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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course you get faster running sprints. Show me data that a girl will get slower running cross country?  Jamie Munro is best know for adding Canadian Box style to field lacrosse. Anyone will agree that running sprints helps that is obvious. What you are incorrect about is that running distance will hurt development. [/quote]

Munro is leaning on two sports performance experts, it's not him creating the concepts.

If you're legitimately interested I suggest you consider checking out Tony Holler's YouTube. He also is half of the Track-Football Consortium (TFC). Here's one of the articles that conveys the spirit of his perspective.

The general concept - running distance is indeed practicing to run slower than sprinting. That is an absolute fact. You spend your time practicing running a sub-optimal speed for lacrosse (or any field sport for that matter). You are running at a less than sprinting speed, so you are de-training your body to run fast. You're promoting the adaptation of slow-twitch muscle fibers, lessening the output and capacity of the fast-twitch fibers, and transitioning the intermediary muscle fibers to aerobic function.

As an example (from Holler) - it's the end of a game and two players are running at a semi-fast but not all out speed. Let's say 15mph. If player A can reach a top speed of 20mph, and player B only 16mph which one is going to more easily be able to run at 15mph? Player A. By having a higher maximum speed running at a lesser speed is easier. You both increase overall speed AND aerobic capacity by cultivating speed.

What players in lacrosse or like sports need is Repeat Sprint Ability (RSA). This would stem from having a max speed of 20mph, and then being able to run at 18mph as many times as possible. Using the prior example which player will be able to repeatedly run at 16mph? Player A. Which player is going to be able to outrun the other for a ground ball? Player A.

Holler is now consulting to UVA, Princeton, UPenn and several other D1 programs. I'm personally bummed he is because I had come across Holler and the TFC two years ago and thought it was being completely missed by lacrosse, but it seems to be really gaining awareness. Holler spoke at IMLCA and has been changing lots of minds and perspectives on what to prioritize: speed over endurance.

Adding aerobic capacity is drastically easier to do than adding speed. Speed takes years to develop. [/quote]

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