Coach Education Resources

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Preparation for the Olympics and Paralympics

Learn from three of Australia’s leading High Performance coaches as they describe their preparation for the upcoming 2024 Olympics and Paralympics. Hear from Sprints Coach Andrew Murphy, Jumps lead Alex Stewart, and Distance guru Philo Saunders as they explain how elilte athletes will optimise their condition prior to a major championships.

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Serial Winning Coaches

Prof. Cliff Mallett explores the common qualities of serial winning coaches, their motivators, and how you can reflect on what you know about yourself and others.

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GAINcast: Athlete Profiling

Listen now to Episode 279 of GAINcast with Vern Gambetta, a production of HMMR Media. This episode explores athlete profiling with Jason Hettler, head strength and conditioning coach at the IMG Academy.

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World U20 Championships: Team Information Session

This information session is designed to help athletes, coaches, parents, and other support staff understand important concepts of the World U20 Championships, including: The role of the World U20s in the athlete pathway, location and performance implications, competition structure, post-selection planning, and team coaches

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The Norweigan Model of Lactate Threshold Training

In this article, former-Middle Distance athlete Marius Bakken explains the Norweigan Approach to endurance training. This includes a strong focus on anaerobic threshold training, including double-daily threshold training, longer single anaerobic threshold sessions, and experimenting with treadmill running.

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Optimising Your Training at Altitude

Learn from Athletics Australia’s Lead Physiologist, Avish Sharma and Bryce Anderson as they make evidence informed recommendations for when, why, and how altitude training may be incorporated into an athletes’ training plan.

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Athletic Plank Circuit

Core strength is a great asset for all Track and Field athletes.

Both traditional and modified plank exercises have been shown to effectively enhance core muscle endurance, strength, and dynamic stability. Check out this plank series that you can use with athletes of any event group.

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Hurdle Drill Basics - Walk Overs, Over/Unders, and Can-Cans

Colleen Quigley is a long-distance runner and specialized in steeplechase. The Team USA athlete is going to show you some exercises for your hip strength and hip mobility which is very important for every runner, especially steeplechasers and hurdlers.

  • Walk Over Drill

  • Over/Under Drill

  • Can Can Drill

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What Makes a Winning Sprinter?

In all sprint running races (100m to 400m), every hundredth of a second gained or lost in the race counts. But, most importantly, the fastest male and female sprinters attain incredible top running speeds, with peaks in excess of 44km per hour and 38km per hour in the men’s and women’s 100m races, for example. So what makes a fast runner?

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What is Running Economy?

Understanding running economy is essential knowledge for all distance coaches. This article covers what peer-reviewed research says about running economy, and training interventions that are the most effective for improving it.

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