The reason I brought up the West African issue was not to suggest at all that caucasian sprinters are inferior but that the large majority of the world’s best sprinters have got West African heritage. That is a fact of life. And therefore if one of us who use speedball were able to access this population we might have a greater opportunity to coach Golden League athletes.
As I have said several times before you cannot continue to slag off at a training method, claiming it WILL never produce fast athletes when the evidence of the past shows that it has.
It’s like the holocaust deniers, continue to dispute something regardless of the evidence.
Sevo reminds me of a fellow in Adelaide who has continually bagged me and my training methods for the last 10 years.
At first it was I’d never have someone at the national level or could break 10.9.
When that happened it was never broken 10.8 or wear the Australian singlet.
Of course this season a 400m runner in my squad ran sub 10.8 a few times including 10.73. AND I had two athletes make Australian teams this year.
So now it’s “Youngy’s never had an Australian champion”
Every time he sets the bar - I jump over it.
So for his benefit - read what’s on this bloke’s singlet. So much for: “he’d never have an athlete wear the Aussie singlet”
The bloke in the photo has won the Bay Sheffield, the Burnie Gift, the Whyalla Gift, been 4th in a Bay Sheffield off a back mark and twice been the backmarker in a 400m Camden Classic final for 2nd and 3rd. He’s also won 4 SA state open titles including the 100/200/400 treble this season, won 3 Australian U/23 titles and been 4th in an open 400m national title. Before he did all that he was bowling cricket balls and when he burst on the scene in 2005, the chap I referred to earlier claimed he had no future.