For the practice on Friday, June 13th: Some Notes on Running.

Slight edit, June 23rd, after the Dogwood Tournament.
It seems clear that work is needed on acceleration and burst speed, as there were several occurances of the other team pulling away during a race down the floor (by both Kamloops and Sannich).

Why run?

• To improve your game, and in particular the end of a game, via conditioning.
• To improve your ability to play a second game in one day, as often occurs during tournaments.
• To teach your various energy storage systems to react swiftly and efficently to your mucsels requests for fuel.
• To teach your various energy storage systems to replenish quickly, and when working towards a peak (like provincials), to stuff as much fuel as possible into every bit of storage space available.
• To get used to the constant changing of your dimensions and balances due to growing.
• To be able to concentrate on the act of running, and symetry and energy conservation.
• For you to experiment with your sprint/run/jog limits in a non game situation, so that you can make better decisions in a game situation.

Notes?

• In your growing phase, your feet grow first. Kids often develop a tendency to twist their feet a little during the course of their stride. Try to be aware of this tendency and avoid it.
• Drop your arms down a bit during jogging, it adds a few centimeters to your stride for free.
• Do you know what I mean by the term interval training?
• Shorter, faster intervals for Lacrosse type training.
• Do not overtrain. The body needs recovery time and for you, growing time. I would say that in my experience, overtraining is the major cause of running related injuries.
• Diet, Sleep, Mental determination, and hydration are all just as important as physical conditioning. And that's without even getting into Lacrosse skills and plays.

About me (Doug)

• I don't know a thing about Lacrosse.
• I just like to run.

Rules:

• Never walk during run time. You can run as slow as you have to, but keep running.
• Mind others on trails. Always leave room for others.

The three phases of a training Run:

• Warm up phase.
• Workout phase.
• Cool down phase.

What we are going to do (did): We are going to go through two of the three phases of a run. We are running at the end of practice, and will start hard directly into the workout phase.