Coaching the Hurdles From Beginners to Champions

Do you want to know what the greatest track coaches in the world are doing when it comes to coaching the hurdles? In this course, Coach Anderson dives deep and hits on some of the most important points when it comes to coaching the hurdles. The hurdles are getting more competitive every year and every single movement counts when your athlete is running the hurdles. But what is the most important concept when it comes to coaching the hurdles? RHYTHM & CADENCE. It is not about getting your athletes over the hurdle fast, it is about your athletes having rhythm over the hurdles. Majority of coaches are coaching the hurdles all wrong. Here you will learn how to train the hurdles correctly, speed development, sprint training, hurdle training, contrast training, and much more. Train for the future, not just the present.1 Developing Hurdlers at Entry Level 2:30 2 Intent 1:10 3 Hurdling Is 4:43 4 Hurdling 3:56 5 Elite Hurdling 1:52 6 Choosing Hurdlers 9:19 7 Important Hurdle Training Concepts 9:30 8 Great Hurdlers 1:19 9 Hurdling Specifications 6:24 10 Teaching for the Future 3:04 11 Hurdle Essential 1 Free 4:48 12 Wall Drill 4:47 13 Hurdle Essential 2 Free 3:11 14 6 Step Approach 3:15 15 Rhythm Primer - Timing 6:05 16 Set Up & Objectives 2:04 17 Move to Track Free 2:58 18 8 Step Approach 2:59 19 Recommendations 3:51 20 Contrast Training 2:20 21 Growth 0:50 22 Hurdle Exercises 9:07 23 Training Set-Up 3:40 24 Hurdle Coach Requirements Free 2:00Vince Anderson is entering his 34th year of collegiate coaching this season. He is starting his 15th year at Texas A&M, where he has trained men and women hurdlers and women�s sprinters since 2005. Before coaching at Texas A&M, Anderson coached 16 balanced years at the University of Tennessee. Starting at Tennessee in the summer of 1988, Anderson first trained women�s sprints and hurdles for eight years, then followed with an eight year stint as the men�s sprints, hurdles and jumps coach, through the 2004 season.Anderson began coaching as a completely inexperienced volunteer assistant on the staff of Tom Tellez at the University of Houston, from 1986 through 1988. During those three invaluable seasons at UH, Anderson was blessed to witness the training of several champions, through the 1988 Olympic Trials. Anderson has trained NCAA champions in every sprint, hurdle and relay event � a feat it took him 29 coaching years to accomplish. Anderson is grateful to have assisted nine NCAA Outdoor Championship teams � eight at Texas A&M and one at Tennessee. Anderson also assisted on two NCAA Indoor championship squads, the first at Tennessee in 2002 and then at Texas A&M in 2017

Developing Sprint Hurdlers From Beginner to Elite is a course that will give a new coach, and more seasoned coaches everything they need in order to produce elite hurdlers.� This course will cover the basics and everything from what coaches need to coach hurdlers, drills, how to teach kids the 3 step, setting up practices, and more importantly, what is needed to make my hurdlers faster.1 Developing Sprint Hurdlers From Beginner to Elite Introduction Video 0:59 2 Hurdles 101: Introduction 6:33 3 Hurdles 102: Distances and Identifying Hurdlers 6:26 4 Hurdles 201: Foundational Hurdling 6:41 5 Hurdles 202: The Hurdle Warm Up 3:59 6 Hurdles 301: Foundational Hurdle Drills 7:07 7 Hurdles 302: Drills to teach the 4 Components of Hurdling 14:53 8 Hurdles 401: Teaching The 3 Step Rhythm 7:17 9 Hurdles 402: Manipulating Hurdles 13:53 10 Hurdles 501: 200, 300, 400 Hurdles 8:09 11 Hurdles 502: Acceleration into Hurdle 1 7:40 12 Hurdles 601: Speed Hurdles 9:05 13 Hurdles 602: Setting Up Practice 13:59 14 Hurdles 701: Trouble Shooting 4:09 15 Hurdle Progression Weeks 1-4 16 Hurdle Progression Weeks 5-8 17 Hurdle Progression Weeks 9-12Micheal Wellington began coaching in 2004, when he became a volunteer hurdle coach at C.O.C (College of the Canyons), in Valencia California.� During that time he was able to take 2 athletes, male and female to the Southern California Championships, the female athlete was able to win it, go onto the state meet, and become a finalist.� In 2007, he became a hurdle coach at Bishop Alemany High School where his coaching began to change for the better.� He was able to develop several league champions, and regional qualifiers, a few became regional champions.� In 2012, Wellington was promoted to Head Coach. In his first year as the Head Coach, 5 of his hurdlers were regional qualifiers, and finalists, which had him noticed by the LA84 Foundation.� He was asked to be one of the Clinicians for the Track and Field Coach's Educational Courses.� This lasted for 7 years, before he moving out of the state.� He still uses the platform to teach coaches how to make their hurdlers better.� He was also named Daily News "Coach of the Year" the same year.� ?Micheal Wellington has also been a private coach where he was able to produce several state meet qualifiers, and medalists.� Due to his Youtube presence, he has been able to help develop local, regional, and national qualifiers all over the world, including countries like England, China, Korea, Ghana, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and Russia, just to name a few. �� ?Notables: 22 Mission League Champions� 28 Regional Qualifiers and Finalists 11 State Finalists� 3 All Americans� 4 Youth JO Qualifiers� 7 Nationally Ranked Athletes� ? Mason Guzman-Sanchez 14.15/39.41 Matt Harmon 14.80/38.44 Zach Winger 8.29 (60mh) 14.51/38.51 ? Bella Witt 13.63/43.33 Sky Harbin 14.10/41.79 Brisa Guzman-Sanchez 14.22/43.78 Ekaterina Hupalo 14.36� Leah Lambert 14.44 Samantha Seaton 43.33 Seanna Nalbandyan 61.33 (400h)

