]
Share Last year, Tasha Danvers interviewed Tyree Washington on her radio show. Great Britain’s Natasha “Tasha” Danvers is the Olympic bronze medalist from the 400m Hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It’s a long interview, almost 90 minutes long (you may want to fast forward the first four minutes). Tyree Washington has a special place [...]
Share This article may be trivia to Americans, but beneficial to the rest of the World who are not familiar with the Imperial system. You’ve seen the classic workout of 2 x 352 yards in older sprint programs like Bud Winter and other great coaches. Why the unusual distance? To use a very bad analogy, [...]
Share Wayne Collett is most famous for his 1972 Olympic medal presentation “protest” where he won the silver medal behind American teammate Vince Matthews in the 400 meters. Had John Smith not been injured, we would have seen an American sweep. The IOC banned Collett and Matthews for life and with John Smith injured, that [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Jim Hiserman, author of the books Program Design Method for Sprints & Hurdle Training and Strength and Power for Maximum Speed GREATER STRENGTH = FASTER TIMES Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. Proper Cycle-Length Pattern plans for each phase of the training [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Jim Hiserman, author of the books Program Design Method for Sprints & Hurdle Training and Strength and Power for Maximum Speed GREATER STRENGTH = FASTER TIMES (Part 2) Part 1 can be found here. In order for the planning of successful training programs aimed at improvement in the [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Jim Hiserman, author of the books Program Design Method for Sprints & Hurdle Training and Strength and Power for Maximum Speed GREATER STRENGTH = FASTER TIMES Development of mechanically sound sprint technique and the improvement of Strength and Power are of equal importance in the quest to develop [...]
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400 meters: Forget Usain Bolt, Here is Jermaine Gonzales
Share What do you get when you have Usain Bolt as a teammate, Glen Mills as the head coach with former 400 meter Olympian Bert Cameron as a coach? Coupled that with being a taller than average height for a sprinter (1.90m or 6 foot 3 inches)? Ecco Jermaine Gonzales… Jermaine Gonzales ran 44.63 last [...]