Coach Education Resources

What Makes a Winning Sprinter?
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What Makes a Winning Sprinter?

In all sprint running races (100m to 400m), every hundredth of a second gained or lost in the race counts. But, most importantly, the fastest male and female sprinters attain incredible top running speeds, with peaks in excess of 44km per hour and 38km per hour in the men’s and women’s 100m races, for example. So what makes a fast runner?

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What is Running Economy?
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What is Running Economy?

Understanding running economy is essential knowledge for all distance coaches. This article covers what peer-reviewed research says about running economy, and training interventions that are the most effective for improving it.

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Body Composition Assessment Guidelines
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Body Composition Assessment Guidelines

Assessments of body composition provide a useful tool to determine the impact of nutrition strategies and training interventions. However, in particular athletes, such activities have the potential to cause harm. Protocols should be established and implemented before, during and after assessments of body composition to reduce this risk. These guidelines seek to safeguard the athlete and apply to each individual athlete, their coach(s) and their local support network.

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The High Performance Vegan Athlete
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The High Performance Vegan Athlete

Over the last few years, more and more sports stars and wellknown athletes have also made the decision to go green and follow a vegan diet.” This article looks at nutrition strategies to balance elite performance with a vegan diet and is a must-read for any coach with athletes following a vegan, pesco-vegetarian, or lacto-vegetarian diet.

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Plyometrics - Four Studies All Track and Field Coaches Should Understand
Strength and Conditioning, Sprints, Jumps, Hurdles Australian Athletics Strength and Conditioning, Sprints, Jumps, Hurdles Australian Athletics

Plyometrics - Four Studies All Track and Field Coaches Should Understand

This article will examine four key research papers on the benefits and sport-specific effectiveness of plyometrics training. We will examine their findings and place the results in the context of the wider peer-reviewed literature and expert opinion on the topic.

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Race Breakdown and Verbal Cues for the 100m
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Race Breakdown and Verbal Cues for the 100m

Based on a lecture by Tom Tellez, this article shares his approach to coaching the sprints. This article covers the notes that were made, outlining what he identified as the key priorities for each stage of a 100m and the verbal cues that he used with his athletes.

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Pre-Competition Preparation for Throwers
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Pre-Competition Preparation for Throwers

This article looks at the vital pre-competition phase of training for throwers, providing information about technique oriented training, converting overall physical capacity into specific explosive power and examining the importance of intensity, control, and the correct psychological approach.

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