Darren A Coaching

Below is a piece I wrote for a Australian Track and Field Coaches forum in 2007    PEAKING Forum - 29 November 2007 What is Peaking? Paragraphs from 2 articles on Peaking. "Peak performance. Normally, a peak performance is planned to be reached during the competitive phase and cannot be maintained forever. This is why during the preparatory phase; the scope of training is to improve the athlete’s working capabilities, to accumulate the highest physical potential possible, to cope with the fatigue of training and competitions, but not necessarily to reach highest performances of the year. This is normally achieved during the competitive phase by progressively planning more specific training programs-- specific speed, power, and endurance. However, your athlete’s highest adaptation to training, continuous improvements of physical potential, represent the foundation on which peak performance depends. Without a continuous increase in your athlete’s physical pote