Articles
Measuring a Sprinter's Maximum Velocity
Sprinters of all ages and experience from young aspiring high school athletes to world-class elite sprinters can run at maximum velocity for about eight to ten steps. Once a sprinter...
10 Meter Splits of the High School Athlete
10 meter splits were acquired using electronic timing in actual race conditions at the 2012 Nalley Invitational high school track meet.
My Evolution to Freelap
By Ken Jakalski Since the mid-seventies, when I first began trying to extend the predictive ability of Russian coach Valentin Petrovksy’s fly sixty projections for Olympic sprinter Valery Borzov...
Freelap Timing System and the Long Jump
UK long jump coach and athlete Nick Newman discusses his use of the Freelap timing system to develop speed and acceleration for horizontal jumps.
Skeleton Speed Training
Skeleton athlete Chris Hoina discusses his setup of electronic timing equipment to improve his speed training in preparation for the winter Olympics.
How to Time the Fly-in Sprint
The fly-in sprint, sometimes called sprint fly or simply "fly", is considered by elite track and field coaches to be one of the most important workouts for speed training. In addition,...
Monitoring Conditioning and Overtraining
By Carl Valle A novel approach in analyzing metabolic conditioning and acute overreaching in team sports. Advances in Monitoring Team Sports Coaches in team sports have the responsibility of monitoring fatigue...
