The Art of Sprinting: Techniques for Speed and Performance

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I highly recommend Speed strength for all coaches, whether you regard yourself in the outdated S + C coach title, a technical coach, or a tactical coach. After seeing enough athletes get stronger, but not faster on the track, and also see athletes continually abandon my cueing set when actually competing and needing to run fast, I really started to ask myself some tough questions regarding athletic development.This was an amazing experience… thanks to the moderators, we would still be on day one if it weren’t for them. Building a solid sprinter on the high school level begins with the success of knowing the fundamentals. It cannot be emphasized enough how important it is to work patiently and persistently toward improving running form and speed.

Included are detailed discussions of the biomechanics of running, special strength exercises, stretching, troubleshooting common problems, nutrition for optimal running, and tips to maintain a running program. A detailed description of the latest technique of Sprinting that is displayed by Athletes like Marion Jones and Maurice Greene.Michael Yessis, a renowned fitness expert, explains in this breakthrough book how strength and kinesiology play an important part in improving time and distance. This book written by Coach Charlie Francis is highly specialized towards track athletes but applies to all power and speed performance sports. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). It is a combination of shared knowledge of a number of Australia's best Sprint Coaches and also information gathered directly and indirectly from some of the coaches of the Worlds Elite Sprinters. I have a ton of running books and I can’t really recommend any of them highly (I’m not a hurdles guy btw) except Charlie’s Training for Speed (and GPP DVD) and Bosch’s “Running”… Rip out the practical/applied section of Bosch’s book though.

From identifying hip or knee dominant traits in jumpers and throwers, to understanding the key differences between a fascia speed-driven athlete and a strength muscle driven athlete. Biography: Chris Husbands is a qualified UKA Athletics coach and masters athlete with Belgrave Harriers and runs his own personal training business. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The most unique feature of this book is its presentation of a comprehensive year-round program to develop all the essential building blocks of speed. I would highly recommend using Book Sprint to develop your book because they will exceed your expectations.All Developing athletes need to learn and practise running properly so that they can run faster easier and avoid injury. Any athlete that wants to accelerate fast and have a higher maximum speed will need to be able to develop more power. Suitable for all athletes at the beginning or development stages of their sprint careers who are committed to running faster, this book covers various sprint events from 60metres to 400 metres, as well as the hurdles and relay; principles of biomechanics, limiting factors and potential areas of capability; and training and planning. This book it informs you of many things you need to master but it doesn't go through the techniques in detail and it doesn't tell you how to train to improve.