Details
Good coaching demands attention to detail. But where does attention to detail end and minutia begin? I have always felt that is virtually impossible to be over prepared and I still feel that way, but the key to preparation is attention to details that matter. The way I have always expressed is the differentiation between the need to do and the nice to do. Focus on need to do activities produces results, nice to do produces confusion. I am interested in results that are long lasting and the athlete can relate to. It is helpful to keep the big picture in mind. I am reminded of the current incessant obsession with dorsiflexion of the foot in sprinting. Dorsiflexion of the foot is a result of force application against the ground. To achieve dorsiflexion the detail to work on is force application against the ground. In short the need to do activities will be driven by actions that cause other actions to occur.
posted by Vern Gambetta @ 11/17/2005 08:17:00 AM
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4 Comments:
If you are pushing against the ground, don't you intend to mean plantar flexion.
What he is referring to is the emphasis on bringing the toe up when the knee drives forward (after the foot has planted and is cycling through).
Yes, I agree that that would be dorsiflexion, however, he said "...force application against the ground."
Don't confuse force application with concentric muscle contraction. Dorsiflexion of the foot involves both concentric & eccentric muscle contractions of the same individual muscle, depending on what joint you're talking about.
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