1. Coaching - Art vs. Science, Thirsty Thursday

Saucony Thirsty Thursdays with Jack Daniels

High Altitude Training Center ⋅ Flagstaff, AZ, US ⋅ Feb, 19 2009 - Mar 26 2009 | Coverage created by M V

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Jack Daniels, Ph.D. Jack Daniels, head distance coach at the Center for High Altitude Training at Northern Arizona University, trains and consults runners from all over the world. Daniels has been named…
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#15	Jerome Berg October 16 at 1:50pm By "art," he means tailoring workouts to an individual's character and running style as opposed to applying strict physiological principles for all. So, letting the "locomotive" runners go out and run 10 miles over hill and dale while having the "finesse" runners do faster repeats on flat ground, for example. A strictly scientific coach would have EVERYONE do a long tempo run, or EVERYONE do VO2max intervals, etc. To some degree, everyone "believes" in certain workouts for themselves. Even if it doesn't make a lot of physiological sense (10k runners doing 30-40s, for example), it is a great aid to your training simply because you BELIEVE it makes you better. And genuine belief is just about as good as physiological fact in this sport. reply
#14	Ty October 16 at 1:19pm Could someone define ART, i understand what he means, but i would like to know more, maybe a flotrack follow up. reply
#13	Ty October 16 at 1:06pm JD + Bruce Mortenson + ...... = dream coaching staff reply
#12	Alexander Hagler October 15 at 8:50pm Jack speaks crack. keeps me comin back for more reply
#11	Distance Fan October 15 at 6:54pm Daniels = Yoda of distance coaches. reply
#10	Bearcat October 15 at 6:24pm awesome reply
#9	Anonymous Coward October 15 at 6:11pm definitely needs to be a connection on an individual basis with your athletes. although it is difficult you have to coach the individual to some degree reply
#8	Michael Bolland October 15 at 6:03pm Glad to see Thirsty Thursdays IS BACK!!! reply
#7	Steve Perez October 15 at 2:01pm man..i was about almost dehydrated until I watched this. Thank you JACK! for that awesome draannk!! i like the artsy side of coaching more then the science. Nothing is more satisfying then motivating someone, earning someones trust, and even tricking someone to run and believe in themselves. :P reply
#6	J. A. Cisneros October 15 at 1:42pm sweet reply
#5	Fatty October 15 at 1:30pm ... awesome. thats all that needs to be said here. reply
#4	Anonymous Coward October 15 at 11:10am HE'S BACK! reply
#3	Jason October 15 at 9:38am All good points. Plus science is based on data collected from a large number of human subjects. So, working with one individual, the next individual, and the next, requires a good coach who is in tune with what is going on with each unique individual. Daniels is the man.. reply
#2	Yes! October 15 at 9:34am I am so happy Thirsty Thursdays are back!!!! reply
#1	SteveB October 15 at 8:42am There has to be both.....yes sir reply

1. Coaching - Art vs. Science, Thirsty Thursday

Thirsty Thursdays are back again for its 3rd Season. In the first segment of Season 3, Jack Daniels addresses a question about coaching.....is it more of an art or a science??
October 14, 2009

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