Situational sports

Track and field, Physical preparation, Situational sports, Sports training

“FEED THE CATS”: TONY HOLLER´S TRAINING PHILOSOPHY THAT WILL HELP IMPROVE YOUR SPEED

Tony Holler is a track and field coach and a football and basketball physical trainer. He works at Plainfield North High School. He is also a member of the Illinois Track & Field Hall of Fame and co-director of the Track Football Consortium with Chris Korfist. Tony Holler is the author of the “Feed the Cats” training method, the fundamentals of which we will explain below.

Track and field, Physical preparation, Situational sports

THE PYRAMID OF SPEED AND STRENGTH TRAINING

Just as there is Maslow’s pyramid and the food pyramid, coach Tony Holler has developed his own pyramid aimed at performance in situational sports. Tony Holler is a track and field coach and a football and basketball physical trainer. He works at Plainfield North High School. He is also a member of the Illinois Track & Field Hall of Fame and co-director of the Track Football Consortium with Chris Korfist. But above all, Tony Holler is known for being the author of the “Feed the Cats” training methodology.

Track and field, Physical preparation, Situational sports

THE TWO TYPES OF SPRINTERS DEFINED BY KELLY BAGGETT

According to Kelly Baggett in his book “No-Bull Speed ​​Development Manual”, if we look at the way athletes sprint, especially at the amateur level, we can broadly differentiate two types of sprinters: athletes who are faster than strong and athletes who are stronger than fast. Below we are going to explain the differences of this classification:

Track and field, Exercise physiology, Situational sports, Sports training

THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE 100 METER DASH RACE

The 100 meter dash race is the most popular event in track and field and to be successful in it, apart from having a very refined sprint technique and high levels of explosiveness, it is necessary to understand how the evolution of the race is throughout its course. All of this is conditioned because it is a trial whose predominant metabolic system is mainly alactic anaerobic.

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