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How to Run Faster

Jimson Lee 160

Share A young sprinter asked me how to get faster at a recent function.  Well, I replied if he had 3 hours to spare.  He looked confused, as this article is the result of our conversation.  It’s a long read (almost 2000 words), so I suggest you grab a drink and have a seat. This [...]

How to Improve your 100 meter Start: Quickness vs. Powerful?

Share I just completed the first draft for the updated Bud Winter book The Rocket Sprint Start. The original version was from 1964, so I think a new version is overdue! Since this will be a detailed book on starting block styles (i.e. angles) and techniques, I had to add the section on the Moye [...]

100 Meter Training Videos with Marc Mangiacotti

Share If you enjoyed the last 800 meter training Master Class, you’ll enjoy this new session. This Master Class is geared for anyone who coaches the 100 meters at the youth, high school and sub-elite college level. This also applies to the 200 and 400 meter sprinters, because success all boils down to your 100 [...]

9 Mistakes Sprinters Make Before the Championship Meet

Share You’ve trained for 46 weeks 5 or 6 days a week.   You’ve done your 7-10 day taper.  You are injury free and ready to rock and roll. Yet sometimes we all make mistakes prior to the big meet.  It doesn’t matter if it’s a Provincial meet or the Olympics.  Your big meet is your [...]

Pre-Race Routine: Getting into the Starting Blocks

Share This is PART 2: The pre-race routine getting into your starting blocks. PART 1: The pre-race routine before getting into your starting blocks. If you watch PGA golf, there’s one thing that you probably noticed but never paid any attention.  From the minute they stand behind their shot, to the minute they strike the [...]

Wyomia Tyus: The Famous Pre-Race Dance to Out-Psych Everyone

Share This is PART 1: The pre-race routine before getting into your starting blocks. PART 2: The pre-race routine getting into your starting blocks. Usain Bolt is famous for being super relaxed and dancing and playing to the crowd BEFORE he races.  In fact, we saw Asafa Powell change his demeanor at the 2009 World [...]

Time Trials in Training: Run Alone or in a Group?

Share When doing time trials during testing week, should you run alone, or as a group? My early days with Coach Dennis Barrett were always in a group to simulate a race condition.  Some of us didn’t use starting blocks because our Club only owned two!  As an Alan Wells fan, I would say “screw [...]

How to Choose Starting Blocks

Share The best analogy for buying starting blocks is camping. You want to purchase the highest quality boots and tent money can buy. For everything else, you can go second rate, used, or thrift shops. For example, if you don’t have the best sleeping bag, or the best water bottle, who cares?  As long as [...]

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