[Carl Valle]

Carl Valle on December 19, 2009 at 2:12 am #16402

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.- Marcus Aurelius Delayed transmutation is tossed around all the time in strength and conditioning circles, but I am not a believer in the common belief of increase max strength and then things magically happen. Often the process of developing athletes will create periods of lack of progress or even

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[Randy Gillon]

Randy Gillon on December 19, 2009 at 6:23 am #92623

Sounds familiar…lol

[Rich Tolman(mr-glove)]

Rich Tolman(mr-glove) on December 19, 2009 at 9:02 am #92629

Could it be a genetic ceiling for some?

I think this is an area where indicators, like 30m block, bounding tests, or power clean, can come back to bite one in the ass. Everything in isolation indicates improvement is coming, but sometimes it doesn’t quite come together in a meet.

A former athlete of mine, while competing at U of Illinois in the mid 90’s, once complained to me, “I’m sick of hearing what this test means or what that time in practice translates to in a meet!” Essentially, she was acknowledging that she wasn’t running well and was tired of all the work and none of the reward.

[Carl Valle]

Carl Valle on December 19, 2009 at 11:10 am #92637

It’s only a ceiling if you know they have maxed their potential. It can’t be a ceiling if they improve afterwards. Many false ceilings exists because the training takes a while to kick in.

Running a complete race is not combining 30m block/ 150m / 20 m fly into one as it takes a long time to master sprinting or any of the other events. adding 40k to your bench doesn’t make your shot increase .5 meters directly or even indirectly as it’s more than hat.

[sportscience]

sportscience on December 19, 2009 at 4:34 pm #92653

I enjoyed this post. Its about faith in a plan. Even though it might not do you justice in the short run in terms of work and results but good plans pay off in the end always. Every day of hard track work is like putting money in the bank, you’ll have a lot saved up when its time to cash it in.

[Rich Tolman(mr-glove)]

Rich Tolman(mr-glove) on December 19, 2009 at 11:24 pm #92654

Fortunately, it doesn’t take much for an athlete to have faith in the plan. They just need that one solid performance, not necessarily a pr, but a sign that good things are coming.

[Nick Newman]

Nick Newman on December 20, 2009 at 4:30 am #92655

Fortunately, it doesn’t take much for an athlete to have faith in the plan. They just need that one solid performance, not necessarily a pr, but a sign that good things are coming.

Yeah i agree…I think however that a well planned “plan” should have the athlete improving every unload/test week throughout preparation. Maybe not on every test but on most of them.

It’s during week 2 and 3 of a 4 week cycle the the coach/athlete should be careful not to measure or time because those weeks can be really misleading.

[W.E. Price]

W.E. Price on December 22, 2009 at 4:07 am #92687

Unfortunately I’ve found that some will remain simply impatient and make it much more harder on themselves. Maturity, confidence and a strong sense of what is possible are certainly important traits. And as I’ve discovered issues unrelated to training or coach-athlete interfacing can have greater impacts than imagined or certainly planned for.

The part-part-whole is an approach that can work in many programs. For me the whole is often discussed and played out late in the training year. Even with midterm performances that rate higher than perhaps anticipated. And as many have stated there are several cogent approaches that can support a turn in the other direction.

Of course I’m still learning and this site helps.