Elitetrack: Sport Training & Conditioning

For the person who wrote me that the Jamaicans are not tested as frequently as other countries. I know that. How many times were Marion Jones and Justin Gatlin tested? You are naïve to think that testing catches the cheats. Let’s move on and recognize that there is an air of suspicion that surrounds all sports at the present time. I am not sure what can be done about this.Concerning some of th [...]

Training information is easy to find, go anywhere on the internet and you will all kinds of information, some valuable, some trivial and some downright useless and misleading. How can you separate the wheat from the chaff? Maybe it just reflects my age, education and the era when I grew up. A good sound base of knowledge is so much more important than information. I think to be able to sort throug [...]

Sound training is a journey. Just like any journey it is important to know your destination. If you are unsure of how to get to your destination then it is important to find someone who has been there before to give you some guidance. To insure that you get there it important to have a good compass that is oriented to true north and have an up to date road map. It helps to know how much time you h [...]

This is the time of year when championships are won and lost before a game or match is ever played. This is the infamous “pre-season” training period where teams will practice twice even three times a day to get ready for the season starting in late August. I maintain that more games and matches are lost during this period because coaches overwork their athletes during this period. It is too l [...]

There is a clear cut difference between coaching someone and training someone. I have been to training sessions all over the world in the past few years and this distinction is clear in any language and in any culture. Those who are training the athletes are counting reps, looking at the stopwatch and shouting out times. Those who are coaching are closely observing the athlete, commenting on techn [...]