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This richly illustrated work presents innovative training concepts based on recent scientific research and extensive knowledge of the everyday practice of training. It provides running trainers, physiotherapists and physical exercise teachers with the latest insights into the training of running. The training as presented here is based on biomechanical principles. Scientific insights are translated into practical training techniques in the discussion of topics such as running technique, energy supply processes, and adaptation through training.
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Frans Bosch was educated as a teacher in physical education. Since 1999 is he working for the Royal Netherlands Track and Field Association (KNAU) as trainer-coach of an elite-group runners and jumpers.
Ronald Klomp was also trainer for the KNAU. Since 2001 he has his own international group of elite runners. After his graduation as a teacher in Physical Education he studied Human Movement Sciences at the Free University of Amsterdam.
Ronald Klomp was also trainer for the KNAU. Since 2001 he has his own international group of elite runners. After his graduation as a teacher in Physical Education he studied Human Movement Sciences at the Free University of Amsterdam.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A quality book that is both informative and ground breaking the. Treatment of the biomechanics needed for fast sprinting if read carefully could allow sprinters to improve their running speed almost immediately. The book dispells some common beliefs in athletics, like the premise that a forward lean at the torso when running fast is more desired than an upright posture or slight lean back during the maximum speed phase of a race. Solid evidence and examples are given. Detailed information on training methods are provided. The title misleads as it suggests a book that is aimed at distance running alone.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Being relatively new to the scene of athletics coaching, I was intrigued by the previous reviewers claim that this book provides 'solid evidence' that a slight backward lean produces faster running. Unfortunately, this was based merely on observations by the authors that elite 400m runners tend to lean back towards the end of their race, and hence must be helping them run quickly. This is an example of the authors' failure to see what is really happening when they try to describe the biomechanics of running. At the end of a 400m race the athletes are slowing down, exhausted of energy and as a result losing their technique. The book follows the conventional notion that running includes a 'push-off' action, even though EMG studies have repeatedly shown the quads to fall relatively silent at the point at which push-off is meant to occur. The author fail to address this point, even though they present a graph that clearly shows it. If only they didn't discount the important role of gravity during running they would not get bogged down in unnecessary detail which results in them proposing erroneous theories such as hamstrings serving to 'push the whole upper body upwards and forwards' when in reality they simply pull the lower leg off the ground.
Some of the technical assertions in the book are correct (such as to not over-stride) and the physiology and strength training chapters are detailed and well presented, but the fundamental basis/model that the main chapters on running technique are built on is very much flawed (in my opinion) leading to overly-complicated analysis of what is actually quite a simple action once understood. I suggest anyone who wants to strip running down to its fundamentals and build a coaching programme on sound principles has a look at Romanov's 'Pose Method' which sees running as the result of evolutionary design and the natural forces we are subject to. I've yet to find anything to undermine these concepts. Dr. Nicholas Romanov's Pose Method of Running and/or Pose Method of Triathlon Techniques
Some of the technical assertions in the book are correct (such as to not over-stride) and the physiology and strength training chapters are detailed and well presented, but the fundamental basis/model that the main chapters on running technique are built on is very much flawed (in my opinion) leading to overly-complicated analysis of what is actually quite a simple action once understood. I suggest anyone who wants to strip running down to its fundamentals and build a coaching programme on sound principles has a look at Romanov's 'Pose Method' which sees running as the result of evolutionary design and the natural forces we are subject to. I've yet to find anything to undermine these concepts. Dr. Nicholas Romanov's Pose Method of Running and/or Pose Method of Triathlon Techniques
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Lots of good info but tough to read
6 Jan 2009
Format:Paperback
I'm getting some good stuff from this book but there are a significant number of things that don't make sense or seem contradictory. I'm thinking that some of the author's intent has been lost in translation. I still feel it is valuable, but tough to read. I am a physical therapist. It may be harder to read for novice exercise enthusiasts
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Serious depth on running!
6 Mar 2011
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Franz Bosch goes into amazing detail as to the why's and how's of running. He does make some assumptions that are not necessarily built upon solid research but it does provide the coach with food for thought at least!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Running- Frans Bosch- is excellent!
21 Oct 2008
Format:Paperback
This book goes into the finer details of Sprinting and Endurance running
the various components of great technique and the strength training that should be incorporated in training.
the various components of great technique and the strength training that should be incorporated in training.
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