How to burn a World-class Athlete...

[mike renfro]

Re: How to burn a World-class Athlete...

For Devers at UCLA, Bobby thought she was the 2nd coming of Jackie, and pounded her into the ground. (Gail was good, and survived, but she wasn't Jackie, and the heavy season in '88 probably messed her up for the OG). On the other hand, she became incredibley tough, and Kersee should get some credit for that. A less tough person would probably lost his/her feet to the Graves thing.

[Tinman]

Re: How to burn a World-class Athlete...

Good points. It depends upon the conditioning and constitution of the individual athlete as to whether they can run multiple races. Some can, some can't! Tinman

[doug burke]

Re: How to burn a World-class Athlete...

gail devers won the high school team state championsionships by herself running the maximum amount of races allowed then at ucla she ran the 100, 200, 400, both hurdles the triple and long jump and both relays, she does not seem to have burnt out.

[ilikeike]

Re: How to burn a World-class Athlete...

>A foreign coach (British, I think) once gave the opinion that the best help
>their athletes got was from American high school and college track coaches who
>destroyed their young athletes by the hundred.
This may be an example.

Of course "all" has foreign coaches just know everything about training and coaching and that's why they beat us regularly in interenational meets. If this coach was actually British, he need s to go hide somewhere, as "good" as GB's sprinters/hurdlers have been. What do they get one, good one every 10 years?

[vaulter83]

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5 races in two days? C'mon. He was trying to help his team win the title.

[tafnut]

Re: How to burn a World-class Athlete...

That which does not kill you, only makes you stronger. For every 'burnout' there are plenty of examples of those who made it through the system just fine. There are way too many variables to ascribe an athlete's unfulfillment of potential to 'over-racing.'

[Mr. Plod]

Re: How to burn a World-class Athlete...

A foreign coach (British, I think) once gave the opinion that the best help their athletes got was from American high school and college track coaches who destroyed their young athletes by the hundred.

This may be an example.

[79.]

How many races did Bershawn JACKSON run last
Week-end?
Two 400m/h
Two 200m
One 4x400m...
Amazing...
How can we expect him to be a US olympian?