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Category Archives: Coaching
What Can we quantify? – Part 1
In the past few days I’ve come to realize that the question of, “How can I quantify _____,” is arguably the question that separates the science of coaching from the art of coaching. I’d been thinking about this since the … Continue reading
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The best book for High School Coaches
“You can have twenty years of coaching experience or you can have one year of coaching experience twenty times.”- Joe Vigil I want to discuss something from the Iowa Track and Field clinic that I thought about traveling while home. … Continue reading
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Tagged cruise intervals, Daniels Running Formula, Jack Daniels, Joe Vigil, threshold running, Threshold Training, Vdot
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Coaches – check out this site
http://www.athleticscoaching.ca/ It’s really, really good. You need to join their “media on demand” section to get their free podcasts, but trust me, it’s worth it. I’ve listened to a two part interview with Vince Anderson five or six times and … Continue reading
Mailbag 004
Jim Gerweck, one of the editors at RunningTimes, emailed me the following question. I’m writing a piece for the HS section on training for non-running athletes during the winter – i.e. Athletes who do XC & spring/outdoor track, but might … Continue reading
Specific vs. General
I’m blessed that I’ve had a phone conversations and several email exchanges with someone who I believe is one of the best coaches in our country, Vern Gambetta. I asked Vern to comment on Specific vs. General training and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Lyrdiard, Brad Hudson, Gary Winkler, generality, Greg Brock, Mark Wetmore, specific verses general, specificity, Vern Gambetta
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“I like goals to come from the athlete.”
Just one of the many gems in this interview with Greg Brock, coach of Maggie Vessey (interview conducted by Robert Johnson). Greg was 5th in 1972 US Marathon trials. I will add my thoughts in the comments as I’m getting … Continue reading
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Tagged 800m racing, 800m trianing, Brad Yewer, Greg Brock, Maggie Vessay
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When will injuries likely occur?
In USATF coaching education a graph is presented that shows volume and intensity that is similar to the graph below (from the American Journal of Sports Medicine). I’m not sharing this graph to start a discussion about the graph itself … Continue reading
Attention and Athletes
There is a saying I came up with (or at least I think I did – if you’ve read this somewhere else please let me know…I have a friend who swears he came up with the term “going postal” and … Continue reading