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Becoming a Master of Persuasion: Motivation
2008-01-06 09:12:00 This is a great read for any coach or business Manager. The original article is from Learn how to get what you want through the power of persuasion by Brian Tracy. I had already quoted Brian on 10 Success Tips last March. I truly believe people and athletes are motivated by the Pain or Pleasure principle. ... More About: Coaching , Motivation , Master , Persuasion
Building a Better Runner by RunningDVDs .com
2008-01-06 06:21:00 Introduction I’ve reviewed my fair share of training videos in the past and was very happy to see this DVD didn’t focus on selling a gadget, or belong to the “answer to success is core stability” camp. Visions of Paul Chek come to mind. I’m a big fan of going back to basics and keeping things ... More About: Building , Recovery , Coaching , Training , Runner
Basketball Video Clips - Drills & Fundamentals
2008-01-05 09:45:00 In response to the article Basic Basketball Drills, a reader asked me by email if there were any good basketball drills on the web. Dr. Jim Gels from the Coach?s Clipboard has a collection of videos online showing fundamental basketball drills Don’t expect large fancy YouTube or Blip.tv quality videos here… these should be sufficient to teach ... More About: Video , Videos , Video Clips , Training
WMA2007 4×400m M40 Silver Medal, Canadian Record
2008-01-04 09:01:00 This video is part of the series 2007 Year in Review. Team Canada’s Christain Lemassif, Malik Crepsac, Paul Osland and Michael Sherar “won” the silver medal in the 4×400m by 0.66 seconds at the 2007 World Masters Athletics in Ricionne, Italy. Team Canada ran uncontested in the first heat in 3:26.67 and set a new Canadian Record ... More About: Videos , Medal , Silver , Track and Field
Combined Events, Throws, Jumps - IAAF Nutrition for Athletics
2008-01-03 08:04:00 This summary is from the IAAF 2nd International Consensus Conference on “Nutrition for Athletic s “ held in Monaco from April 18-20, 2007. Copies of the CD and booklet are available from the IAAF website www.iaaf.org. Comb ined Events , Throws, Jumps Presenter: Linda Houtkooper (USA) A pyramid was used as a visual tool to show the importance of ...
Matt Shirvington 1998 Training Program Prior to his 10.03
2008-01-02 09:09:00 This is a very old excerpt, 10 years old to be exact, from a posting by James Shanahan to the Yahoo Supertraining newsgroup list. Matt Shirvington set a Personal Best and National Record in 1998, which stood until Patrick Johnson’s 9.93 back in 2003. I thought you folks might be interested looking at the in-season program of ... More About: Training , Program , Track and Field , Raining
1968 Olympic 200 Meters - Tommie Smith, Peter Norman, John Carlos
2008-01-02 05:58:00 I’m really looking forward to meeting Tommie Smith as he will be in Seattle on February 8-10. I guess my biggest question is why he waited 38 years to tell the world that his actions at the 1968 Olympic 200 Meters medal ceremony meant “Silent Gesture” and not “Black Power” as the media portrayed it? You have ... More About: Videos , John , Track and Field
Top Ten Excuses for a Bad Race
2008-01-01 09:01:00 Let’s start the New Year with one resolution: STOP MAKING EXCUSES! Here is a quote from HSI John Smith’s Inside the Training & Inside the Competition videos. ?A true champion, when they lose, they don?t get defeated. They get inspired by their loss. It makes them come back to practce. They can?t wait to get to ... More About: Coaching , Race , Witty , Track and Field , Excuses
Physique and Performance in Athletic Events - IAAF Nutrition for Athletics
2007-12-31 08:43:00 This summary is from the IAAF 2nd International Consensus Conference on “Nutrition for Athletic s “ held in Monaco from April 18-20, 2007. Copies of the CD and booklet are available from the IAAF website www.iaaf.org. Physique and Performance in Athletic Events Presenter: Helen O’Connor (AUS) People have very different genetics and variations are on a wide ...
