X-man, the only problem I have is I am not a sprinter myself and was never coached. I can help him get stronger and from all the replies here I feel I have a good weight training program in place. Now for technique in sprinting fast. I will have to search out someone that has knowledge. I live in Pittsburgh, so I am sure there are a few around. I will keep asking people I know, if they know of anyone that can help him with technique. It would be hard for me to video him and find a host.
I suppose I could get a video tape for sprint training, but I really have not seen much of anything on the web. Does anyone know of any good instructional videos?
curt check out this link.this is a member of this site and his technique is suberb.you may not be able to see much from his start but the clip will be a great start.
also i would look into buying charlies new dvds.his last one in particular in great and breaks down the start completely.****note that i’m not pushing his products just because i’m a member…i am suggesting his products because they are the best you can buy period
I was told by Mike Stone that you could easily teach the clean in 2 weeks. Now track athletes might not always be the most co-ordinated people in the world but it takes me months to get really good form down with them. But Mike is the man when it comes to weightlifting so maybe its just my lack of experience + the fact that I can’t spend more than about an hour a week teaching this stuff to each athlete.
So I totally agree with your comments. Unless you can really do it (with double knee bend etc) save your shoulders and back and stick to squats and bed ball throws.
Olympic lifts aren’t that hard to learn. I think alot of coaches over-complicate it. If you have the kid thinking about 10 different things during the lift, then it will be hard to learn. I’d recommend the book from USA Weightlifting if you want to learn how to teach or teach yourself the lifts.
To the contrary I think lots of coaches say, “ah don’t worry your form doesn’t need to be perfect.” I disagree here. Your form should be close to perfect, after all, would we except not so perfect form when doing plyos or sprints? No sir! Or, when you do supplemental work do you say…don’t worry that’s good enough? If you are going to do them in your program, you better do them right. It better have its place in the training, and it better not take the time that could be spent with something else of the same benefit.
Again, not against them, but only certain athletes can really pop it correctly to gain the proper benefits. You have to evaluate that. The better way is to ask why do you like these lifts? If we can answer that then we can fill the road to success with plenty of exercises, and you can choose which ones fit your athletes the best.