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Training for sprinting is a committed undertaking. These articles will aid your sprint training and help you improve your sprinting techniques so you can run faster… To browse our library of free sports training articles, browse using the categories on the left or use the search box.
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Olympic Gold Medal Winners' Training Tips
What makes an Olympic Champion?
Circuit Training: how to increase speed (Sprint-specific example)
Part-two of our Sports-Specific Circuit Training series using Sprint Training as an example for constructing your own circuit to develop speed.
Strength Training Program Part 1: Competition Preparation
The best Weight Training Exercises to prepare for competition
Can body fat loss and lean muscle gain be targeted with nutritional supplements?
Can body fat loss and lean muscle gain be targeted with nutritional supplements?
Pilates for Running with Caroline Sandry
In this video TV presenter, personal trainer and Pilates expert Caroline Sandry takes you through a number of Pilates exercises that are of specific benefit to runners.
Zig Zag Sprints
A useful agility drill to develop acceleration, deceleration and rapid changes in direction whilst sprinting.
Sandbag Sled Pull
Sandbags are an effective low cost alternative to sleds and offer more weight variability than tyres.
Sandbag Throw and Sprint
Sandbags are an effective low cost alternative to medicine ball. A drill that develops whole body power, can be used over a range of distances and is an effective conditioning exercise.
Ladder Drill: One Foot in Each Rung
The most simple of ladder drills can be used for beginners and young athletes to teach them about moving quickly. The ladder drill can also be used to teach running mechanics.
Ladder Drill: Two Feet in Each Rung
A progression from the One Foot in Each Rung drill, challenges the speed of co-ordination of the athlete.
Ladder Drill: Two Forward One Back
One of the more complex ladder drills, it helps develop co-ordinated quickness in two directions: forwards and back.
Lateral Ladder Drill
Challenges co-ordination by teaching quick lateral movements. This drill can also be used as an aid for teaching correct lateral movement mechanics.
Lateral Zig Zags
One of the most common movements in sport is running side-ways on an angle. This drill helps develop lateral speed and changes in lateral direction.
Agility Drill 1
This agility drill is great for learning to decelerate and rapidly change direction following a period of acceleration.
Agility Drill 3
This drill is designed to focus upon quick feet movements followed by an initial acceleration. The quick foot movements will help “prime” your body for the sprint and rapid change of direction.
Agility Drill 4
Similar to agility drill 3, this drill offers a little more challenge to the co-ordination of the athlete by having them side-step in and out of cones before a sprint.
Agility Drill 9
This drill can be performed as part of a warm-up or as a separate agility drill.
Acceleration Training for Peak Performance
learn how to increase speed to make a quick getaway
Building Speed and Endurance
Building Speed Before Endurance: time to turn convention on the head?
whole body vibration
Whole body vibration: no use for trained sprinters
fast-twitch muscles
Fast-twitch muscles: Twitch and you're gone - all you need to know about developing fast-twitch muscle fibre for speed, power and strength
modafinil
Modafinil: Banned drug works as ergogenic aid
sodium bicarbonate
Sodium bicarbonate and sprint performance
speed | age | sprint training
Speed and age - The bad news is that speed declines with age; the good news is that you can arrest, even reverse, this degenerative process
hamstring exercise
Hamstring exercise for hamstrings of steel
speed agility quickness training | SAQ training
Speed agility quickness - SAQ training
uphill sprinting
Uphill sprinting
overspeed training
Overspeed training: Downhill sprinting, elastic cord sprinting and the concept of 'overspeed' training
powerbag training
The Powerbag
Speedballs | speedball training | speed ball
Speedballs
foot-flexor devices | dorsiflexed sprinting
Foot-flexor devices
Body composition: the difference between sprinters and distance runners muscular system
Why sprinters have a natural advantage over distance runners...
Swim Training | swimming
Swim Training
Creatine
Creatine now shown to boost performance in trained sprinters
Caffeine
More evidence that caffeine can benefit sprint athletes
Speed parachutes
Speed Parachutes: Displaying their bold maize and blue colors, the chutes billow out behind runners during workouts, attached by cords to the athletes' chests.
Muscle fibre types
Muscle Fibre Types: Why tapering after intense training boosts sprinting speed
Caffeine
Caffeine proves less of a help to team sports sprinters
Sprinters | sleep
Sprinters and Sleep: If you're a sprinter, you needn't worry about losing a night's sleep.
Wheelchair athletes training
Wheelchair Athletes Training: A strength and sprint training programme for pre-elite wheelchair athletes
Wheel chair athletes training
Wheel Chair Athletes Training: A strength and sprint training programme for pre-elite wheelchair athletes
Boosting vo2 max
Boosting Vo2 Max: Now that winter's coming, here's a useful programme for boosting your VO2max.
Running Injuries: What you don't know about injuries can really hurt you.
How to avoid the most common sporting injuries
Humidity | performance
Humidity and Performance
Upper body
Upper Body: How to develop the perfect sprinter's upper body, thanks to Linford Christie.
Upper body
Upper Body: How to develop the perfect sprinter's upper body, thanks to Linford Christie.
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