No question that these sort of asinine coaching tactics are used abroad the continent. Hence the root of much of my criticism of the North American sport training institution, its coaches, and academia.
For the purposes of this discussion, however, Fogelson and I have been operating within the context of high level athlete coaching/training as this is essentially the only situation in which performances are stable enough to draw solid comparisons.
It is in this context that I am stating sprinters sprint because I am referencing what is universally agreed upon by the highest level coaches.