I’m just curious, but is it really necessary to employ 30-60 meter sprint program within the over all training program for a high class 100m 200m sprinter?
I say this because when I was in HS our coach did not employ short maximum effort sprints but yet we were able to run 10.9 and 11.1 respectively as young men. What did we do? Our coach worked on special endurance type II only much like the program at Univ Texas.
He may have been relying on meets to give you your speed work. That said, running 10.9 does not indicate that results will continue to improve without changes all the way to world class levels.
Hmm, true. Thanks for the reply.
If you don’t run some workouts in the 30-60 range, where do you get your max velocity work? In meets or just as part of the longer sprints? Either way, it doesn’t seem like you get enough max velocity work to improve top end speed, because you don’t get may reps.
Right, I can understand that; and looking back, the younger you are I have read that you rely more on SE 2 anyway.
I wouldn’t necessarily go by age alone. Competitive experience and skill level, (as it relates to current top end speed), are huge factors.
If I am 28 but have underdeveloped top end speed, then I would have to rely on SE to get me thru a 100 as well.
If your athletes are males running 11 sec or thereabouts, I wouldn’t necessarily qualify them as top-shelf HS sprinters anyways. There is a good chance that they are hitting their top end around the 30-35m mark or so. THis is further validation that they need more reps involving top end speed. Rehearsing this skill (flys) provides race modeling and opportunity to work on the technical aspect as well as execution without the anxieties associated with being in an actual competition.