The speed development triangle: what the athlete feels, what the coach sees, and what the data reports. In that order, those three qualities dictate the process coach Garfield Ellenwood uses to attack working with his sprinters and hurdlers. Training athletes ranging from college freshman to Olympians, Ellenwood provides continual sprint development—and that’s the key. He’s […]
Georg Pfarrwaller has done his research. Studied JB Morin’s work on improving acceleration, tested out flywheel training and VBT apps, and tinkered with different loading parameters and periodization models. Coaching for PluSport, a Swiss organization dedicated to developing Paralympic athletes while also offering recreational athletic opportunities for individuals with disabilities, Pfarrwaller faces the dual challenge […]
For athletes at any level, serious injuries can not only derail their progress in the sport, but also threaten a core part of their identity. This reality equally extends to adults who may not participate in a professional competitive sport. In most cases, at our clinic Therapie Kreuzplatz in Zurich, we are managing non-professional clients […]
The act of “managing” athletes tends to bring two completely separate images to mind: either an agent negotiating contracts and financial packages or a coach overseeing the planning and loading of a training program. At Wesport, a new boutique management organization based in Stockholm, those two distinct rails have been merged within a company targeting […]
Digital natives are changing the course of speed development for Germany’s fastest sprinters. Following a long tradition rooted in Soviet and East German methodologies, a new wave of internet-savvy speed coaches in the Hessischer Leichtathletik-Verband (HLV) are using their fluency with YouTube, Instagram, and a host of virtual seminars to add a diverse range of […]
Competing in the top tier of German football (soccer), Borussia Mönchengladbach play a season that begins at the end of one summer and concludes on the cusp of the next, with the regular demands of their league fixtures multiplied during months where the club is also engaged in UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League play. […]
