This article is guest blogged by Adarian Barr from Speedbynature.com What is implied when a sprinter is instructed to stay low at the start and for the first 10 yards or meters of a sprint race? Staying low has to do with the lean angle of the body from head to toe. The degree of being low is … [Read more...] about Staying Low on a 40 Yard Dash or 100 Meter Start
Archives for January 2008
Nutrition & Athletics: 2007 IAAF Consensus Statement Final Thoughts
This summary is from the IAAF 2nd International Consensus Conference on "Nutrition for Athletics" held in Monaco from April 18-20, 2007. Copies of the CD and booklet are available from the IAAF website www.iaaf.org. Nutrition for athletics: The 2007 IAAF Consensus Statement Athletics … [Read more...] about Nutrition & Athletics: 2007 IAAF Consensus Statement Final Thoughts
AAF-CIF Track & Field Coaching Manual Contest
This monster 425 page manual was written by Edward Derse and Skip Stolley, the AAF/CIF Coaching Program Coordinator. Who is the AMATEUR ATHLETIC FOUNDATION? The Amateur Athletic Foundation is the organization created to manage Southern California's endowment from the Olympic Games. Located in … [Read more...] about AAF-CIF Track & Field Coaching Manual Contest
Speedendurance.com Mission Statement
If you are reading this from your web browser, you can't help but notice the ads on this page. However, if you subscribe to my RSS feed, you can read the latest articles without the ads, except maybe for 1 embedded ad here and there. Why So Many Ads? The mission statement of … [Read more...] about Speedendurance.com Mission Statement
Sportsvite .com – Meet-up and Meet-me for Sports
If you are familiar with Meet-up and Meet-me, you'll certainly love Sportsvite.com Ever wanted to join a team, but couldn't find the right players? You tried Craigslist, but to no avail? Or, perhaps you moved to a new city and wanted to find a soccer, football or basketball team to … [Read more...] about Sportsvite .com – Meet-up and Meet-me for Sports
Nutrition for Travel – IAAF Nutrition for Athletics
This summary is from the IAAF 2nd International Consensus Conference on "Nutrition for Athletics" held in Monaco from April 18-20, 2007. Copies of the CD and booklet are available from the IAAF website www.iaaf.org. Nutrition for Travel Presenter: Tom Reilly (GBR) Travel across time zones … [Read more...] about Nutrition for Travel – IAAF Nutrition for Athletics
Winner of the Herb McKenley DVD Contest
To make this contest fair, I entered all the emails from both the RSS subscribers and the Speedendurance.com newsletter using Random.org. This site is also good for choosing lottery numbers. The Winner of the Herb McKenley DVD Contest is "Coachus". "Coachus" is a RSS to email reader, and the … [Read more...] about Winner of the Herb McKenley DVD Contest
Enviro-Sports Death Valley Marathon
I'll be visiting my buddy Dave Horning from Enviro-Sports Productions this weekend. Every year for the past 4 years, I make the trip to Las Vegas en route to Furnace Creek in Death Valley, California. But I don't go in July; I go in February. It often coincides with the Super Bowl, so Hotel … [Read more...] about Enviro-Sports Death Valley Marathon
Road Races Enforcing Bans on iPods – A Silly Rule?
There are some good rules and some silly ones. For example, rings and earrings body piercing jewelry is prohibited in the high school system. I remember a high school female long jumper setting a PB, but when she raised her arms in jubilation, she exposed her belly button naval ring, and was … [Read more...] about Road Races Enforcing Bans on iPods – A Silly Rule?
Video on How to Improve Your 40 Yard Dash
I really opened a can of worms in my quest to find the fastest 40 yard dash ever on video. Here is Jason Hadeed from Elite Athlete Training Systems and his 4 and a half minute video on how to improve your 40 yard dash. It's fairly basic, but if you pick up a tip or two that will help you run a … [Read more...] about Video on How to Improve Your 40 Yard Dash
