December 26, 2006
WHAT IS THE BASIS FOR RUNNING DRILLS?
I hoped that I made things clear about drills in my previous article "To drill or not to drill?" We use drills to develop our perception; what follows are the by-products, which we call coordination, agility, muscle strength, quickness and so on. But from the discussions on the forum I see that this was still not enough to make your drills more meaningful and easier to perform. Are we missing something? I think so. I think we are missing something tangible to bring more sense into your "drilling" procedure. Let's look at the performing of drills in a simpler way,...
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December 19, 2006
RUNNING ON SAND
Why are we going back to this topic? Well, the importance of it comes from several points: First of all, this is a useful exercise for developing our perception of support. Second, this is a very good, specific to running, strength exercise. Third, it is a very good workout for our cardio-vascular system. There are obviously pros and cons for the use of running on sand, as anywhere else, and we need to understand the positive and negative sides of it in order to make the most of it for our training in running. If we start from the negative...
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December 12, 2006
FOOT POSITION ON LANDING - BALL OF FOOT
A proper foot position on landing is a very important part of your running technique but ironically it is not the one that you should focus on. Proper foot landing should become your second nature. For that to happen you need to do it many times over and preferrably do it right each time. How do you repeat one move again and again? You do drills that are designed specifically for that. But let's start from the beginning. What is the proper foot position on landing? On the ball of your foot with the body weight centered over it. The...
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December 05, 2006
BREATHING IN RUNNING
How to breathe in running? Deep…Smooth…and Quiet! I am just kidding. In spite of the fact that breathing is a "natural" and "automatically maintained" process in living organisms, it would be a mistake to think that we know "how" to breathe. It is a question for many athletes, elite and recreational runners and just for normal people. It is really important, I would say, vitally important for our existence. Breathing is a question of life and death. Just a 2-3 minute break in our breathing function could cost us our life. And most of us are well aware of that....
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