Who the $%&* is Marc Mangiacotti?
If you’ve been watching Marc Mangiacotti’s Master Class “Building the Perfect 100m Sprinter From Start to Finish” then you know how what a steal it is.
But some coaches have yet to get on board. And I’ve been trying to think of reasons why people don’t have it yet. It can’t be the price because it’s less than 50 bucks for 2.5 hours of practical info, 8 compatible warm up routines and 19 weeks of actual workouts on the track and in the weight room.
So the only thing I can think of is that you just don’t know who Marc Mangiacotti is or if he knows what he’s talking about. I’m not going to give you his bio again or show you what the program contains because you can see that here:
Building the Perfect 100 Meter Sprinter From Start to Finish
Instead, take a look at some of the early feedback from the program. Maybe you’re not ready to take my word for it, but you should listen to other coaches who are in similar situations to yours. And then imagine your 100m runners on the starting line next to theirs:
“I watched Marc’s video Monday evening and read his stuff, same day as download. I am in the UK and we have just finished our indoor season and are just about to start prep for the outdoor in a double peak year, so the timing is perfect.
I put one of Marc’s sessions into practice last night and the team loved it. I need to do some adapting because of the time I have available. I’d love to do the weights and session as prescribed but I only have the athletes for 90 minutes per session and it is a lot to get through so I need to give it some thought.
However, the first session really kicked our outdoor season prep off well and it has spurred me to re-read and re-watch and get stuck in with using the program once I adapt it over the remainder of this week.
Thanks mate.”
Lee Ness
Sprint Coach
City of Salisbury Athletics and Running Club
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“I wish I had been able to order it sooner before our season started to get more prepared. I am implementing his program as quickly as I can. We are already at the end of our 3rd week of general prep but I can already see results in the athletes’ acceleration form.” – Rick Carlson
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“This program made it all click in my head finally! I understand these workouts and such may not completely take care of everything, but that is why we constantly learn right? Please give Marc a very warm thank you from me. Also please keep up the work you are doing, my athletes and their parents appreciate it.” - Patrick Wilber (aka Coach W)
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“Thanks so much for offering this program. It was exactly what I needed at the price I was looking for. The program is excellent.” – Mitchell Graves
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“Hey Latif, I have only listened to the first video but so far I’ve really enjoy it, and for only $50! Thats just beautiful!” – Jordan Temkin
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“I think the interview and power point presentation was amazing. I learned a lot. Thanks.” – Raymond Tucker
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“I think that this is a great investment but I would not be able to really discern and implement this info without the desire to learn more. The presentation is succinct and well written. I like his use of language and the videos included are an incredible addition.” – Philip Green
Seriously, guys. $47 until tomorrow.
I don’t mean to get all ‘Coach Thomas-y’ on you, but this is what I tell my athletes at the start of every season:
‘I don’t want to hear your sad stories halfway through the season when you realize that if you had given your best effort from Day 1, you’d be running crazy times.’
Building the Perfect 100 Meter Sprinter From Start to Finish
To your success,
Latif Thomas
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Latif-
I was thinking the same thing at first-who is Coach Marc. But, I know that you don’t put junk info out there, so I kept an open mind and got the program. I’m thankful I did because there is a ton of useful info and an easy to digest and use immediately. Props to you and Coach M. for getting this into our hands. All you folks who are hesitating, I would encourage you to take a chance because this is top notch stuff here. Hats off to everyone who keeps on augmenting their knowledge base because you will never know too much. Keep up the great work Latif!
Got the program, awesome stuff.
, I’ve hunted around the web but there are a few terms I can’t get a description of.
I am struggling though with a few of the terms (might be a UK thing or I might be just a bit dim
Can anyone describe the folowing for me please:
Zombies (Dynamic Stretch)
Hurdle Seat Exchange
Egg Beaters
Wide Outs
Mogul Jumps
Leg Toss
L-Overs
Brown Bears
Sorry to be a noob but I’d really appreciate the help.
Ta
Lee
I’ve been listening to Marc for years and he has turned my sprint program completely around. Since I’ve met Marc and tapped into his knowledge our girls team has broken every single ijdoor sprint relay record, finished in either first or second in our league meets in all sprint relays for two years running. And to top it off our 4 x 400 team just ran a school bets 4:03.46 at Nationals last week. This program is a must buy!!!
Ordered master class with mangiacotti he talks about stick drill but I can not find lengths for marks. Apparently there is a chart from vince anderson but I can not find it anywhere. The stick drill is one of the progessions but it is no good without distances. How or where can I get these.