The Power of Writing Down Your Goals
2007-12-30 09:08:00 Yesterday’s article on Core Values - Passion, Honesty, and Excellence brought a flood of emails about writing your goals down on paper, also known as “journaling”. Many track athletes mentioned they already wrote their goals down in September before the start of the new season and prior to the GPP Training Phase. Track and Field is a ... More About: Power , Writing , Coaching , Success , Goals
2007 in Review: Video of Asafa Powell 9.74 100m World Record
2007-12-29 09:10:00 Courtesy of WCSN.com Copyright 2007 by Speedendurance.com. All Rights Reserved. More About: Video , Videos , World , World Record , Review
Core Values - Passion, Honesty, and Excellence
2007-12-28 22:29:00 As a coach, I’ve always preached passion for the sport of Athletics (a.k.a. Track and Field), fair play (i.e. being drug free) and the pursuit of excellence. I never made it to the Olympics, at least not as an athlete, but that did not stop me from running my personal bests. So when I read fellow Vancouver ... More About: Coaching , Passion , Success , Core , Values
J. Oliver Jackson - Coach of 1956 Triple Gold Medlaist Bobby Morrow dies
2007-12-28 19:22:00 Coach Jackson ’s most famous athlete was Bobby Morrow, won gold medals at the 1956 Olympics in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 4×100 meter relay. I still have the Life magazine with Bobby Morrow on the front cover, but not in mint condition. Maybe it’s time to sell it on eBay? I will post some videos ... More About: Gold , Coach , Track and Field
Nutrition for Long-Distance Running - IAAF Nutrition for Athletics
2007-12-28 09:01:00 This summary is from the IAAF 2nd International Consensus Conference on “Nutrition for Athletics “ held in Monaco from April 18-20, 2007. Copies of the CD and booklet are available from the IAAF website www.iaaf.org. Nutrition for Long -Distance Running Presenter: Louise Burke (AUS) Over history, long-distance running has been in the front line of sport nutrition research ... More About: Long Distance
NCAA 1989 400 meters final: Tyrone Kemp vs. Raymond Pierre
2007-12-27 23:47:00 My apologies for misleading titles. My earlier post Viewing YouTube FLV files with Adobe Media Player had the video of the NCAA 1989 400 meters final with Freshman Tyrone Kemp from Florida and Senior Raymond Pierre from Baylor. I was simply trying to demonstrate how to view a FLV file locally on your laptop or PC. ... More About: Videos , Final , Track and Field , Meters
Viewing YouTube FLV files with Adobe Media Player
2007-12-27 09:02:00 Adobe Media Player is a desktop media player that lets you play QuickTime movies, podcasts and Flash Videos (FLV) files. Most people are familiar with Windows Media Player or Real Player. My popular article on Saving YouTube and Blip.tv Files for your iPod or Computer explained how to extract and play FLV files with WinFF or ... More About: Youtube , Technology
Basic Basketball Drills
2007-12-26 08:58:00 Everyone knows quick and fast are not the same attributes. You can be quick, but not fast. Or, you can be fast, but not quick. Guest Blogger Brian Schofield submitted this article called Basic Bask etball Drills . I thought it was worth posting with the nasty winter weather we are having on the west ... More About: Training
Hotels by City .com - newest sponsor to Speedendurance.com
2007-12-25 21:00:00 I’d like to welcome our newest sponsor Hotels ByCity .com. Traveling expenses account for over 80% of our track club’s budget. Medical, massage, and physiotherapy account for the rest. This web site offers a prices equal or cheaper than the major sites like Travelocity.com and Expedia.com Their goal is to provide you with the very best information ... More About: Sponsor , Promotions
10 Favorite Sport Songs for Motivation on your IPod or Ringtones
2007-12-25 08:06:00 We all need motivation sometimes. It’s easy when practice is scheduled for 5:05 pm, and I’m waiting for you at the track. But what happens if you are a self-trained athlete without a coach? Maybe you are a distance runner, or a heavy quarter miler who does 7 mile Sunday runs in the Fall ... More About: Songs , Sport , Ipod , Training , Motivation
Nutrition for Middle-Distance Running - IAAF Nutrition for Athletics
2007-12-24 08:31:00 This summary is from the IAAF 2nd International Consensus Conference on “Nutrition for Athletic s “ held in Monaco from April 18-20, 2007. Copies of the CD and booklet are available from the IAAF website www.iaaf.org Nutrition for Middle -Distance Running Presenter: Trent Stellingwerff (SUI) Middle-distance running is at the cross roads of training stimuli used for running events. After ...
