Posts Tagged ‘acceleration’
The fundamentals of acceleration mechanics
Coach Anderson was talking about his 100m speed training programme. His belief is that coaches only need to teach 1 model of sprint mechanics, get damn good at it, then add “subtle variations”when required, for example, in the 200 meters acceleration pattern or the 110 meter hurdles acceleration pattern
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“What is power?”
Was my opening question at yesterday’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) workshop for strength and conditioning coaches.
“Force times velocity” was the text book response from the ex- students.
They are of course technically correct, but how does this affect how we train our athletes? What about momentum, force, impulse, velocity, mass and acceleration?
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“Some research can’t interpret it’s own data, sometimes that data is wrong.”
Jack Blatherwick opened my eyes with 2 great lectures. The first was on Acceleration, the second on research. He had some great visual slides, that just explained things very clearly. There was a constant sound of “oh, I see….” From around the room as people began to grasp hitherto poorly understood subjects.
Not sure I can do it justice…
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