Coaching/ training articles

The training of the best decathletes
By Zdenek Vána


Abstract
In recent years the Czech Republic has become one of the leading producers of top class decathletes. Tomas Dvorák set a World Record in 1999 (8994 points) and won the World Championships in 1997, 1999 and 2001. In 2001, Roman ˇSebrle became the first decathlete to score more than 9000 points when he set the present World Record of 9026. The two athletes were both members of a training group coached by Zdenek Vána (though ˇSebrle has since left the group). This article is the text of a presentation given by Vána at the High Level Coaching Seminar ’Combined Events’ (Prague, Czech Republic – 27-30 September 2002). In it, he discusses the dynamics of his training group and their contribution to the success of the athletes, gives his views on on the training process for the decathlon and then focuses on his group’s approach to training for the throwing events. The majority of the presentation covers the ups and downs experience by Dvorák and ˇSebrle in the 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 seasons and includes extensive detailed examples from the group’s training diary for various periods within each season.


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