Loren Seagrave and others discuss the development of strength and implications on the sprint mechanics, delving into 6 elements of the sprint technique..

I am a huge fan of Loren Seagrave and the work he has done.

As mentioned in my blog, I am a huge than of the musing of Frank Dick.  This is one of the best papers there is without question

It goes without saying that Michael Johnson is my favourite athlete of all time, Watching the 1996 Olympic games 200m Final made me want to be an athlete!

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Coached by the legendary Clyde Hart, who has never been shy to admit he works his athletes hard. this document I have had for so many years and refer to it whenever I'm planning a schedule for 400.  There is good information here on when to place the specific training elements etc along with some great sessions.

In these modern times I would gamble that we wont see another runner like this guy, Alberto Juantorena won 400 and 800 Olympic Gold's at the same games!  This is a paper about his build up and training regime

George Gandy of Loughborough University at one time handled the conditioning of Sebastian Coe.  And in this document you can see his format fro circuit training.

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This circuit was the basis for my own coach when I started and is also mine now too!

From the 2011 new studies in athletics, this paper includes what changes have occurred since the 'Bolt Phenom' and also the 'Newtonian model of a sprinter' but what I originally found this paper for was an analysis of foot placement on the bend

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A good read!

Written by Loren Seagrave for the 1996 IAAF publication this gives some good insight into Lorens philosophy and how to improve elements of the sprinters programme