Elitetrack: Sport Training & Conditioning

also most of the athletes i worked cf system is great for them, i dont have many 200 and 400 guys.

I know you are, but that's cool, there are things that he said that very relevant to the 100m race.  Such as working technique first, then strength by working with that same technical mindset in the weight room.  Strength and Power do hide a lot of technical flaws.

danimal9 - 10 December 2006 02:17 PM

I know you are, but that's cool, there are things that he said that very relevant to the 100m race.  Such as working technique first, then strength by working with that same technical mindset in the weight room.  Strength and Power do hide a lot of technical flaws.

u have to admit some of his stuff is old school, for example the article mike posted spoke about long runs etc.

That article was from 20+ years ago that's why it was so old school.  It doesn't mean that things in it are not relevant to today.

danimal9 - 10 December 2006 02:30 PM

That article was from 20+ years ago that's why it was so old school.  It doesn't mean that things in it are not relevant to today.

he even spoke about long runs in the interview, i just dont see the point of starting long and slow for a 1 an 2 guy.

The longest run he talked about in the interview was 800m and if it wasn't that he was talking about his special endurance run to end a session.  Like I said, you're focusing on the wrong things with the interview.

danimal9 - 10 December 2006 02:49 PM

The longest run he talked about in the interview was 800m and if it wasn't that he was talking about his special endurance run to end a session.  Like I said, you're focusing on the wrong things with the interview.

don't see how u can make such a comment, its always interesting listening to another coach speak, but his style wont work for me.

I can make that comment because you said it was horrible.  I wasn't asking you to accept his philosophy, best several things he said were in fact relevant and specific to today's knowledge of sprinting and training sprinters.

danimal9 - 10 December 2006 03:10 PM

I can make that comment because you said it was horrible.  I wasn't asking you to accept his philosophy, best several things he said were in fact relevant and specific to today's knowledge of sprinting and training sprinters.

of course, i was comparing his interveiw to dan and the german coach. i agree with some of the things tom said in the interview.

utfootball4 - 10 December 2006 03:20 PM

danimal9 - 10 December 2006 03:10 PM

I can make that comment because you said it was horrible.  I wasn't asking you to accept his philosophy, best several things he said were in fact relevant and specific to today's knowledge of sprinting and training sprinters.

of course, i was comparing his interveiw to dan and the german coach. i agree with some of the things tom said in the interview.

I wasn't feelin Tom on this one.  I was like wtf is he talking about.  U GOTTA THINK WHILE YOU'RE SPRINTING…etc.  I do not understand.

mortac8 - 10 December 2006 03:51 PM

utfootball4 - 10 December 2006 03:20 PM

danimal9 - 10 December 2006 03:10 PM

I can make that comment because you said it was horrible.  I wasn't asking you to accept his philosophy, best several things he said were in fact relevant and specific to today's knowledge of sprinting and training sprinters.

of course, i was comparing his interview to dan and the german coach. i agree with some of the things tom said in the interview.

I wasn't feelin Tom on this one.  I was like wtf is he talking about.  U GOTTA THINK WHILE YOU'RE SPRINTING…etc.  I do not understand.

lol, it was funny. i know mike said he want his runners to think in practice but not doing meets.

Yes, because all the learning is done during practice.  A great way to think of this is that practices are the homework and meets are the test.

Tellez confused me a bit when he was talking about the block setup.
He said that you want the front block setup at 90 degrees and the back block setup at 130 degrees. I fully understand his reasoning, (front- push / back- stretch-reflex) but:

1. He obviously isn't being literal about 90 degrees for the front pedal, that would be impossible to get set and push out of.

2. I looked at the photosequence breakdown by Vittori and Pfaff on Carl Lewis, and his pedals are clearly not at 90 and 130. They look more like 60 for the front and 50 for the back.

Does anybody know what Coach Tellez is talking about?

He is talking about the angles of the front and back legs respectively.

davan - 26 May 2007 11:40 AM

He is talking about the angles of the front and back legs respectively.

Yep. I didn't listen to the interview but this would make much more sense. Research evidence indicates that setting the blocks as LOW as possible is actually the best for acceleration times.