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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

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

A little summary and interview how to find reversal after your sports career. Alex Folacci talks about his experience and gives recommendations.

Here you'll learn the most effective methods compete in the decathlon or heptathlon.

An interview with Alex Folacci, the best personal trainer in New York City

Oleksandr Apaichev achieved a personal best of 8709 points during a decathlon match between the Soviet Union and East Germany in Neubrandenburg in 1984. This score remains the Ukrainian national record. After retiring from competitive athletics, …

Chris Huffins won Olympic decathlon bronze in Sydney 2000, following World Championships bronze and Pan American Games gold in 1999. He achieved his highest score of 8694 points in New Orleans 1998 and set a world heptathlon best of 6. 61 seconds …

Steve Fritz had finished the best competition of his life, scoring 8644 points, more than Bruce Jenner produced to win the Montreal gold. That got him only fourth place.

Laurent Hernu won Talence Decastar in 2003 and earned three individual medals in the European Cup Combined Events Super League. Fifth at the Paris 2003 World Championships, the French decathlete set his personal best of 8280 points in Edmonton …

Decathlon is a very special event that besides technical development requires great combination of the five primary Biomotor abilities: speed, strength, flexibility, endurance and coordination

The purpose of this paper is to examine the purpose of training smarter and aim to produce more points by working smart

Coach and the athlete must be very careful on how they distribute the volume and intensity in their training cycles

In the United States the development and training of decathletes is heavily influenced by the university system, primarily the NCAA