June 2008
Could Your Team Use Extra Space to Train?
by Mary Helen Sprecher
For the school that wants to take its track and field program to the next level, designated training facilities—above and beyond the regular competition facilities—may be the key.
Hit The Dirt at Walker Ranch
As spring bleeds into summer, Boulder’s trails become popular as ever with hikers and trail runners. Chautauqua in particular can seem swarmed, and finding parking can be a challenge before you even hit the trail. The crowds tend to stick to the front side of the Flatirons, however.
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Teaching the Triple Jump
by Douglas Todd, Director, Cross Country and Track and Field
Mt. San Antonio College (Mt. SAC), Walnut, California
Thanks to Coach Todd for this useful analysis of the triple jump, its phases, and the basic drills that will
help the beginner get the feel of the event.
Reprinted from Track Coach #146 (Winter 1999)
An understanding of the feel or rhythm of the triple jump is important to the development of any triple jumper. Because the athlete must clearly understand how the event flows from one segment to the next when done correctly, it is crucial that the coach begins instruction with a whole-part-whole teaching philosophy. The novice triple jump athlete must develop the kinesthetic awareness of the whole movement before instruction progresses to the individual parts. Without knowledge of the whole, the individual parts are meaningless.
An Athlete’s View of Limits and Possibilities
by Sergey Bubka
Here is the greatest pole vaulter in history, speaking at the IAF “Human Performance in Athletics: Limits and Possibilities,” in Budapest, October 11–12, 1997.
Reprinted from Track Coach #148 (Summer 1999)
Introduction
Bubka describes his childhood and his early love for sport. His ferocious competitive spirit was channeled into many sports until, at age 10, he came under the influence of the pole vault coach Vitaliy Petrov. Bubka describes the special qualities and methods of a man he acknowledges is the best technical coach in the world and introduces the concept of The Culture of Movement. The influence of gymnastics on Bubka’s technique is described, as is the importance of communication, feedback and an open mind to outside influences— especially from specialists in weight lifting, sprinting, medicine and psychology.
The Athlete's Kitchen: 2008 Sports Nutrition News from ACSM
June 2008 / By Nancy Clark, MS RD CSSD. For cutting edge sports nutrition information, the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine is the place to be!
