This is part 16 of the Freelap Friday Five Series, 2013 Edition. To review the 16 part 2012 edition, click here.
Part 1 was Matt Scherer, Professional Pacer-Rabbit.
Part 2 was Stuart McMillan, Bobsled and former UKA Sprint Coach.
Part 3 ...
This is part 16 of the Freelap Friday Five Series, 2013 Edition. To review the 16 part 2012 edition, click here.
Part 1 was Matt Scherer, Professional Pacer-Rabbit.
Part 2 was Stuart McMillan, Bobsled and former UKA Sprint Coach.
Part 3 was Dean Starkey, PV Coach and former Elite Pole Vaulter.
Part 4 was Mike Hurst, Journalist and Australian 400 meter Coach.
Part 5 was Craig Pickering, UK Sprinter and Bobsledder
Part 6 was April Holmes, Paralympic 100m Olympic Gold Medalist
Part 7 was Chip Jenkins, former 600m AR, and 4x400m 1992 Olympic Gold Medalist
Part 8 was Kevin Tyler, former UKA Head of Coaching
Part 9 was Liam Collins, a 400mH, Bobsledder, and dancer with Faces of Disco
Part 10 was Doug Logan, former CEO of USATF and MLS Commissioner
Part 11 was Adarian Barr, Coach and Innovator
Part 12 was Bill Collins, former WR holder and Masters Sprinter
Part 13 was Jothy Rosenberg, of Who Says I Can’t?
Part 14 was Steve Walters, Paralympian Guide for Visual Impaired
Part 15 was Gary Reed, Canada’s 800m Record Holder
From 2009 to 2012 Derek Evely was UK Athletics’ Center Director for the Loughborough High Performance Centre (the other being in Lee Valley with Dan Pfaff as Center Director)
Derek also coached a young group of throwers in the UK, including Sophie Hitchon, who broke the British Record in the hammer throw at 19 years old, as well as qualifying for the London 2012 Olympic Final at the age of 21!
He always had a knack of finding young talent who eventually move on to the International stage, such as 400m sprinter Shane Niemi, 800m man Gary Reed, and shot putter Dylan Armstrong (I know I am leaving out a few more)
Prior to UKA, he was the Sport Science Manager at the Canadian Athletics Coaching Centre (CACC).
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Interview with Derek Evely
Q1) First, the obvious question (from Stu’s blog). We know you are a huge fan of Dr. Anatoly Bondarchuk (author of Transfer of Training in Sports and Transfer of Training (Volume 2)) That being said, how do you go about in post-event specific exercise selection? I am referring to weights and plyos, and how that can be transferred to the track (sprinting). If I have to give an example, let’s use a Jr College male with PRs of 11.0, 22.0, and 50.0 for the 100 -200-400? From your experience, could you address what mechanisms and systems such as posture and coordination enable the lifts to transfer to sprinting and jumping? (and yes, people should buy his books!)
Derek Evely: First off, thanks for allowing me to share some thoughts with your readers, Jimson. Your site is a great resource for coaches and a great asset to those looking for quality information.
I am not sure “fan” is the word I would use to describe my reverence towards Dr. Bondarchuk (aka Dr. B) . He was / is an important mentor of mine and I am very fortunate for that. I use his system of training but (and I always start off lectures saying this) I don’t feel comfortable saying that what I am describing is his system because there is much to it I don’t fully understand, and probably never will. I do, however, feel comfortable saying that I run my own system that is strongly based upon his methodology. The important aspects of it are true to his procedures but I monkey around quite a bit with things and implement a lot of different ideas I have learned elsewhere but always stay true to the core concepts and so far it has seemed to work quite well.
You ask a very important question, because this strikes right to the core of the “nuts and bolts” application of his method, and it is a part of it that everyone struggles with conceptually. Having said that, the answer is quite simple: experiment. But experiment with some kind of rational awareness of what should work, based upon research, experience and intuition. And remember, you can’t make accurate cause-and-effect assumptions regarding training transfer if y