Interesting post Pakewi
Surprised no one picked up on this … comments on A. above?
Everybody seems more interested in drills and agility ladders overload than deceleration issues…good for us no23!
Why do you think Tudor does not get invited to many seminars any more? He speaks up for us and athletes, and the industry (who by the way sponsor many of thes events) cannot afford to invite him as he makes many of their product and claims obsolete and false.
Any info on Tudor Bompa lectures/seminars here in Canada?
Props to Pakewi for the Bompa seminar notes.
Very true indeed.
Very good discussion going on on Boyle’s forum regarding step-back technique in acceleration start.
Here is the link: http://www.michaelboyle.biz/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3776#3776
Navel Gazing: watch the belly button. the hips can shimmy before the whole body changes direction, but the belly button isn’t going anywhere else except along with the whole body.
happy birthday Duxx
My question is how do you train deacceleration issues? Jump landings? With a medicine ball? Or do you simple increase power and let the deacceleration occur during normal skill practice?
longer eccentrics
well, deacceleration is mostly the ability to absorb force so any training means that develops this would probably help the athlete in that regard. So you I think you are right. Depth landings and lifting both seem to help develop the taking in aspects. The only thing I am not sure about is whether or not this applies to all movement. For instance, is the ability to step off a box and absorb that force when landing going to help in all planes of movement? This is not something I am really sure of and would like to hear more opinions about.
Bompa gave me an excellent drill to use to develop deceleration abilities. The coach will stand 10 to 30 yards from the athlete. The athlete will run towards the coach and as the athlete is about to pass the coach the coach will pass/toss a medi ball to the athlete. When the athlete receives the ball from the coach the athlete will decelerate. All the variables (distance of sprint, weight of the ball, speed of the athlete, quickness of the deceleration) can all be progressively developed. It has proven to be a safe and extremely effective means for developing ‘Agility’ abilities.
Sorry does the athlete deccelerate by choice/intention or is it that the added load cuases a ‘gentle’ decceleration or slowing?
I’m just trying to figure out the difference between that and just calling out ‘stop’ to an athlete as they sprint?
I would imagine both. So the added resistance/weight forces/allows the athlete to stop faster than he/she would normally be able to.
A very novel use of resistance
Well if that’s the case then - it’s not a really usefull decceleration drill!!
Well, for one an athlete can not run as fast with a medi ball in their hands as a coach passing them a ball!
Second, the added resistance loads the body in positions similar to the sport movement.
Thirdly, as I stated earlier you can progressively develop the skill of deceleration.
Why would it not be?
But is that ‘teaching’ or ‘imposing’ decceleration?
There is a big difference.
How is loading the athlete tying up arms ‘similar to a sports movement’?
Having the athlete run on ground that is a flat and that changes to an inlcine is much the same - and that doesn’t teach decceleration.
The arms are now being used to hold an object - balance/strength etc. using arms is now eliminated.
As the athlete nears the coach they amlost certainly have started to deccelerate in aphrehension of the ball.
Secondly as the athlete nears the coach they know exactly when and where the decceleration will occur… taking the spontaneity of sport out of the equation.
Sorry Nap - I’m just not sure!
Hi no23, it is a means of developing athlete to deccelerate, it does not perfectly mimic the movement. Squating does not perfectly mimic sprinting, but we squat to improve the muscles involved in sprinting!
OK - I take your point - but sorry not convinced - we’ll have to agree to disagree!
