In-Season Training & Open Call for Hurdle Q's
It's meet season! Time is ticking, literally.
Open Call for Hurdle Q’s & Analysis - Get Coach Clark’s Feedback!
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In-Season
All speed training is 90% to max effort
All tempo work trains athletes to finish races faster, stronger, and more efficient to reach new PRs
Use meet video to critique and analyze movements that they can’t feel (sometimes you have to see it to believe it)
Build skill days around weaknesses – double down on strengths
Fundamentals stay the same, but different athletes need different cues and emphasis
In-season training starts with meets and goes until your taper/peak for the NCAA championships, the Olympic games, state meet, or conference meet. During early-season we talked about training to be mentally and physically prepared for meets. Well, now here we are! This is where your coaching and team leadership gets put to the test. Of course, there will be injuries, setbacks, hardships, etc. But what I hope the athletes (and you) remember is this is the FUN part of the sport. COMPETITION! They don’t know it yet, but they’re going to miss competing. I know I do.
When I think of In-Season Training, I think of 3 things
1️⃣ Teach event-specific fundamentals and skills—repeat over and over in different ways. “Repetition will sharpen even the dullest of minds.”
2️⃣ Meets are part of the training process
3️⃣ Plan BACKWARDS from your championship moment. Whether it be the Olympic Games, the Olympic Trials, National Championship, the State Championship, or the Conference Championships…plan back from your athlete’s biggest moment so they peak at the right time.
“Repetition will sharpen even the dullest of minds.”
Teach & Repeat—Skills and Fundamentals
Each training session is geared around teaching them what they need to know in order to perfect their craft and understand their event better and better. And thennnn, repeat reps over and over.