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Track & Field/Expert Profile
Expertise
I will answer any technical question about track and field/athletics. I am a USATF Level 2 coach in the Sprints/Hurdles and in the Jumps. I specialized in the throws for three years.
Experience in the area
I have over twenty years of coaching experience. I am a comptetive 400/800/1500 runner.
What do you like about this subject?
It is something you can do all of your life.
What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?
As technology improves, the performance of the athletes also improves. It is my goal to keep abrest of these changes.
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:
Regardless of age when you start, it will take from four to seven years of specific training to reach your peak.
Something controversial or provocative about this subject
You don't have to use supplements to be the best that you can be.
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| Joey | 11/03/09 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | i'll try to imcorporate the 100's into ..... |
| Zachary Russell-Ford | 10/05/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | I should of clarified what I was ..... |
| Pro | 09/20/09 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank You very much? |
| Sumugan | 09/17/09 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | Thanks heaps. I will most certainly do ..... |
| carl | 09/07/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Recent Answers from Ross Dunton
2009-11-06 Diet for sprinters/ training:
Amber, You should eat what you normally eat. Do not eat for four hours before practice or a race. You should eat a banana every day. You can eat a banana an hour before practice or a race. Make sure that
2009-11-03 winter training plan:
Joey, Do some weight training but not too much. You do not want to add a lot of muscle mass that is more weight that you have to carry when you run. Do one arm/leg at a time. Do leg lifts and leg curls
2009-10-31 400 meter training:
Akeem, No one runs as fast indoors as they do outdoors. The shorter the track, the slower you will run. Running the turns is what slows you down. Practice running nothing but around the turns. Run one
2009-10-31 winter training plan:
Joey, Your 800 time is the best of those you listed, so you should concentrate on that and nothing else next spring. This winter you should run for at least 30 minutes twice a week and run a series of
2009-09-30 dimensions of a 16 times around track:
Ryan, The distance around 1/2 of a circle is 3.142 times the radius of the circle. If the oval is 25m then the width is 25 divided by 3.142. That would make it a very short sharp turn. You should consider
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