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Capacity and the Hurdle Count

Enough hurdle exposure, not too much. Capacity is built across the season and spent against a capped hurdle count.

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Hurdlers Have to Hurdle

Hurdle skill needs enough hurdle-specific exposure.Flat speed can help, but it does not make a better hurdler.To get faster over hurdles, the athlete must hurdle.

Coach notes
  • Practice capacity is finite. Work that displaces hurdle exposure costs hurdle skill. The aim is the productive range between underdoing and overdoing hurdle work.
SourcesKU-002; KU-008
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Build Capacity, Spend It Well

Capacity is built over the course of the season.The hurdle count is capped per workout.Protect the nervous system by letting high-value work displace lower-value work.

Coach notes
  • Triple down on the essential, highest-value, highest-return work.
  • The working sets are sized by what the warmup has already spent. See Practice, Working Sets and the Hurdle Count.
SourcesWALK · b13; KU-008

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