This article is guest blogged by Ryan Banta, an assistant coach at the Ladue/St. Louis Lightning Track & Feld club. He previously wrote Sprint Drills and Cues and Acceleration and Maximum Velocity To view all his articles on this Blog, click here. Using Velocity as Your Guide Coach … [Read more...] about Using Velocity as Your Guide
Ryan Banta
Acceleration and Maximum Velocity
This article is guest blogged by Ryan Banta, an assistant coach at the Ladue/St. Louis Lightning Track & Feld club. He previously wrote Sprint Drills and Cues and Blending New Skills to Increased Power Levels (Part 12). To view all his articles on this Blog, click here. Acceleration is … [Read more...] about Acceleration and Maximum Velocity
Blending New Skills to Increased Power Levels (Part 12)
We are back with the series on Force, Ground Contact 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 covered How to Weight Train without Weights and it focused on speed … [Read more...] about Blending New Skills to Increased Power Levels (Part 12)
Sprint Drills and Cues, Part 10
Next to the various sprinting workouts and weight room exercises, the most controversial topic is sprint drills or speed drills. Do they work? Why do you do them? What is the purpose? For my athletes, I use sprint drills as part of the dynamic warm up, but also as reminder for cues. Of … [Read more...] about Sprint Drills and Cues, Part 10
