MASTERCLASS - SPRINTS

This practical session is led by Andrew Murphy, National High Performance Coach for Athletics Australia and all Target Talent Program athletes and their coaches are invited to attend. Sprints is involved in all discplines from hurdles, horizontal jumps, middle- long distance, throws and sprints.

Session Details

• Date: Saturday 11 November
• Time: 9am-12pm
• Location: WA Athletics Stadium (athlete gate entry fee will be covered by WAIS)

Session Outline

Warm Up Drills

Acceleration including Block set Up, Block Clearance – focus on 0-30m, Transition 30-40m.

Max Velocity 40-60m

Deceleration 60-100m

Plyometrics – slow ground contact versus fast ground contact, building tendon stiffness.

What should athletes and coaches bring?

• Wear usual training clothes as for an athletics training session including spikes and allowing for the weather on the day.
• Wear and bring sunscreen a hat for the day and drink bottle
• Bring a pen and book or paper to write any notes on.

BIOGRAPHY | Andrew Murphy

Andrew is a three-time Olympian, competing in the triple Jump in Atlanta, Sydney and Athens, and a World Indoor Bronze medallist. Andrew has also competed at 8 World Championships and 4 Commonwealth Games and was Male Team Captain for the 2002 Commonwealth Games and the 2004 Olympic Games.

Andrew has a Post Graduate certificate in Applied Science in Sports Coaching and a Masters of High-Performance Sport.

Andrew has worked 15 years as the Director of Track and Field and Athletic Development at Trinity Grammer School in Sydney, and is currently a National High-Performance coach for Athletics Australia and National Horizontal jumps lead coach.

Andrew has over 20 years of coaching experience, having coached a long list of athletes, including the development of Rohan Browning who is 2nd on the all-time Australian Rankings with 10.01s for the 100m.