Richie Mercado - 300/400 Hurdles
by Texas Track & Field Coaches Association
Description
Are you ready to unlock the potential of your long hurdlers and guide them to the next level?
Join Richie Mercado, a legendary coach with over four decades of experience, for a comprehensive masterclass on the 300m and 400m hurdles. This course is designed for coaches who want to build a technically sound, rhythmically consistent, and aggressive hurdles program that succeeds at the high school, Junior Olympic, and collegiate levels.
Don't let rhythmic errors hold your athletes back. Learn the veteran systems, refine your training circuits, and start building champions today.
Elevate Your Hurdlers to Championship Status!
Lessons
The Coach
Richie Mercado is a veteran track and field coach with an extraordinary 42-year tenure at his current institution. Throughout his extensive career, Richie has specialized in developing high-achieving student-athletes, consistently guiding them to academic and athletic success at prestigious universities such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Duke, Stanford, and Vanderbilt.
Operating in an environment that prioritizes academic excellence, Richie has mastered the art of "working a little harder" to maximize the potential of every athlete, regardless of their initial athletic profile. His coaching philosophy is rooted in the belief that 300m and 400m hurdles are accessible events where technical precision and rhythmic consistency can overcome raw speed. He is a strong advocate for the integration of sprint hurdles (100m/110m) into the training regimen of long hurdlers to build the necessary technical foundation.
Richie is renowned for his practical, video-based teaching methods and his ability to simplify complex rhythmic challenges. He emphasizes aggressiveness, proper hurdle rhythm, and the importance of alternating lead legs to maintain velocity through the curves and the final straightaway. His expertise extends to the nuances of the 400m hurdles, including managing fatigue and navigating the challenges of starting on a curve.
A dedicated mentor and educator, Richie Mercado continues to inspire coaches with his wealth of experience and his commitment to helping athletes become the best versions of themselves, both on the track and in their future academic pursuits.
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This Course Includes
| 24 hours on-demand video |
| Streaming from mobile and TV |
| Lifetime access |
| Certificate of completion |
| 100% money back guarantee |
Course Info
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| Caterory: | Track and Field/Hurdles |
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| Videos: | 13 |
