marijuologist wrote:
you got some splainin to do wrote:It seems strange that so many national and world class runners waste so much time on drills, then. And almost every collegiate team, too. I guess we're presented with a choice: 1.) almost every coach and world-class athlete is wrong, and marijuologist from the internet (and at one time the back of a police car) is right, simply because he says so in an authoritative tone, or 2.) marijuologist doesn't fully understand the purpose of drills. And choice number 1 could very well be correct; I'm just stating the position in which you're putting your readers.
Given the firm knowledge that sprinting ability is almost totally determined by genetics, it seems strange to me that anyone could be a big enough of an embarrassment to assume that whatever elite sprinters do for training is correct. Yes, world class sprinters and coaches who use drills (and a long list of other mainstream training practices including Olympic lifts, plyometrics, stretching, massage, periodization, and pretty much anything other than a small amount of high quality sprinting and simple weight training) are wrong about what they believe and do. "HA HA! You expect me to listen to you over a bunch of semi-literate Jamaicans who run fast?" No, I don't. I expect you to continue to be an idiot.
Touchy subject for you, isn't it? Look, you'll have to forgive me if I'm somewhat skeptical of your claim that you know more about training than the coaches and athletes whose livelihoods depend on what they do in practice everyday. I don't know why you're getting so defensive about that. You're the one making extraordinary claims; you should expect some incredulity from the rest of us.