Types of Drills

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Warm up drills. General drills will usually be seen as an extension of a stretching regime. Many athletes will stretch after having done a warm up jog and then proceed to do some general drills, which will further stretch the muscles in a ballistic fashion. These can be seen as an intermediate step between static stretching and doing a running session. Also included in these are some drills designed for general co-ordination, such as skipping, which involve the athlete thinking about movement, but aren’t involved directly in event preparation. Mobility and Strength Drills + Plyometrics. These can be similar to those above, but are generally more strenuous and can equally well be perform prior to a circuits or weights session as before a running session. Here we will treat plyometrics as falling under this category. It is perfectly reasonable for these to be a session on their own. They are also important in the improvement of co-ordination. Event Specific Drills. Event specific drills are, by their very nature, designed to replicate all or part of the action that will be needed for competing in the desired event. The most obvious version of these as far as runners would be concerned are hurdle drills, although, equally these can be performed for flat runners as well. A major part of the performance of this sort of drill is to educate your motor neuron system into performing actions that you wish to do with ease. Technically correct repeated performance of these drills will enable better technical running within track sessions and races.