Glen Mills the first coach to.....

[Chris6878]

@syrus2001

Mills is a great coach, and so is John Smith. Bud Winters was good at the time. But come on, he was one of the first guys to coach black sprinters. You can’t tell me that whatever he did people would think that it was his methods that built these guys. Read his old books, they are brutal! Biomechanics have evolved since then. He recommends reaching forward, unhinging at the knee, his rationale was that this is how horses ran. His start philosophy was to throw your hand forward, and his basic arm swing mechanics was to run with more of a sawing motion. At the time, this may have been good, but you can’t tell me that we don’t know more now then we did then.

I was talking to an old school coach the other day and he was trying to tell me how tempo running is the key to running fast because Glenn mills and all the jamaicans do it based on bud winters stuff. Thats just dumb. Specificity wins always. Do real sprint work to get faster. I would look to what countries to well in track despite their lack of genetic talent, and theres a country that knows how to get the most out of their athletes. I’m very impressed with Russia. 8 gold medals in track, with what I would consider sub optimal genetics. Sport science has evolved since then. Having genetic talent is number 1, but don’t try to deduce what the best training program is using freak athletes.

I agree, But we expect things to evolve. Im sure other coaches have improved upon bud’s stuff. I know for a fact my college coach was one of those old school coaches who belived in running all althetes to death. Everyone was a 400m runner to him. I went to college running 10.6 and 22.0. I left running 10.8 and 21.34. lol. So Yea I would never do the volume bud suggests. I just like to see what other coaches did.
As for Jamaica, Tempo is the key to recovery in my opinion. With recovery comes fast times. I dont think the guy you spoke with knew how to explain it. But its just what charlie prescribed. speed days, tempo days. You cant run fast if your tired.