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Stories From the Passenger Seat: Lessons Learned From a Lifetime of Coaching by Harry Marra

Paul Terek set his decathlon personal best of 8312 points at the 2004 US Olympic Trials, earning a place at the Athens Olympics. He won three US indoor heptathlon titles and finished tenth at the Osaka 2007 World Championships.

Ashton Eaton won consecutive Olympic decathlon titles in London 2012 and Rio 2016, alongside two world decathlon titles and three world indoor heptathlon titles. The second decathlete to break the 9000 ‐point barrier, the American set world …

This short essay broadly touches on a few of the many areas a coach needs to develop in order to become a master in the Art of Coaching

A lesson in just one aspect of how sport science can and needs to be applied to all athletic skill teaching

The multi event athlete must possess or attain the following characteristics in order to be successful

Since official ratification began in 1922, 38 men’s decathlon world records have been recognised, including eight achieved at the Olympic Games — the last by Daley Thompson in Los Angeles in 1984. Changes to the scoring tables make direct …

Recommended books by various authors like Joel P Smith, Harry Marra, John Rap, Bert Vreeswijk, Frédéric Gousset, Mike Chapman, Framk Zarnowski and Dale Harder

Sheldon Blockburger made Multistars history in Brescia in 1993, becoming the first American decathlete to win the prestigious combined events meeting. Coached by Harry Marra, Blockburger delivered a personal ‐best performance of 8296 points …

Sheldon Blockburger won Pan American Games decathlon bronze in Havana 1991 and scored a wind-legal best of 8296 points to win Multistars in Brescia 1993. He also became the first US indoor heptathlon champion in 1995.