congres: observations

About 150 coaches attended the symposium, held for the third time in Sweden and the second time in Falun.
This year’s theme for the presenters was “observe – identify –change.”
Juri Hanin was the first to pick up this theme. He spoke about the methods used to analyse an athlete’s behaviour and awareness during competition in order to change and improve the results.
Dave Collins focused on the skill refinement and the practical implications of the Five-A model by Carson and Collins.
From a coaching standpoint Jeremy Fischer, Tony Minichiello , Anders Möller and Oscar Gidewall talked about how they work to modify the technique of their athletes for the long and triple jumps.
Minichiello presented his view on hurdle training from a multi-event approach.
Januz Iskra analysed the 400m hurdles and stressed the importance of adapting the training of the event throughout the year. For example: how to conduct hurdle training during the winter months.
Benke Blomkvist and Allan Scott reflected on the necessary cooperation between athletes and coaches, as well as the strategies they used to refine Allan’s hurdle technique and performance.
Injuries in athletics are a big issue which cause disturbances in the training process for athletes and coaches. Swedish Athletics' Jenny Jacobsson presented her research work that is based on Swedish athletes. It shows that nearly 50% of the senior athletes are “out of practice” for at least 3 weeks throughout a year, and about 35% for 16-year-old youth athletes.
There was no difference between the event groups, but 77% of the injuries were in lower extremities and 78% of them occurred in training.
Nils Holmdahl lectured and had a practical presentation based on his experiences from Yuri Verkhoshansky’s research. His message to the coaches was to improve the training in plyometrics in the right order, at the right time, and with the right volume to prevent injuries.

leuke mensen ontmoet en ook nog wat opgestoken. met oscar terrol en urta rozestruik als oud ciossers ook de Nederlandse atletiek doorgenomen. Met lubos benko de stand van zaken bij Aspire. Met Benke het Scandinavische.....