Legendary Villanova Women's Track and Cross Country Coach Marty Stern led the Wildcats to five NCAA Team Championships, was named NCAA National Coach of the Year six times and coached 145 All-Americans.

Marty Stern: Training Female Middle Distance Runners
with Marty Stern,
legendary Villanova Track and Cross Country Coach,
5X NCAA Team Championships,
6X NCAA National Coach of the Year,
Coached 145 All-Americans

The middle distance program was at the heart of Coach Marty Stern's many years of unprecedented success at Villanova. In this presentation, Marty shares the training methods, techniques, and tips that he has refined and perfected in over 43 years in coaching. In Part 1, Stern shares his ideas and techniques for stretching and warm-up and presents his training methodology for middle distance runners. He details his simple but highly effective weekly training cycle for every day of the week. At the center of Stern's program is the Tuesday practice in which he pushes his athletes to the edge with an intense, high quality workout. To assist in implementing this concept, Stern details six suggested high quality workouts. Stern shares strategies that will allow you to adjust your workout to your meet schedule. In addition to workout schedules, Stern specifically discusses aerobic training, how to monitor your athlete's mileage, and discusses the benefits of alternative training in a pool or on a bike. Leaving no stone unturned, he also shares relay strategies and discusses his philosophy on determining relay orders. In a critical segment entitled "Winning Techniques and Strategies," Stern leads his demonstrators through proper techniques and drills for race starts, finishes, and relay exchanges including how to run the zone. This is a complete guide to coaching the middle distance events from a middle distance coaching legend! 51 minutes. 2006. DVD.

Marty Stern: Training Female Distance Runners
with Marty Stern,
legendary Villanova Track and Cross Country Coach,
5X NCAA Team Championships,
6X NCAA National Coach of the Year,
Coached 145 All-Americans

In Part 1 of this three-part presentation, Marty Stern shares his weekly routine for training the distance runner. Although much of the training is focused on Tuesdays ("quality day"), Stern lays out recommendations for each day of the week. Stern includes five specific "Tuesday" workouts. He also shares the importance of alternative workouts such as water running and stationary bike training. In Part 2, Coach Stern reviews the different distance events and offers race strategy for the runner and race strategies for coaching the distance events. In Part 3, "Building and Improving Your Team," Stern shares his experience and strategies for recruiting students, marketing and getting publicity for your program, and the importance of a coach's positive influence upon the lives of young people. Stern's plan is simple - but scientific - and has proven to be reliable over years of successful distance performances at both the high school and university level! 71 minutes. 2006. DVD.

Marty Stern: Training Female Cross Country Runners
with Marty Stern,
legendary Villanova Track and Cross Country Coach,
5X NCAA Team Championships,
6X NCAA National Coach of the Year,
Coached 145 All-Americans

Whether it is off-season, pre-season, or in the competitive phase of the season, Marty Stern centers his Cross Country training philosophy on keeping runners healthy! Coach Stern discusses pre-season strategies, beginning in early July with a gradual progression of both mileage and frequency and then discusses the Early Season Phase where he introduces his "patented" weekly training plan that centers on a high stress/high quality Tuesday workout. He provides six specific Tuesday workout prescriptions that produce the desired results of hard quality running. For the other days of the week, Stern offers general concepts as well as specific workout suggestions, including tips and ideas for maintaining a healthy team. In addition, he offers strategies for positive pack running, an essential element of a successful Cross Country team. A valuable segment in this DVD, titled "Growing Your Team," offers strategies for recruitment and retention of athletes. In the final segments, Stern goes onto the course to demonstrate pre-meet and post-meet drills and rituals as well as a demonstration of strategies for hill running. An excellent resource for Cross Country! 48 minutes. 2006. DVD.

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