At the International Festival of Athletics Coaches in Glasgow this past weekend, top coaches shared secrets of Olympic success.
Frank Dick had organised a series of presentations & lectures that actually had that much prized conference asset: sonething for everyone. |
| Coaching tips at the Emirates Arena |
Headlining the Conference were the coaches to the heavily favoured gold medal track prospects from GB & Australia, Jessica Ennis and Sally Pearson.
In Glasgow the chosen few in the audience of 250 hung on every word from Toni Minichiello & Sharon Hannon who trains athletes along with her husband Peter on the Gold Coast.
Sports scientists and physios mingled with coaches hoping to glean tips on strength coaching, plyometrics and periodisation. However it was the personal relationships between athlete & coach plus how those twin imposters of success and failure were dealt with that were most intriguing.
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| Plyometric session with Peter Hannan |
The athletes were both both very much in the loop and took an active part in designing their schedules which were detailed in the years leading to Olympic success in London this summer in heptathlon & hurdles.
However it was striking how these coaches made simplicity a key to coaching and training, a lesson for all of us involved in sport.
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