Interview Collection '06

In this interview Alex discusses his early years as a coach, the individuals who influenced his thinking, along with recent developments in the Canadian high performance sport structure. He also discusses the impact these developments will have on coaches and goes on to provide an overview of best practices coming out of successful Canadian and international sport organizations.

In this interview Alex discusses his early years as a coach, the individuals who influenced his thinking, along with recent developments in the Canadian high performance sport structure. He also discusses the impact these developments will have on coaches and goes on to provide an overview of best practices coming out of successful Canadian and international sport organizations.

In part one of this extraordinary two part interview, coach Tellez discusses his early coaching development and education, his training methodology, the keys to coaching biomechanical analysis, and an in depth 30 minute analysis of sprint acceleration and hurdle mechanics. It is a rare glimpse into the genius of one of our sport’s greatest intellects.

In part two of this audio interview, coach Tellez describes his approach to speed development, strength development, planning and periodization as well as the correlation of speed and strength in the development of an athlete. In addition, he discusses the programming that developed Carl Lewis, coaching development in the United States, and how to become an effective coach; invaluable information for coaches at all levels.

In this interview coach Pfaff discusses his coaching education history, his mentors, the current coaching and athlete development models in the USA as well as such technical topics as speed development, 100m race strategy, periodization and planning, tapering for final phase preparation and the coach / athlete / medical team triad. A truly unique opportunity to see inside the mind of one of the world’s great coaches.

In this interview Frank discusses his coaching history and career highlights, his work with such athletes as Daley Thompson and Boris Becker, the importance of the professionalization of coaches and the IAAF Coaching Academy and Academy Archive. As well he discusses the future of athletics worldwide and the global development of coaches.

Dr. Ritzdorf discusses various aspects of training methodology for the jumping events including speed and technique development, periodization concepts, tapering and peaking for the jumping events and various kinds of strength development. As well he discusses the current coaching development model in Germany and his biomechanic resource website, the Coaches Eye.