Endurance training for young middle-distance runners: a review of current trends
In a number of countries, including Russia, there are common drawbacks characteristic to young athletes’ coaching. They can both suppress athletes’ genetic potentials and lead to their injury. An innovative training program for young middle-distance runners is to imply up-to-date knowledge of performance, fatigue and recovery in middle-distance track events, the stage of children’s development and their lack of training experience.