Vince Anderson - Early Season Training Essentials - 2024 USTFCCCA Convention

In Early Season Training Essentials, Vince Anderson, Assistant Coach of Track and Field at Texas A&M University, discusses how to prepare your sprint athletes for the track season, beginning with the first practice.

Coach Anderson reviews the physiology of sprinting and how to build speed, as well as endurance.

Coach Anderson details how to train for specific sprint races, including relays, and provides a training timeline to maximize your athlete’s progress.

Finally, Coach Anderson provides video of drills that can be applied to your athletes’ training program.

Topics covered include:

• Preparation - What Sprinters Need
• Teaching and Installing Specific Skills
• Speed Development
• Physiology of Sprinting
• Training for Specific Distance Races (100m, 200m, 400m)
• Endurance Training
• Dos and Don’ts of Training
• Reaching Your Peak
• Causes of Injury
• Practice Drill Videos