Rate MY College Coach by these workouts.

That looks like an early season schedule, not what I'd do personally, but for this time of year that's not the end of the world

GORUN1600 wrote:

That looks like an early season schedule, not what I'd do personally, but for this time of year that's not the end of the world

Agreed.

If OP can't run 200m, a few distance runs in addition to a more "typical" training program will only help, especially early season. Higher v02max is correlated to faster recovery times after strenuous resistance exercise (and by extension, probably also repeated jump attempts).

I would say its not early season there are only 15 weeks left in the season for most college athletes indoor championships are like 5 weeks away and outdoor champs are 13.

maybe you should have done something to be in shape before the season started,being a mediocre DIII sprinter you probably don't have the best genetics. You need aerobic work more than anything else to see your potential come outdoor. Indoor season doesn't matter especially when you start practice out of shape.

Eh gads. 30min Run 2days before meet for a jumper? Dude does not know what's he's doing. Different energy systems. Jumping jacks.....?

Mike Jones wrote:

maybe you should have done something to be in shape before the season started,being a mediocre DIII sprinter you probably don't have the best genetics. You need aerobic work more than anything else to see your potential come outdoor. Indoor season doesn't matter especially when you start practice out of shape.

We asked our coach for pre-season workouts he said when XC is done he would deal with track and that he would not provide pre-season workouts for us till after XC. When XC ended he gave us a month of workouts which included and I am not kidding play water polo 1x a week (In the shallow end not trading water or anything) there were three workouts a week one was water polo i did the best i could to do what we had done before this coach and without being to cocky was probably in the best shape on the team when the season started.

Can't recall when a jumper gets anaerobic during the 4 seconds it takes to get down the runway.

What do you want to get out of your college experience?

Do you want to understand your potential and find your limit? Then you better do it on your own.

Do the workouts, do what he says, and then research, ask questions and do more. No one but yourself can stop you from fulfilling your promise.

You're going to run into these type of people all the time, the world is full of them. You either go along with the herd and become one yourself or you figure it out and find your own path.

Life is all about decisions - it's not difficult. Make a decision and stick to it.

This "Coach" has absolutely no understanding of training phases and our muscle fiber types. Your an average jumper increasing your aerobic base will not improve your jumping. In fact it could be detrimental depending on your muscle fiber type your muscles may not have the endurance to withstand this training and thus will tire easily and lead to injury. 2 x Mile is the dumbest workout I have ever heard for a jumper.

I coach a reasonably successful DII school and I am not the jumps coach but I am the sprints coach and I believe that speed can and should be trained year round in the appropriate intensity and quantity. Right now you should be in a pre-competition phase of training based on a traditional college season and from this training your maybe in pre-season work.

The previous comments that this work is similar to Clyde Hart are way off base!

Zero chance the OP has any real idea of what this coach is trying to accomplish. ALL coaches have a method to their madness and ALL coaches give workouts that leave others scratching their heads, that being said, he is probably not doing ideal workouts.

However, based on the fact that you are posting this "I'm a total loser" thread and are spending significant time and energy posting here, you wouldn't actually benefit from the best possible workouts because either 1) you are low on talent 2) you lack trust and discipline or 3) all of the above.

Doing whatever he says will likely improve your situation because it's probably about all your talent class could really handle. OR all he is capable of giving to everyone given his poor pay level and time investment in the team.

Deal with it. Transfer. Cry and quit. Those are your options.

Transferring is not an option second semester senior, I am 4.0 student with indeed limited talent but what I do want to do is maximize my potential right now and I don't care if its not good enough for you or your team its about being the best I can be and helping my team be the best we can be.

Its clear our coach doesnt have a plan to follow there are days he shows up and takes the distance kids and tells the sprinters to wait (Even though we have sprint coaches he doesnt let them write workouts or run practice without him) He will then come back 15 minutes later and say why dont you guys just practice starts and jog for 15 minutes...

are you saying I should trust his program ?????

What kind of college has a sprinter also be a jumper (okay, so I can see how this could happen occasionally), but your track athletes also play soccer? Are you at a JUCO?

NCAA III school not juco, I don't play another sport and before this year I was solely a jumper with occasional relay running. Our new coach has all jumpers running events this year.

Find an online coach, they are anywhere from 50 to 100 dollars a month and im sure you could supplement your training schedule right now with early AM

Drills and exercises provided by the online coach and not get burnt out. Make sure to fill him in with the whole story. There's a chance they'll tell you to just follow your real coaches advice so look around.

JuCo would be more impressive...

what school is this? doesn't sound like a reputable program to begin with

clown college wrote:

what school is this? doesn't sound like a reputable program to begin with

Yes the choice to hire a graduate assistant with a mere two years experience as the head XC and track coach would validate your point.

Todays Gem from our Coach:

Coach: Athlete X What are you doing ?

Athlete X: PowerCleans

Coach: I don't think thats a lift for non lifters.

Athlete X: Uhhhh You mean non power lifters ?

Coach: Yeah

Athlete X: Why Not ?

Coach: Its going to make you big bulky and slow.

If this is a real situation and your not just a troll. It seems to me this is exactly why our profession cant be taken seriously too many coaches who have no clue what they are doing running college programs. Maybe this coach could be good but there is education, and experience that come first ...

Juco coaches are the worst. Most are clueless and lazy. Any of the good Juco coaches get recruited to coach at 4 year schools. That leaves the crap coaches. Skip juco all together and only go to a 4 year.