Peter McDermott`s latest paper is now available in “Coaching Corner” titled “Monitoring and testing the athlete”. “ As the training year goes by, the coach will want to see if his athlete is making progress and is the training programme being effective. Now, many down to earth individuals will say “Isn’t it easy to find out: just put him into a race and see how he does. That will soon tell you where he’s at”. And they certainly have a point; indeed, it may be fair to say that the real “acid test” of any training programme is whether the athlete’s performance in racing actually improves or not…” (read on in “Coaching Corner”)
