Coach Education Resources
Training Through an Australian Summer
What the Australian Athletics Weather Policy requires at your meet, a sweat rate calculator that tells athletes how many bottles to drink, and a 14-day heat acclimatisation plan with real dates. There’s also a printable trackside card with the heat stroke steps.
Strength Training for Runners
Strength work doesn’t make a fresh runner much more economical. It keeps a tired one together. Here are eight categories of lifting for runners, a worked training week, and what the studies show for each, including where the evidence is thin.
Relay Changeovers: Setting the Go Mark (4x100m)
Most relay time is won or lost in the exchange zone, and the go mark decides it. Enter your four runners’ 100 m times to get a starting go mark for every exchange, in metres and heel-to-toe steps, plus the rules and passing technique.
Purposeful Sprint Drills: Boosting Technique and Performance with Informed Choices for Track Coaches
This article summarises key findings from a study investigating the selection and rationale behind sprinting drills used by track and field coaches. It focuses particularly on coaches' understanding of how these drills impact sprint performance and technique.