The 100, 200, and 400 meters are sprint races with different race requirements, tied together by one unavoidable and critical element: SPEED! Raw, unabashed, pedal to the metal, flat out speed. This is the main criterion for success, the final arbiter if you are going to run fast in either of the three sprint disciplines. And then to make matters worse, as the coach you are faced with a young man or woman who can:
- Run on your 4×100, 4×200 & 4×400
- Is your best 100-200 person
- Is your best 200-400 person
- And can even bust a leg on your 4×800 or Distance Medley
How do you train someone with such incredible range and the capacity to be successful using so many different energy systems? The high school and developing young sprinter must also deal with the accumulative stress from a long season, a long school year, and the rigors of being a teenager, including: puberty, boyfriends, girlfriends, being a multi-sport athlete, having a job, being responsible for siblings, parents who don’t support their kids or don’t want them to be athletes, being a “latchkey kid”, or having to endure the heartache of a divorce. In the midst of all of that, answer these questions:
- How do you give them enough speed development?
- How do give them enough speed endurance?
- How do you develop their aerobic endurance?
- How do you give them enough strength work?
- How many races can they take per season?
- And in the midst of it all, how do you give them enough rest?
These are all critical areas that I plan to cover in this manual. The concept of sprint training being a process of establishing a race model is one that every sprint coach must learn.
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Coach Tony Veney
Tony Veney has extensive successful coaching experience in high school, collegiate athletics (NCAA Divisions 1, 2, and 3), as well as national and international competitions. Tony has coached track and cross country at the University of Oregon, Portland State University, and UCLA over the past 17 years.
Coach Veney holds a master of coaching certificate and is a USA Track & Field (USATF) Level I-II-III mentor. Tony is a frequent speaker at national track and field clinics and has created many videos plus written books in the sprint and hurdle disciplines.
A more detailed bio about Coach Veney and his eBooks can be found on Complete Track and Field. A selection of his videos are available on Athletic TV.