In Britain, clubs, groups and individuals have developed their particular sport in their way, and their governing body protecting them has meant that we do not have a national sports policy. The ...

With better dope testing methods and the possibilities of detection and life ban from the sport, athletes and coaches are looking for legitimate ways to improve performance and hasten recovery. The ...

Athletics Weekly is the world's only devoted weekly track and field magazine designed to keep you informed about all the best news, reports and results from Britain and worldwide. The magazine, ...

A training program has to be developed to meet the athlete's individual needs and consider many factors: gender, age, strengths, weaknesses, objectives, training facilities etc. As all athletes have ...

Marathon legend, Bill Adcocks was at a recent England Athletics workshop, and Dr Matt Long was there to report on the findings. For many endurance athletes it is that time of year again when the ...

Calculations are based on Dick (1987) [1] table of controls for 100/200m/400m athletes. The 100m and 200m are electronic timings. The other times are hand timings. To get a predicted electronic time, ...

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A Training Plan aims to identify the work to be carried out to achieve agreed objectives. Training Plans should be drawn up to identify long-term (4 years) goals and short-term plans for the ...

The following article has been reproduced by the author, Tony Miller, by kind permission. The article is an abstract on a review of open and closed kinetic chain exercise following anterior cruciate ...

Each reference comprises the literature's "Title", "Author" and the "Journal" in which the paper appeared. The "Title" is a link to the article in which the literature is reviewed. The "[x]" at the ...

The pole vault is the most technical of athletic events. Therefore, considerable time should be spent on understanding and perfecting the technique. The vault can be broken up into different sections, ...