Muscles and Management

Episode #104 Foundations of Speed Training with Graham Eaton (@grahamsprints)

August 12, 2020 Gerry DeFilippo Season 2 Episode 104
Muscles and Management
Episode #104 Foundations of Speed Training with Graham Eaton (@grahamsprints)
Show Notes

*SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END*

In this episode Gerry welcomes on track and field coach Graham Eaton.

Graham has an extensive background as a sprint coach and joins the show to shed some light on what he does to help his athletes be successful and get faster.

To start, Graham discusses the coaches and biggest influences on his philosophies, as well as some changes he made in his mentality in coaching sprints and what prompted them.

From there, the conversation turns to teaching a coach to effectively coach sprinting, remaining consistent/sticking to the plan and all mechanical aspects of sprinting (acceleration AND top speed)

All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!


Episode Timestamps

3:04 - Weekly Nutrition Tip with Julian
7:30 - Background on Graham
19:22 - Graham’s Biggest Influences
26:05 - Graham’s Main Coaching Philosophies 
30:20 - Biggest Changes in Graham’s Mentality
32:22 - How to Teach a Coach on Sprinting
40:20 - Getting Caught up in Constantly Switching Things for Athletes
58:35 - Static Vs Moving Starts When Sprinting
1:01:37 - Most Important Phases for Acceleration and Top Speed
1:07:05 - Arms in Sprinting
1:08:35 - Graham’s Closing Thoughts

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