Interview with Tudor Bompa

[Charlie_Francis]

@fogelson

I would question whether or not any of these athletes are approaching their top speed from actual races. Richard Thompson has hit .85 for 10m in his best segments. Do people actually think he is hitting that in practice? Ironically, Seagrave (who Dartfish apparently understands nothing about) has even said that most of his athletes never hit actual race speed in practice (just unable to because of adrenaline, tapering, etc.).

I wouldn’t attempt to speculate but look at it this way. Whatever speed is achieved, it is higher than it might otherwise be under the training circumstances, OR, alternatively, you may be able to get a few more quality reps at the same velocity.