As promised here's another lecture clinic video from a coaching great. This one's by none other than Tom Tellez, the former coach of Carl Lewis, Leroy Burrell, and Mike Marsh in addition to many others. In this talk Tom gives some tips for starting block setup and the set position. [...]

What are the underlying kinetics and kinematics that make Dayron Robles better? The most obvious aspect is to look at his technique but the key concept is the relationship of his technique to the demands of the event. His seven step approach is one glaring difference so I will focus on his other 9 hurdles and what he does differently and the same with elite hurdlers. Here are some questions that I [...]

In track training, most of our workouts are centered around distances. Run 6 x 200m, 8 x 150m, etc. This makes good sense and is easy to standardize, make comparisons, and track the progress of training. The problem though is that success in track is judged by time not distance. So I was thinking...what if you made all (or some) of your workouts time based rather than distance based. While I alrea [...]

Found this in the archives - Thought it would shed some light on this now "controversial aspect of training. This was written in 2002, before movement prep was born!Warm-up is the most neglected part of the workout, yes it is part of the workout. The workout begins with the warm-up! The first mistake that people make is to take warm-up for granted. It sets the tempo for the workout to follow. It [...]

This is the actual workouts for my college training group (sprints/hurdles and Jumps). My given parameters? A four week block of 3 days a week for two hours of organized practice before Late fall/winter break. Yes not ideal as I like to train but this is the given situation. I have astroturf, an indoor track and some grass with a fitness center. Good enough for me as many great performances have [...]

Whole Body Vibration Training? Don't believe the hype. Some of my peers use it judiciously so I am not saying that it does nothing but frankly let's get real. We have some proponents that must be using the vibraflex as a pillow at night because they are saying outlandish statements. Based on the peer reviewed research vibration training is washed out of a complete program. When Jordan dunked in [...]

"This is a difficult question to answer in this format for what folks mean by intensive, extensive and low intensity work varies. I have seen very consistent results from programs that do intensive and extensive work as classically described. I do things that I consider to hit both realms albeit not purely classical in design. For example, we do a lot of 100m "up-backs" in the early training ph [...]

Since running on the grass made the Jamaicans into world record holders I will place a minor emphasis into tempo running. Following a classic protocol we will do a modified abdominal circuit fashion of the following.This workout is an add on to any athlete doing a three day split.Traditional Warm-up on the grassMain Set (week 2)2 x (10 x 50-100 yard Tempo runs (65-75% speed) at each end you do 10 [...]

Yesterday I posted a couple videos with some insight in to what MVP club coach Stephen Francis is doing with his athletes. The discussion on this blog entry got me off my butt to write another blog that I've been meaning to write for some time – The Reasons Why Jamaicans Dominate the Sprints. In case you were in a cocoon in 2008, you witnessed one of the greatest sprint years by a single [...]

In 1960, Johnson arrived from Bakersfield Junior College to set world records for legendary Coach Bud Winter. The coach was just developing his renowned program at SJSU when Johnson arrived. By 1968, Winter had produced Olympic stars Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Lee Evans. In all, he coached 37 world-record holders and 27 Olympians.Johnson's two years in San Jose would stay with him. He returned [...]