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Re: Glenn Mills vs Stephen Francis who is the best in Jamaic
In his book, Bolt is critical of Coleman's training methods as they related to him personally. He felt that the injuries he suffered in his early years were as a result of the very physical nature of Coleman's training.
"I have a condition called scoliosis, which causes my spine to curve to the right and has made my right leg half an inch shorter than the left....When I broke the world junior record, everyone though Mr Coleman's regime had been proved right, but I was concerned about a lack of speed work in my training programme, and it was no surprise to me when I pulled my hamstring as we were preparing for the (2004) Olympics. I knew it all related to my back problems. Mr Coleman was determined I should go to the Olympics, hamstring troubles or not, and we worked to try and get me fit. But then I picked up an Achilles tendon injury in training when turning to avoid another athlete who had stepped across me....My relationship with Mr Coleman wasn't helping. It was not good; he didn't understand me. I had heard good things about Glen Mills, who was a coach to the Jamaican team and also trained athletes at the Hugh Performance Centre. He was more of a sprinters' coach than Mr Coleman, and the other guys were doing well with him, so I asked Mr Mills to take me on, then left it to Mr Peart to negotiate. Glen Mills had coached many top athletes, including the 2003 world 100m champion Kim Collins, and was so different to all my previous coaches. He discussed things with his athletes and worked with them. He didn't just tell you what to do like a teacher in class. He began by trying to find out the reasons for my many injuries and sent me to various doctors, until one discovered the scoliosis and said it explained my hamstring problems....I soon came to trust Mr Mills completely. If I told him I couldn't do something or didn't think an aspect of training suited me, he would talk to me about it. If he then still decided he was right, he would explain why and tell me to get on with it. That was fine by me. I had full confidence in him and that he was making the right call." (Usain Bolt, My Story: 9.58, pp72-5).
Interestingly, when Melaine Walker left MVP for Track Racers, she said that one of the reasons she was running the 100m hurdles only, instead of doing both the 100m and the 400m hurdles, was because Track Racers didn't have the quality in quarter-miler coaching that MVP did....
Originally posted by ATK
"I have a condition called scoliosis, which causes my spine to curve to the right and has made my right leg half an inch shorter than the left....When I broke the world junior record, everyone though Mr Coleman's regime had been proved right, but I was concerned about a lack of speed work in my training programme, and it was no surprise to me when I pulled my hamstring as we were preparing for the (2004) Olympics. I knew it all related to my back problems. Mr Coleman was determined I should go to the Olympics, hamstring troubles or not, and we worked to try and get me fit. But then I picked up an Achilles tendon injury in training when turning to avoid another athlete who had stepped across me....My relationship with Mr Coleman wasn't helping. It was not good; he didn't understand me. I had heard good things about Glen Mills, who was a coach to the Jamaican team and also trained athletes at the Hugh Performance Centre. He was more of a sprinters' coach than Mr Coleman, and the other guys were doing well with him, so I asked Mr Mills to take me on, then left it to Mr Peart to negotiate. Glen Mills had coached many top athletes, including the 2003 world 100m champion Kim Collins, and was so different to all my previous coaches. He discussed things with his athletes and worked with them. He didn't just tell you what to do like a teacher in class. He began by trying to find out the reasons for my many injuries and sent me to various doctors, until one discovered the scoliosis and said it explained my hamstring problems....I soon came to trust Mr Mills completely. If I told him I couldn't do something or didn't think an aspect of training suited me, he would talk to me about it. If he then still decided he was right, he would explain why and tell me to get on with it. That was fine by me. I had full confidence in him and that he was making the right call." (Usain Bolt, My Story: 9.58, pp72-5).
Interestingly, when Melaine Walker left MVP for Track Racers, she said that one of the reasons she was running the 100m hurdles only, instead of doing both the 100m and the 400m hurdles, was because Track Racers didn't have the quality in quarter-miler coaching that MVP did....
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