Deacon wrote:
I don't think the more technical event groups lack an appreciation for what distance coaches have to do. You will always have individuals who downplay the importance of a coach working with a different discipline but in general, coaches aren't just blindly disrespecting other groups.
Sprint coaches are definitely NOT all doing the same thing. Even if they were, the application of those things varies so much from coach to coach that it's sort of silly to even suggest it.
Physiological changes and adaptations happen for every event group. Those groups that are primarily running involve more of that than others. So I sort of agree with you. However, you would be a fool to think that distance runners are the only ones benefitting from any physiological adaptation or that distance coaches are the only ones that have to take that into account in the first place. I understand that everyone isn't privy to what every event coach has to take into account but the best thing to do in those situations is not make any assumptions.
It shouldn't be assumed that getting a 2:00 guy to 1:49 is more or less impressive than getting a 59 second girl to 52. Or that the physiological adapation it takes for a girl to go from 2:15 to 2:03 is more difficult than getting a guy to go from 51 to 46
He didn't say sprint coaches all do the same thing. go back and read the sentence carefully.
There is more variety in training between a 800m runner and a 10k runner than there is among the sprints/jumps and among the throws. That makes coaches distance harder.