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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Sprints/Speed”

Field and Court Sport Training from a Track Coach’s Perspective: The Phosphagen System

Rob Assise November 16, 2017 Coaching Blogs, New Submission, Opinion, Philosophy/Ideas, Sprints/Speed Leave a Comment

As track and field and/or cross country coaches, I think it is important we view training from a different perspective periodically to help notice things …

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ASK AN EXPERT: What are some suggestions for where to practice track events when a track isn’t available?

Kevin Christian November 1, 2017 Distance, High Jump, Hurdles, Long Jump, Other/Miscellaneous, Pole Vault, Relays, Shot Put, Sprints/Speed, Triple Jump 4 Comments

My team doesn’t have consistent access to a track for the upcoming season. Does anyone have suggestions for an alternate practice location when a track …

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7 Off-Season Training Tips for High School Jumpers

Rob Assise October 13, 2017 Coaching Blogs, High Jump, Long Jump, New Submission, Philosophy/Ideas, Sprints/Speed, Triple Jump Leave a Comment

High school jumpers can do much more than sit around watching TV, playing video games, or scrolling through YouTube in the off-season. Here are things …

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Ask an Expert: Shin splints

Kevin Christian March 24, 2017 Other/Miscellaneous, Philosophy/Ideas, Sprints/Speed 3 Comments

My daughter is 17 years old and has just began her first ever season of track and field. She competed in recreational soccer and did …

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A Reflexive Performance Reset (RPR) Success Story

Rob Assise February 9, 2017 Coaching Blogs, Hurdles, Illinois HS Track & Field, Opinion, Sprints/Speed Leave a Comment

By Rob Assise, Homewood-Flossmoor High School  It has been two years since I have been exposed to RPR (click if you are not familiar), and it has …

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An 800m training epiphany

Kevin Christian November 19, 2016 Coaching Blogs, Distance, Illinois HS Track & Field, Sprints/Speed 1 Comment

Derek DeBarr coaches at Pleasant Plains High School. Follow the team on twitter at @plainstrackxc. In college, I somehow managed to scavenge and obtain a …

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Speed/Strength Correlation — Debunking the Misnomers

Kevin Christian June 7, 2016 Coaching Blogs, Illinois HS Track & Field, Opinion, Sprints/Speed 1 Comment

by Mike Adamson Plainfield East Boys Head Track coach I do not write much but felt compelled to write this for 2 reasons; This past …

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Ask an Expert: Tony Holler – Post Collegiate Training

Kevin Christian November 30, 2015 Sprints/Speed 2 Comments

Hi, I have read pretty much all of your articles and wanted to know if you would recommend your sprint program setup for a post …

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Relay Runs – A New Drill For 4x100m Handoffs

John Brumund-Smith November 19, 2015 Coaching Blogs, Illinois HS Track & Field, Relays, Sprints/Speed 1 Comment

Often in sports, we try to teach too many things at the same time. We don’t necessarily need to spend an entire day teaching our …

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