The Art of Sprinting: Techniques for Speed and Performance

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We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. in the 200m dash versus their previous year before I started as their strength and conditioning coach (with some athletes improving much more). Developing high-level speed-strength is considered a sort of ‘holy grail’ in the world of sports performance – we all want the fastest, most explosive athletes but we often struggle to find ways to get there. The Science of Sport: Sprinting' examines the scientific principles that underpin the preparation and performance of athletics at all levels, from grassroots to Olympic competition. The book covers all sprint events from 60metres to 400 metres, as well as the hurdles and relay; principles of biomechanics, limiting factors and potential areas of capability; training an .

Speed Strength” by Joel Smith is one of the most thought-provoking physical training books I have read in the last few years. The most unique feature of this book is its presentation of a comprehensive year-round program to develop all the essential building blocks of speed.

The aim needs to be on developing the required physical abilities and then using them so that the gains can be transferred into an improved running action. I have a ton of running books and I can’t really recommend any of them highly (I’m not a hurdles guy btw) except Charlie’s Training for Speed (and GPP DVD) and Bosch’s “Running”… Rip out the practical/applied section of Bosch’s book though. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I would have expected more hands-on advice on workouts and drills for developing the different aspects of sprinting.

All Developing athletes need to learn and practise running properly so that they can run faster easier and avoid injury.

This book was written by Coach Charlie Francis in 2008 to highlight the key concepts of sprint techniques and the dynamics which take place during a race. This series will help you breakdown the way you coach certain events, and it will help you understand how to utilize workouts to help you reach your full potential. Speed, and how it can be increased, is of prime importance in all sport and, in its purest athletic form, speed is synonymous with sprinting.

For sprint training, I like McFarlane’s book that was mentioned above and CF’s book is very insightful as well.The truth is that the vast majority of strength coaches suck at the fundamentals of teaching and developing sprint running. The book covers all sprint events from 60 metres to 400 metres, as well as the hurdles and relay; principles of biomechanics, limiting factors and potential areas of capability; training and planning; prehab and avoiding injuries; practical nutritional advice and strength and conditioning. Michael Yessis, a renowned fitness expert, explains in this breakthrough book how strength and kinesiology play an important part in improving time and distance. So much time is wasted bringing people together for meetings that usually end with just a list of bullet points.