Coaching and Care of Athletes

THE MILE AND rsoo METRES EARLY-SEASON TRAINING (For milers of a team) Monday. Let the men jog an easy i- mile, breaking into a walk for a furlong and jogging on for l mile. Then set them to run ! mile at an easy effort. Let them jog goo yds., breaking into a walk for 50 yds . and striding through a final 25 yds. End the day's work with an easy striding i mile, testing out the different types of land– ing on the foot. Tuesday. Get the men thoroughly well warmed up in the gymnasium before they come out for their actual limbering-up process. Again on this day j og them about goo yds., let them break into a walk for roo yds., and jog them through a further goo yds. After a rest let them run a fairly sharp roo yds., working in groups. Then give them skipping or agility exercises, before running them i mile with easy, swinging strides. Finally let them jog an easy !- mile, before going in for their showers and massage. Wednesday. Let the men have either agility exercises or massage before going out for actual training. Then send them for an easy three-quarter-mile run, followed by some light agility exercises, finishing off with an easy 300 yds. jog on the grass. Thursday. Again limber the men up lightly by exercises indoors, and re-limber them out in the open, before sending them to jog through an easy 300 yds., breaking into a fast walk for roo yds. and carrying on at a light jog for a further 200 yds. Give more bending and stretching exercises, and then some deep breathing, preparatory to a few quick starts, running for ·30 to 40 yds. After a rest let the men run 300 yds. for pace-changing. Then finish off the day's work with an easy half-Ipile jog. Friday. Rest. Saturday. Get the men well warmed up in the gy111nasium or dress– ing-room, and then each man should experiment with the type of limbering up which suits him best, if this knowledge has not already been acquired. After a thorough warming up give the men a three– quarter-mile time trial, warning them to keep well inside full effort - say, about seven-eighths effort. Mm-SEASON TRAINING (For milers of a team) Monday. Let the men jog between 66o and 88o yds. to warm up, followed by one or two light swinging-through runs over roo yds. Then give them exercises, as part of their limbering-up process, after which starting practice, firstly without and then with the 25I