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Mike Utting @UttingMike
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Mike Utting@UttingMike
21 Aug 2018
Activation before we sprint.
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Time to leave X (Twitter),thanks for the journey and all the friends. Be kind to each other and remember our shared humanity.✌️
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Dave Carolan@davecarolan
Jan 12
🧠Wisdom shared from Tim Sheppard one 1 of my earliest days at @NorwichCityFC A lesson in remembering there's a human attached to the end of the athlete. Especially if injured! Come with me on a day trip to Cromer & a different rehab #ncfc #performance davecarolan.substack.com/p/f…
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Derek Hansen: Eight Athlete Development Lessons from Charlie Francis.Always worth another read.😊 speedendurance.com/2014/01/0…

Derek Hansen: Eight Athlete Development Lessons from Charlie Francis

This article is guest blogged by Derek Hansen, and cross posted on his website, Running Mechanics. You can view all of Derek’s past guest articles here,

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Track Trap God
@Raestaketv
Jan 6
We been doing base training wrong and we still doing it wrong. Well…some of us..I been changed up the base training philosophy.
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The Three Metabolic Energy Systems - IDEA Health & Fitness Association. Definitely worth a Read.😊 ideafit.com/the-three-metabo…

The Three Metabolic Energy Systems - IDEA Health & Fitness Association

The energy we use to move comes from three metabolic energy pathways: the phosphagen system, glycolysis and the aerobic system.

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Debunking the myths about lactic acid, fatigue and recovery si.com/edge/2016/07/21/debun…. Worth a Read.😊

Debunking the myths about lactic acid, fatigue and recovery

Most athletes see lactic acid as the enemy, but it's time to learn the truth about how lactate impacts your body's muscle soreness, recovery, fatigue and more.

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Why You Need to Develop Speed Reserve - Track and Field Toolbox. Worth a read.👀😊 trackandfieldtoolbox.net/spr…

Why You Need to Develop Speed Reserve - Track and Field Toolbox

This article was provided by Complete Track and Field,  a great source of coaching tools for track and field coaches Posted by Latif Thomas Developing a ‘speed reserve’ through a well designed speed...

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Unconscious Incompetence and Sprint Training – Track Football Consortium. 🇬🇧Feeding the Cats in the U.K. trackfootballconsortium.com/…

Unconscious Incompetence and Sprint Training

“Speed training is really pretty simple. Why is there so much confusion?” -Tony Holler   Assise: When I first read this, I had at least 15 reasons run through my head. After lots of thought, I boiled...

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Remember the days when players knew what position they were playing.👀😊
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Coaching the Twixter: How the 800 Became a Sprint Event freelapusa.com/coaching-the-…
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Why The 800 Meter Run Should Be Treated Like The 400 Meter Dash il.milesplit.com/articles/17…

Why The 800 Meter Run Should Be Treated Like The 400 Meter Dash

Hybrid: a thing made by combining two parts; a mixture...

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Many years of photo copying. I must have 30 folders of athletic information.Now it’s a press a button it’s on your phone.😊
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Charlie Francis system | Höf-day hoffday.wordpress.com/2014/0…

Charlie Francis system

I recently attended one of the Charlie Francis seminars in Australia. Prior to the seminar I thought I had a reasonable understanding of his training philosophy and principles after all I have read…

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Why Sprinting Biomechanics Matter - with the exception of technique • ALTIS altis.world/articles/why-spr…

Why Sprinting Biomechanics Matter - with the exception of technique

Discover the importance of sprinting biomechanics in team sports. Learn why it's not the same as in track and field and how it can impact performance.

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To Drag the Toes (or Not) at the Start of a Sprint simplifaster.com/articles/to…

To Drag the Toes (or Not) at the Start of a Sprint - SimpliFaster

While there are extremely successful sprinters who drag the toes, there are also great sprinters who don’t. Coach John Makell suggests instead that coaches focus on what makes sense from a mechanical...

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Allistair McCaw 💥💥 Merry Christmas
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Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT
@BrendanThompsn
24 Dec 2025
Ankle dribbles aren't just warm-ups—they're sprint mechanic primers. Master the rhythm, own the track. This video breaks down the drills for explosive speed. #SprintDrills #SpeedTraining
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Wisdom from the Man Who Feeds Cats - ELITETRACK 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇱🇷🇱🇷 elitetrack.com/wisdom-from-t…

Wisdom from the Man Who Feeds Cats - ELITETRACK

Tony Holler, is a respected high school track and field coach in Illinois. Coach Holler is best known for being an unvarnished, outspoken, and accomplished coach. He developed the philosophy of...

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Love this, from us few who are Feeding the Cats in 🇬🇧🇬🇧.💨💨 We prioritize creating speed, power and coordination—skills that apply to most track & field events, says @mario_gomez81. simplifaster.com/articles/cr… via @SimpliFaster

How to Create a Base of Power and Speed - SimpliFaster

Although he admits it doesn’t reflect a paradigm shift in training, Coach Mario Gomez believes in helping his track and field athletes create a foundation of speed and power during the off-season and...

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30 Years Later: A Review of Speed Trap by Charlie Francis. Author Noah Kaminsky simplifaster.com/articles/sp…

30 Years Later: A Review of Speed Trap by Charlie Francis - SimpliFaster

Charlie Francis made a sizeable dent in our global understanding of sprint training. But we still have a long way to go until his methods are widely accepted and practiced. While Francis innovated...

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