Norwich,Norfolk U.K.
Joined October 2013
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Mike Utting retweeted
🧠Wisdom shared from Tim Sheppard one 1 of my earliest days at @NorwichCityFC
A lesson in remembering there's a human attached to the end of the athlete. Especially if injured!
Come with me on a day trip to Cromer & a different rehab #ncfc #performance
davecarolan.substack.com/p/f…
Mike Utting retweeted
We been doing base training wrong and we still doing it wrong. Well…some of us..I been changed up the base training philosophy.
Mike Utting retweeted
Ankle dribbles aren't just warm-ups—they're sprint mechanic primers. Master the rhythm, own the track. This video breaks down the drills for explosive speed. #SprintDrills #SpeedTraining
Mike Utting retweeted
It’s hard to find another coach who’s had as much influence on the next generation of sprint and strength coaches as Charlie Francis. His work shaped how we understand speed, fitness, and high/low programming.
His mastery lies in his ability to convey complex topics with
Mike Utting retweeted
3 key sprinting phases and how to train them! 🏃💨
Based on a fantastic overview of sprinting performance by Haugen et al. (2019) in Sports Medicine - Open.
It's *open access* so be sure to read the full article!
Mike Utting retweeted
“It’s not how much we know, it’s how much we can get the kids to understand.” @pntrack
#CardPowerConference
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What strength training does for youth girls: even during heavy contact movements, if muscles contract at right time to stabilize knee, it saves them.
Recent screen shot from an athlete who got tackled from behind, player slammed into her left knee at high speed while it was planted, and it stabilized. No rotation inward or twist. No injury.
If there was no strength training, this would've blown out anyone's knee at the speed the tackle was.
Sports are rough. We can't control tackles but we can make our girls resilient!
Mike Utting retweeted
Elite sprinters spend as little as 0.08 seconds in ground contact during maximum velocity, compared to 0.12-0.14 seconds for sub-elite athletes. (Weyand et al., 2000)
Mike Utting retweeted
🗣️FOOTBALL PLAYERS RUN TRACK. #SPEEDKILLS
Mike Utting retweeted
Some programs go into maintenance mode for speed and strength in season. WE DON'T! @SBS_Athletics Football gets faster! These players set sprint pr's this morning... played a game this evening (won 35-0). Props to our leading edge Performance Coaches! Just getting started...
Mike Utting retweeted
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Mike Utting retweeted
“If you grow up in a household where there are books, where you are read to, where parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, and cousins read for their own pleasure, naturally you learn to read.
If no one close to you takes joy in reading, where is the evidence that it's worth the effort?”
Mike Utting retweeted
Females athletes completely underserved in my area. No access, or when access is there, it’s a sport coach running it 🤷🏽♂️
Mike Utting retweeted
Charlie Francis was and still would be considered light years ahead of most speed coaches.
Mike Utting retweeted
Belgian Athletics Owes Nafi Thiam An Apology 😡
“Thiam’s peers seem to believe she’s standing up for what’s right, and so do we. It’s on Belgian Athletics now to make amends: both in the form of a public apology and in the more critical follow-up, institutional changes to keep this situation from reoccurring.
There’s no track and field without the athletes that toe the start line. And the very least we as a community can do is give them the support they need to succeed when they get there.”
📫 Read more via @TheLapCount: thelapcount.substack.com/i/1…
