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Dwayne Miller – Coach of LaShawn Merritt

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September 14, 2009 by Jimson Lee 3 Comments

Last Updated on March 12, 2013 by Jimson Lee

Dwayne Miller: World Class 400M Dash (DVD)

From the mailbag:

Jimson,

You’ve covered a lot of great 400m coaches on your website like Clyde Hart, Bud Winter and Stan Dowell. 

How about LaShawn Merritt’s coach?  What kind of training philosophy does he have?  Long to Short or Short to Long?

First of all, Dwayne Miller is LaShawn Merritt’s coach.

LaShawn’s last 4 years have been impressive with SB of 44.16 (2006), 43.96 (2007), 43.75 (2008) and 44.06 (2009).  You can argue the rain delay and wet track of the Berlin World Championships prevented him from running faster.

His training philosophy is definitely a long to short approach, with an emphasis on aerobic capacity similar to Clyde Hart.  He is also blessed with an athlete like LaShawn who has good 200 meter speed – Michael Johnson and LaShawn are the only 2 athletes who have Personal Bests of sub 20 200m and sub 44 400m.

If you attended the USATF Olympic Trials, they hold a SuperClinic series on the rest day every year since 1992.  With the proposed new Olympic Trials schedule, having the Trials on 2 weekends may destroy these clinics.

Last year’s SuperClinic was held on July 1, 2008 and Dwayne Miller presented his program.  You can download the PDF of his Annual Plan labelled “from Prep to Pro” here (PDF).

For a free audio podcast of Dwayne Miller, visit the Canadian Athletics Coaching Centre and go to their multimedia section.  (Note: You will need to sign up for a free account to listen to the Podcast)

See also  4 Tips to Running a Faster 40 Yard Dash

I like the way Dwayne Miller describes himself with 3 hats: Track Coach, Strength Coach, and Nutritional Advisor.  This is my philosophy as well, but I also wear another hat: Recovery and Regeneration advisor.  If you add Olympic Historian, then you have all the elements that make up this Blog!

I do find a 1 hour long run in the fall excessive for a 400 meter runner, but if it works for him, great.  There is a lot of over distance work going late into the season.  And my guess he doesn’t plan nor peak for the indoor season.

Miller’s approach to speed work is similar to Clyde Hart where he finds too much too early will injure an athlete.  Short to Long coaches will argue this point at nauseam but you can’t argue with success.

Listen to the Podcast for an insightful look at another great coach.

Dwayne Miller: World Class 400M Dash (DVD)

Category icon400 meters,  Coaching,  Featured Story,  Podcasts,  Track & Field Tag iconAdidas,  Bud Winter,  Clyde Hart,  Dwayne Miller,  Lashawn Merritt,  Michael Johnson,  Nike,  Podcast,  speed,  Sports Nutrition

About Jimson Lee

I am a Masters Athlete and Coach currently based in London UK. My other projects include the Bud Winter Foundation, writer for the IAAF New Studies in Athletics Journal (NSA) and a member of the Track & Field Writers of America.

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  1. gary says

    September 26, 2009 at 5:00 am

    I found Lashawn Merritt’s program to be very similiar to not only Clyde Hart but to Bud Winter’s as well, Winter used a long to short approach with Lee Evans, plenty of overdistance running early, short speed when in top shape, and quality as the season progressed, more than one way to skin a cat, but personally I really like it.

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  2. Anthony Wallace says

    November 5, 2009 at 7:23 am

    My college Coach has the same theory. He coached an athlete name Paul Lewis out of high school he only ran 50.00 and 21.94. When he grad from JMU he ran and yes this is correct 6.30, 10.69, 20.78, 45.78, and 1:52. When he grad from JMU he ran the 200m in 20.14. Long to Short, it works it works it works it works. O yeah by the way JMU mens program is now gone thanks to Title 9.

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