Comments on: Track and Field Summer Training http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/06/01/track-and-field-summer-training/ Read a college recruiting blog unlike any other, only at the National Collegiate Scouting Association. NCSA's blog is more than just college recruiting; it's also an athletic scholarships blog that's tailored to all high school athletes. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:09:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sports Lines http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/06/01/track-and-field-summer-training/comment-page-1/#comment-378495 Sports Lines Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:41:52 +0000 http://blog.ncsasports.org/?p=1736#comment-378495 <strong>Sports Lines...</strong> [...]Track and Field Summer Training | College Recruiting Blog - Athletic Scholarships Blog | NCSA[...]... Sports Lines…

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]]> By: Wheels http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/06/01/track-and-field-summer-training/comment-page-1/#comment-12547 Wheels Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:54:30 +0000 http://blog.ncsasports.org/?p=1736#comment-12547 I strongly concur with Billy's recommendation concerning rest & recovery for high school track & CC athletes; his reasoning and suggestions are excellent. To drill down a bit, not only is a period of rest & recovery important to avoid creating a major injury from a minor one, I suggest another, more subtle reason for the rest period. Usually, a high school athlete's body has not yet attained its full physical maturity & growth. So, as a high school athlete trains his body and thus causes continuous microscopic damage to the muscle groups that are loaded during training episodes, the body uses precious repair proteins and other metabolic resources to not only fix the damage, but to provoke the loaded muscle groups to be stronger in combination with increased endurance - the actual benefits of training. However, training a body still straining to reach maturity creates a colossal demand on many of the same nutritional & metabolic resources expended during training episodes required for physical growth, as well. Give that high school, immature body an opportunity to repare the damage, as well as continue to grow with a meaningful rest and recovery period. As a side, but related factor: notice that most track & CC camps begin in middle to late June or even early July, demonstrating that most coaches appreciate the foregoing recommendations, as well. There have been many exhausted athletes attending summer programs that were not recruited because of that exhaustion. I know; I missed more than a few when I was recruiting sprinters and hurdlers for Lewis University. I strongly concur with Billy’s recommendation concerning rest & recovery for high school track & CC athletes; his reasoning and suggestions are excellent. To drill down a bit, not only is a period of rest & recovery important to avoid creating a major injury from a minor one, I suggest another, more subtle reason for the rest period. Usually, a high school athlete’s body has not yet attained its full physical maturity & growth. So, as a high school athlete trains his body and thus causes continuous microscopic damage to the muscle groups that are loaded during training episodes, the body uses precious repair proteins and other metabolic resources to not only fix the damage, but to provoke the loaded muscle groups to be stronger in combination with increased endurance – the actual benefits of training. However, training a body still straining to reach maturity creates a colossal demand on many of the same nutritional & metabolic resources expended during training episodes required for physical growth, as well. Give that high school, immature body an opportunity to repare the damage, as well as continue to grow with a meaningful rest and recovery period. As a side, but related factor: notice that most track & CC camps begin in middle to late June or even early July, demonstrating that most coaches appreciate the foregoing recommendations, as well. There have been many exhausted athletes attending summer programs that were not recruited because of that exhaustion. I know; I missed more than a few when I was recruiting sprinters and hurdlers for Lewis University.

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