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article 3 March 2025

Athletics Lesson: Acceleration Skills

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Lesson Overview

Acceleration is a gradual process of moving from a low position into a high running position whilst gaining running speed. Students will learn to produce horizontal force and to move from a low position to a high position as they are introduced to a basic sprint start technique.

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Martin Brockman is Director of Brockman Athletics, providing teacher training and track and field teaching resources for schools around the world. Representing Great Britain in the decathlon for almost a decade, Martin achieved a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Dehli, 2010. On retiring from his international career, he moved to the world-leading Aspire Academy in Qatar as the Head of Athlete Development where he designed and implemented the academy athletics program from talent identification through to international athletics.

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