Coaching Advice in the time of COVID-19: Toni Minichiello

Toni Minichiello is one of the finest athletic coaches in the world. I met him at a multi event competition about a decade ago, as I went between him and Harry Marra, asking questions. Toni gets it. He is no bull shit and he answers a question to the best of his ability. It may not be the answer one would expect, but Toni is honest. I was fascinated with his coaching relationship with Jessica Ennis. He is also a lot of fun to listen to on BBC sports when he speaks on our sport.

A keen observer of the sport, Toni Michichiello enjoys his vocation and his athletes benefit.

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I encourage you to check out his website: https://toniminichiello.com.

Toni Michichiello, photo : https://toniminichiello.com.

1. How would you advise coaches to work with young athletes now?

Tony Minichiello: It really depends on the event, field events require more technical input than say distance running, so it;s so hard to coach long distance. To be honest, with my guys, currently it’s all drills and fitness conditioning with an increase in volume, but decrease the intensity, because we can’t get on tracks at the moment.

Toni Minichiello, photo: https://toniminichiello.com.

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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