When speaking/presenting at a clinic or conference, it’s customary to give the coaches in attendance a great deal on your programs. So, this winter, when talking to coaches at both the Wisconsin Track Coaches Clinic and New England Track Coaches Clinic, I gave those coaches the lowest price on Complete Speed Training 2 that I’ve…
The 400-meter event is no different, in general definition, from any other sprint event. There is an acceleration to a level of maximal race velocity which concludes with the attempt to maintain the highest possible level of that maximal race velocity for the duration of the event. When training for any sprint event, velocities and…
As you know, Coach Schexnayder recently released a series of DVDs dedicated, in large part, to the horizontal jumps. This has led to many questions along the lines of: “But, what about high jump questions?” Well, my friend, ask and you shall receive. Boo is currently working on a high jump program. It will be similar to…
After the race or key workout is over, it is time for an athlete performance comparison by the endurance coach. All too frequently coaches simply analyze performance on the basis of what they have witnessed their athletes did in regard to pacing, strategy, placing order, and how the final time compares with past efforts in…
When I set out to create a program built around training high school 400m runners, I sent out a survey to ask coaches specifically what you want to know. Below is a video of me answering the first 10 of those questions. Below that is the question I posed. And below that are the specific…
Over the last several years I have greatly benefited from my relationship with Latif and his devotion and passion for the sport of track and field. Even though I am a contributor, I have either known the other contributors, or have gleaned something from someone’s approach to training I had not given any thought to….
Today, Complete Track & Field Clinic Jumps Leader Reuben Jones shares a video breaking down what ‘bad’ triple jump looks like and what ‘good’ triple jump looks like. He also explains common errors to look for, as well as what quality execution looks like. Plus, he uses a 43’4 female triple jumper as his demo…
Most successful track coaches prescribe repetitive physical drills for their team members on a regular basis to facilitate the learning of an under-developed skill. Warm-up activities are probably the most commonly done drills throughout the team, but other events, especially those in the field, have a selection of drills that are necessary for successful learning. …
One of the most important chores that a cross country coach does is to set the workout themes for the many daily sessions during the season. The workouts must be compatible with the other workouts that are sequenced around each other, and themes must be appropriate for the time in the macrocycle in which they…
When I posted Boo Schexnayder’s Mechanics of the Jump Approach manuscript, we got a couple questions. Here are Boo’s responses to those questions: Question: Under the section “Recovery Mechanics” you wrote: “At maximal velocities, maximal knee flexion should be seen as the femur reaches a position perpendicular to the ground, since it is at this…
