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I'm starting to think about outdoor track season coming up and thinking about how I intend to train my kids this year. I have two daughters running this season:
We moved this year and I will be their only coach. I am considering what their training should look like because I have a little more specificity with only two similar athletes than an entire team of runners ranging from 100-1600m events. Because my two athletes are much more similar and we don't have an entire team to consider, I can tailor their training a bit. Even though they are young, I would like to periodize their training a little more. Some things I'm considering so far:
What are some of your thoughts and experiences with track & field training?
- Daughter 1 (14)
- 800 (primary)
- 400 (secondary)
- High Jump (field)
- Daughter 2 (9)
- 400 (primary)
- 200 (secondary)
- Long Jump (field)
- Warm-Up Jog
- Stretching
- ABC Drills
- 30-60m Accelerations (full recovery)
- 4-7x 200m repeats (full recovery)
- Jump reps
We moved this year and I will be their only coach. I am considering what their training should look like because I have a little more specificity with only two similar athletes than an entire team of runners ranging from 100-1600m events. Because my two athletes are much more similar and we don't have an entire team to consider, I can tailor their training a bit. Even though they are young, I would like to periodize their training a little more. Some things I'm considering so far:
- Doing jump drills before the running. I don't want them training a power skill fatigued. Also doing more drills and less full reps.
- Shifting the 200 to a more bi-polar session(s) of speed endurance 50-150s and tempo endurance 300-600
- Speed work doing up ladders (50-100-150) and full recovery
- Tempo work with down ladders (400-300-200) and partial recovery
- Dedicating days of the week to one method rather than a little of everything every day
What are some of your thoughts and experiences with track & field training?