Today’s episode features track and field master coach, Randy Huntington, who is in his 42nd year of coaching athletes to go faster, higher and further.  Huntington is currently a national track and field coach for the Chinese athletics association and is rated as a USATF Master Coach in the jumps.  In his work in China he is directly responsible for the development of their sprinters and horizontal jumpers, and is working with such elite athletes as Su Bingtian (100m and 60m Chinese record holder).

Huntington has been the coach for many world-class athletes over the years, including eight Olympians and seven World Championship Team members. Mike Powell and Willie Banks set world records in the long jump and triple jump, respectively, while under his tutelage (Powell’s record still stands!). Six of his athletes have been in the U.S. all-time top ten in their respective events.

Huntington has also coached Olympians Joe Greene (long jump bronze medal in 1992), Sheila Hudson (American indoor and outdoor record-holder in the triple jump), Al Joyner, Darren Plab, Tony Nai and Sharon Couch. At least one of his athletes has competed in every summer Olympic Games since 1984.  Randy also has experience with speed training for other sports, particularly American football.

It’s always an amazing experience to be able to sit down with such experienced and legendary coaches in the field and gain insight into their process and wisdom.  With so many of the world records and high marks in the jumps, not only on the world level, but even American high school, coming out of the 1980’s and 1990’s, it is awesome to talk to coaches like Randy Huntington about what made those athletes successful, and which core principles we cannot forget.

On today’s episode, Randy talks about his 3 and 4 day a week setups for sprinters and jumpers, and how to determine who fits into what mold.  He also talks about long term development of sprinters and jumpers, as well as an extensive talk on strength training for the sake of sprint and jump development.  This is a legendary talk for anyone who is interested in getting athletes faster and jumping higher.

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