@dave:
You have to email Vince Anderson and then send him a check for $60 and he’ll give you his stick drill charts.
@Latif Thomas:
Thanks Latif
Do you use the chart and is it something that works well with high school. I’m worried I will spend the money and not be able to implement it for my runners. I come from a very small school with no resources 2 coaches for the entire program (girls and boys). I spend my own money on everything so I need to know if it is something I can use.
Thanks
Dave Lodes
I purchased Magiacotti’s material. Absoultely incredible! I only have 2 issues/questions: 1. I’m confused on the same terms as Lee Ness… 2. I don’t understand what “fly’s” are. You both talk so much about fly 10′s, 20′s, 30′s, etc. and I’m sure I would understand/utilize it right away if just knew what it was. I haven’t gotten all the way through his videos, so I appoligize if the answers are in there and I just haven’t gotten to them. Thank you for your time and all that you do- God bless.
@Coach L:
Hi Coach L
Although I have Q’s on other terms, I can hopefully help with the fly 20′s.
These are flying 20m sprints. So, for me, a standing start with a 20m run-in to maximum speed (not concerned on acceleration phase here) and then sprint at absolute max for 20m followed by a deceleration. It starts at 20m (fly 20) because the athletes tend to lose form when they hit max and so the distance at max is short so they don’t have as much time to concentrate. I usually precede this with a couple of form sprints at about 85% as part of the warm up.
I also get them to go in pairs so I can feed back on form at max speed.
Hope this jhelps. If I can be of any further help shout again.
Lee
Does anyone have a performance scoring chart for the testing protocol that Marc describes? I made my own up a long time ago, but I don’t know how accurate it was across the tests.
@Lee Ness:
Hurdle seat exchange = sit in old school hurdler’s stretch. Roll over straight leg onto your chest whipping the opposite leg around so that your end up in the hurdler’s stretch again with the opposite leg straight.
Egg Beaters = abdominal exercise while laying on your back. Simply lay on your back and lift your legs 6″ off the ground with your feet apart. Start moving your feet in circles like an egg beater. Example would be to have the athlete do 10 egg beaters in one direction and 10 in the opposite direction. Remember…one leg moves in a clockwise direction while the other moves in a counter clockwise direction.
Wide Outs = alternating lateral jumps on one leg that should get farther apart with each jump.
Mogul Jumps = same as wide outs, but your feet stay together. “Act like your are a skier racing down hill moving around the flags.”
Leg Toss = abdominal exercise. Lay on back with legs straight out and feet together. Keep your legs straight and raise your feet until your body is in an “L” position. Bring feet back down and repeat. You can make this more advances by having a partner toss their legs back down towards the ground.
Brown Bears = similar to Brown Abs. I just used four different core exercises to spice things up a bit.
4-count thrust = same as a burpie. Start in a standing position. Movement 1 is to squat down. Movement 2 is to move to push up position. Movement 3 get back into squat position, and Movement 4 is to stand back up. These should be done with some “hop.” They should not be in slow motion.
Zombie = While standing tall put both arms straight out in front of you like you are a zombie in an old horror movie. Start to move forward. Try to keep your legs straight and kick them up to your hands with each step. Drive the leg in the air down causing the leg on the ground to pop up towards the hands.
Highland Fling = advanced jumping jack. Start with your body in an “X” position (feet and arms out wide). The arm action is an alternating motion. Your right hand will touch your left hip on the front while your left hand will touch your right hip on your back side. Then move back into the “X” position. The next time your nands will do the exact opposite. Your left hand will touch your right hip on the front while your right hand will touch your left hip on your back side. Your legs also alternate. The first motion is to have your left leg cross in front of your right leg. Then back to the “X” position. Then you alternate your legs so the right leg crosses in front of the left leg. This takes a lot of coordination because your arms and legs are moving at the same time. The arms are crossing in one direction while the legs are crossing in the opposite direction. The key is that the athlete always moves back to the “X” after each cross with the arms and legs.
Pogos = pop up and down off the ball of your foot like you are jumping rope. Focus on short ground contact and keeping your body in a straight line like a pogo stick.
@dave:
I don’t use it, but I just sent Vince a check so I plan to test it out. If you decide to order, tell him the skill range, i.e., times of the kids you work with so he gives you an appropriate chart. I think it is one of those things you add to your program after you have a good sense of how you like to do things. So I’d start with Complete Speed Training 2, then go to Mangiacotti’s class and when you feel good about implementing all of that you can add something like Vince’s acceleration charts.