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Jazmin Sawyers: All round athlete

Posted On Thursday, 12th July 2012 at 06:51

Jazmin Sawyers jumps today in Barcelona

Jazmin Sawyers Good luck to Jaz who jumps today in the World Junior Championships. She recently came third in the UK Senior Trials with a jump of 6.64m.

Her technical coaches Gary Jennings and Alan Lerwill have done a really good job of managing her training and competing schedule.

How to make your 200m time faster

Posted On Monday, 12th March 2012 at 08:46

With the World Indoor Athletics Championships underway, I thought it would be good to look at some of the Men's 200m outdoor times.

Have a look at the graph below that Paula Jardine has collated.

men's 200m

Coach Development Workshop: John Brierley

Posted On Wednesday, 11th May 2011 at 06:38

Last week I was lucky enough to attend a workshop at Exeter University led by John Brierley . This was part of the Transformational Coaching programme organised by Paula Jardine and led by Wayne Roberts.

John has a massive range of experience, including being the Team Leader of Athletics at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, and fitness consultant to Birmingham City FC for 4 years.

Strength Training for Runners and Hurdlers- John Jesse book review

Posted On Wednesday, 27th April 2011 at 07:18

john jesse strength training This book was written over 30 years ago but it is extremely relevant in its portrayal of training methods for runners and hurdlers.

At the time John Jesse was ahead of his field in using resistance training methods to condition both himself and his athletes.

How to warm up for Athletics

Posted On Tuesday, 01st February 2011 at 07:58

I was watching 4 of the athletes I train warm up before their track session last week and was amazed by the random and unstructured methodology they undertook.

Track and field athletes are a special breed and don’t mind a chat at every opportunity between exercises, so I do bear this in mind.

I asked one of them why he did what he did “I just copy what I have seen famous people do and mix them together.”

Here are some tips:

Roughty Toughty Athletes

Posted On Thursday, 02nd December 2010 at 03:29

Working with a decathlete last week, I said that I was going to make him into a "roughty toughty track and field athlete".

He said that "There is no such thing as a roughty toughty track and field athlete." He has a point. A lot of athletes are continually coming down with injuries. Tyson Gay being an example who apparently can't train for more than 2 weeks without getting injured.

A couple of things might be the reason:

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Indoor Pentathlon Results- Shannon Robertson

Posted On Tuesday, 09th November 2010 at 07:43

Shannon Robertson came 3rd in the Welsh under-17s Indoor Pentathlon Championships last weekend.

Shannon is a good example of work being done with the South West Talent group.

Dr Ekkart Arbeit seminar - audio file

Posted On Monday, 30th August 2010 at 07:33

Just listened to a great lecture by Ekkart Arbeit here. Arbeit was involved in Coaching in East Germany for 25 years and has since been Coaching Athletics around the world, producing many Olympians.

Ekkart makes many great points, one is his 3 key things that every Coach must have:

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