Darold Williamson Greatest Anchor Leg - 2004 NCAA Indoor 4×400
2007-12-23 21:00:00 [WARNING - Spoiler Alert - if you haven’t seen this video, go directly to the video and click Play] BONUS: There is no Carol Lewis commentary in this video, just the raw sounds from the stands. One of the greatest 4×400 meters anchor legs I have seen from Darold Williamson was NOT the Gold medal ... More About: Videos , Track and Field , Greatest , Iams
USA 1980 Olympians finally get ?Congressional? Gold Medals
2007-12-23 08:40:00 The spring of 1980 is still vivid in my memory. It was the year of my high school graduation, and hometown hero Bruce Roberts of Chateauguay, Quebec, would be going to Moscow for the Olympics for the 800 meters. I would have loved to see him battle it out with Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe. I ... More About: Gold , Witty , Finally , Track and Field
Immense Pressure for Hometown Olympic Athletes - Liu Xiang of China
2007-12-22 08:12:00 We all remember Cathy Freeman winning the 400 meters in front of her home country at the 2000 Sydney Olympic s. Prior to the start of the 400 meter rounds, she took part and lit the Olympic flame at the Opening ceremonies. I have to admit, this was the most stunning flame lighting spectacle ... More About: China , Witty , Track and Field , Athletes
Attitude - the Difference Maker - USATF National Podium Education Project
2007-12-21 08:48:00 Sport Psychology at the USATF 2007 National Podium Education Project - Las Vegas. In the presentation on Sport Psychology, there was a handout given called “The Difference Maker”. It had the quote called Attitude. I had posted the quote “Attitude” by Charles Swindoll in my meeting with American Decathlete Dan O?Brien back in 1993. (Remember, ... More About: Coaching , Success
Nutrition for Sprints - IAAF Nutrition for Athletics
2007-12-20 08:19:00 This summary is from the IAAF 2nd International Consensus Conference on “Nutrition for Athletic s “ held in Monaco from April 18-20, 2007. Copies of the CD and booklet are available from the IAAF website www.iaaf.org. Nutrition for Sprints Presenter: Kevin Tipton (GBR) Although nutrition for the sprint events has not received as much attention as ...
Always Have a Good Backup
2007-12-19 08:33:00 When organizing a track meet or road race, always use a manual backup method for backup timing. How many time have you seen a “NT” for “no time” next to the final results? You can’t re-run the race. Some meet organizers don’t care as the race is to determine who wins, place, or show. ... More About: Technology , Backup , Coaching , Good , Track and Field
You Know What to Do, but can you ?Do What you Know?? USATF National Podium
2007-12-18 08:32:00 Remember that old primary school joke: If you answer both questions correctly, I will give you a million dollars: Q1) In 1912, name the ship that hit an iceberg and sank with over 1500 casualties? Q2) Name all the casualties. This is the same with coaching and the 2 magic questions to your athletes: Q1) What are your ... More About: National , Coaching , Track and Field
2nd IAAF International Consensus Conference ?Nutrition for Athletics?
2007-12-17 21:56:00 One of the goodies from the USATF 2007 National Podium Education Project was a handout and/or CD from the IAAF 2nd International Consensus Conference on “Nutrition for Athletics ” in Monaco from April 18-20 2007. (You were only allowed to take the CD or booklet!) The stated aim of the conference was to help shape the ...
Speedendurance.com Launches New Theme
2007-12-16 10:05:00 Nearly 7 months after launching Speedendurance.com, it was time for a fresh new theme. Many thanks to Brain Gardner for this new look. Several readers were not accustomed to the differences between a Blog and a Web site, and that they preferred a newspaper style approach to reading valuable content on this site. It may take ... More About: Witty , Theme
How to Run Faster
More articles from this author:2007-12-13 19:16:00 This post was guest blogged by Mike Toal from www.mastersathletics.co.uk This article gives an overview of the essential techniques required to enable an athlete to run faster. To increase any athletes speed means improving on one or both of the following elements: Increase the number of steps an athlete takes per second i.e. their cadence. Improve the effectiveness ... More About: Coaching , Training , Track and Field , Aster 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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