- Success
- Inherent qualities (Dominique Dawes and Shaquille O'Neal)
- Motivation needs to be intrinsic
- Opportunity must be present
- Coaching direction (also the only thing which could be negative.
- You can't see the differences in endurance athletes like you can in other sports.
- Types of individuals a coach sees
- Ability and motivation
- Ability without motivation ("coach frustrators")
- No ability but great motivation ("injury potential and self-frustrators")
- No ability and no motivation (don't come out for the sport)
- Coaches should look at
- Psychological aspect of the athlete
- Biomechanical aspect of the athlete
- Physiological aspect of the athlete
- Social context of the athlete
- Coaching problems now represent
- What did my coach do?
- What do current champs do?
- This can't guide your training
- Coach Timmons and Jim Ryun
- Timmons had 35 guys running Ryun's workouts but only Ryun succeeded
- Gerry Lindgren
- Longest single training run 66 miles
- Highest mileage week 360 miles
- Highest weekly average for an entire year 240 miles
- We need to individualize for our athletes and their conditions.
- "Laws of Coaching"
- Know the purpose of your training
- Keep consistent in your training
- Training should be rewarding in itself
- Care for runners as people
- If in doubt, be conservative (take the lesser of 2 training choices)
- Be flexible
- Most mistakes (especially in racing) occur early
- Concentrate on the task (run one lap at a time)
- Good performance is real (if you did it once you can do it again)
- First mind, then heart
- Attend to personal needs
- Nutrition
- Medical concerns (1 point drop in hemoglobin equals 50 seconds in a 5k race)
- Race tactics
- Focus on the task at hand
- Be flexible
- Take some chances in racing (don't always be conservative when racing)
- A coach must know
- The mileage base of an athlete
- The past performances of the athlete
- The goals of the athlete
- The commitment level of the athlete
- Cross Training
- Stresses the heart (central) but doesn't stress the peripherals (legs)
- Peripherals get in shape slower (see Paterson later)
- Rate of Improvement
- Amount / Intensity / Recovery / Frequency
- Athletes have seasonal limitations
- Always try for the maximum benefit with the least amount of work
- "Accelerated Setback = Rate of Improvement" (you can regress at the same speed as you progress)
- "Maintenance Principle"
- It is easier to maintain rather than initiate improvement
- Maximum VO2
- Running velocity = oxygen consumed
- VO2 Max + economy are less important than velocity at VO2 Max!
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