Clyde Hart's Speed Development for Track & Field

with Clyde Hart,
Baylor University Head Coach from 1963 -2019;
2017 USA Track & Field Legend Coach Award;
2009 World Athletic Coach of the Year Award;
2005 Big XII Women's Indoor Coach of the Year;
2x USA Track & Field Nike Coach of the Year (2004, 2006);
2x NCAA National Indoor Coach of the Year (1989, 1996);
2001 USTFCCCA Hall of Fame inductee;
4x Southwest Conference Indoor Coach of the Year;
member of the Baylor Wall of Honor, Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, the USA Track & Field Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame;
Hart coached nine Olympians to 13 Olympic Gold medals, one silver and three bronze medals + this included winning the 400 meter in three straight Olympic games. While at Baylor, Hart coached 34 national champions (14 individual and 20 relays) and 566 All-Americans. Hart-coached athletes include Michael Johnson, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson and Sanya Richards-Ross!

Track & field coaching legend Clyde Hart reveals what he has learned in becoming one of the most successful coaches in track and field history. Coach Hart provides you with all the tools you need to develop speed-producing sprint mechanics in your athletes. He includes coaching wisdom, training philosophy, sprint drills, workouts, and much more. From hand and arm movements to foot strike and stride, Hart covers sprint mechanics like never before.

Using personal stories and examples, Coach Hart begins the video with a discussion on how he has identified talented sprinters over the years. He unveils the key ingredients to developing a talented sprinter: Proper sprint mechanics, building a yearly sprint training program and creating a strength training program that properly supplements the track work.

Hart breaks down each of the proper movements and mechanics a fundamentally sound sprinter needs. From hand and arm movements to foot strike and stride length, stride rate, relaxation, and the mental framework required to separate you from your competition. Hart covers it all!

In the sprint training segment, athletes demonstrate many of the drills and workouts Hart has utilized over the years to create explosive power and to develop some of the world's best sprinters. He also touches on the use of training aids - ladders, weighted sleds, resistance bands - and how they can be implemented into your program.

No sprint video would be complete without warm ups. Starting with a warm-up run you will see 15 different active and dynamic stretching routines, followed by a few of the training workouts like the: Speed Makers, Event 300's, and even a set of Bleacher Drills.

See how Coach Hart incorporates strength training to create a competitive edge on race day. You will see how Coach Hart uses Olympic lifts, plyometrics, bounding, and more to develop the strength that translates into speed.

This comprehensive video course is a must have for any sprint coach or athlete who wants to know Clyde Hart's keys to speed!

109 minutes. 2012.