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From Juniors to Top Performaers
Application of Jumps off a Short Approach
"Early" Specialisation
Technical Model and Individual Adaptation
Top Athletes
Periodisation
Abstracts
Planning for quality consistency
Practical training review - elite performer
Monitoring of training
Prevention - facts and fiction
Youth Performer - A statistical analysis of WYC - performers 1999
Developing Years – The Mid Teens to Junior Years
The Foundation - From Beginner to Early Teens
Elite Performers – Post Junior to the Peak Performance Years
Beijing Preparation
Current Trends - Europe Vs World
Balancing Performance
Dr. Wolfgang Ritzdorf
(GERMANY)
Jumps
Council Member
Born 1955
EDUCATION
Studies of biomechanics, psychology and sport sciences
PROFESSION
Senior Lecturer at German Sport University Cologne
Vice director of Institute of Motor Control and Movement Technique
Head of department of athletics
RESEARCH
Member of biomechanical research team at WC Rome 1987 and Athens 1997
Subject: Biomechanical analysis of world top performances
Head of biomechanical research project 2005 (African junior Champs) and 2006 (African Champs)
Research and publications on strength training, reactive strength training, periodisation of training and long-term adaptation of top junior athletes
COACHING EXPERIENCE
National Coach
Former national coach of German female high jumpers
Common years of work with Ulrike Meyfarth, gold medallist OG Los Angeles 1984 and Heike Henkel, gold medallist OG Barcelona 1992
Personal Coach
Personal coach to 6 female high jumpers with a personal best of more than 1.90m (national champion, national junior champion).
Personal coach to 2006 African Champion Kabelo Kosiemang (2,30m)
IAAF-ACTIVITIES
IAAF-Senior Lecturer and course director in numerous Level I, Level II and High Level seminars since 1992.
Co-author of “Run-Jump-Throw” textbook and video, the official IAAF Guide to Teaching Athletics
Author of the new Level IV CECS material “Jumps”
Co-Director IAAF ATC Cologne (www.atc-cologne.de)