A Coach's Guide to Coaching the Sprint Hurdles

The sprint hurdles can be a very difficult track and field event to coach. It requires great hurdle form, sprinting speed and a fearless athlete to be successful in this event. Because of its difficulty many high school track coaches tend to neglect this event. A knowledgeable coach can take a good sprinter a turn them into a great hurdler.

A High School Coaches Guide to Coaching the Sprint Hurdles, by Darrell Lewis, includes everything you need to know in order to be successful coaching the sprint hurdles.

The book was written with a beginning hurdle coach in mind, but I think all experience levels will find beneficial information included. Just a few of the topics discussed in the book include:

1. Drills for warm up and teaching form

2. Workouts

3. Teaching progressions

4. Phases of the hurdle race and how to improve each phase

5. Coaching tips and tools

6. Characteristics of successful hurdlers