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.
Coaching the 4x100m Relay Changeover the Australian Way
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.