Do you want to improve your team's hurdle game? Then, Coach Justin Wickard, has you covered. In this course, he teaches drills to master your all-around hurdle technique and acceleration to the first hurdle. Here are some more things you will learn to master with this course: Acceleration to the first hurdle The Takeoff into the hurdle What to do in between the hurdles Along with all of that, he even talks about 3-stepping and the airtime your athletes should have when hurdling in order to become faster, more streamlined hurdlers.1 Introduction 1:29 2 Physiological - Biomechanical Demands 2:44 3 Stregnth and Power Levels 4:19 4 Short Hurdle Parameters 1:49 5 Acceleration to First Hurdle Free 2:19 6 Drill 1 5:17 7 Drill 2 3:10 8 Take Off into the Hurdle 3:02 9 Hurdle Clearance 3:42 10 Airtime 1:38 11 In-Between the Hurdles Free 2:56 12 3 Step Frequency 3:27 13 Zone Hurdling Drill 4:00 14 Zone Hurdling Based on Goal Time 4:03 15 Analyze Athlete Hurdle Races by Zones 9:21 16 Closing Thoughts 1:04 17 Q&A 6:07Justin Wickard | Air Force Academy | Assistant Coach � Postion Where Date Assistant Coach Air Force Academy October 2018 - Present Assistant Coach TCU 2013 - October 2018 � Wickard comes to the Academy after spending five seasons at TCU, where he worked alongside head coach Darryl Anderson in the sprints. In his final season with the Horned Frogs, Wickard helped guide the men�s 4x400-meter relay to an indoor time of 3:04.25 that broke a 34-year-old school record, and saw Derrick Mokaleng break the outdoor school record in the 400-meter dash with a time of 45.02. During his tenure in Fort Worth, he also had the opportunity to help coach Ronnie Baker, who was the top 100-meter sprinter in the world at one point during the 2018 season.

This video doubles as both a tool to help pick out potential hurdle talent and work through drills to maximize athletes' natural abilities.� Designed for the high school coach in mind, but the drills will benefit all age groups.� Our hurdling philosophy is to keep it simple, always be sprinting, and focus on developing both legs.� This presentation was created and filmed with head coach Eric Jubeck of Monroe High School and Monroe's hurdles coach Tyler Witt.� Originally created as a presentation for the 2021 Wisconsin Track & Field Coaches Association (WISTCA) Clinic.�� We start by discussing how to build a successful track & field and hurdle program and end with 30+ minutes of drills beginning with warm-ups / mobility and work our way through 100/110 and 300 hurdle drills.� We use high school athletes (boys and girls) that look like high school athletes to walk through each and every drill that we have used to coach 10 different hurdle athletes to state a total of 23 times with 10 podium finishes over the past 9 seasons for 2 programs.1 Intro / Coaching Resume 2:45 2 Coaching Structure 1:56 3 What Makes a Good Mult-Hurdler? 2:24 4 Recruiting the Multi-Event Hurdlers 3:57 5 Coaching Boys vs Girls 2:58 6 Sprint / Hurdle Connection 2:32 7 Pure Hurdlers vs Sprinters 3:04 8 Hurdle Drills Intro 3:18 9 Hurdle Mobility / Warm-up Overview 3:27 10 Mobility / Warm-Up Broken Down 7:30 11 Fence Drills / Stretches 6:48 12 Lead and Trail Leg Work Free 4:40 13 100 & 110 Hurdle Drills 7:24 14 300 Hurdle Drills 4:46 15 Takeaways / Contact Info 0:56Coach Eric Jubeck has been the Monroe Girls Head Track & Field Coach for 3 seasons and his team is the 3-time defending regional champions. Coach Jubeck is a 3rd generation track and field coach for Monroe High School, taking over shortly after his father Howie Jubeck's retirement from coaching for over 30 years.� During Eric Jubeck's tenure, Monroe has finished in the top half of the conference as the smallest school in the famed Badger South Conference, and last season were runners-up to Watertown High School.� Before returning to Monroe to coach, Coach Jubeck had a 5 year run as sprint and hurdle coach at Beloit Memorial High School.� During this time, Beloit was back-to-back regional and sectional champions and finished in the top 3 in the Big 8 conference 3 years in a row.� During this time, Coach Jubeck helped hurdlers finish in 2nd, 3rd, 3rd, 3rd, 4th, and 6th place at the WIAA division 1 state championship meet.