I am a high school coach and I handle pretty much all of the events. My background is very much in distance running and I feel I have a firm grasp of training my distance runners.
I am pretty new to training for sprinters and was wondering what a good book might be to sort of base my sprint training philosophy on. Kind of like a Jack Daniels for sprinters.
Any suggestions?
You could buy one of the Charlie Francis e-books, they are rather good.
Or you could spend some extra time digging for the right info and find all of it on
It's good to see a HS coach with a distance background looking to actually LEARN about sprint training instead of sending his sprinters on 2 mile jogs. Good luck!
while I haven't used it myself (for myself or for coaching others) I have seen this work with a lot of success
http://www.athletesacceleration.com/programdesignforsprinters.html
'Complete Speed Training' from the same folks is also a good resource; more about general speed than track sprinting, but could be useful for you if you don't have much experience
What is your e-mail? I ran the 200 and 400 in college ok.
200 (21.3)
400 (47.0)
get Speed Dynamics sprints vol 1 and 2 and hurdles vol 1 and 2. They were made in the early 90s but still the most comperehensive compilation of training ideas for coaching sprints. you can get a full philosophy to work from and then make your own changes as you grow
bout the only thing USATF is good for most days...
http://www.usatf.org/groups/Coaches/library/
some good stuff...some crap. but it's free
I am so disappointed in all you folks...
Jack Daniels for sprinters only if they are twenty-one or older and, of course, only in moderation.
radiostar wrote:
I am so disappointed in all you folks...
Jack Daniels for sprinters only if they are twenty-one or older and, of course, only in moderation.
agreed, and only on the rocks with a splash of water.
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agreed, and only on the rocks with a splash of water.[/quote]