Comments from Sarah after a Striding on! workshop in Chrishchurch.

Thanks so much Ali and Bevan...it was so beneficial and didn't the time go so quickly!!???
There were moments during the morning that I felt like a clydsdale, big and clumsy! Eventually progressing to a trekking pony...steady as she goes, one continuous pace!
A show jumper, up, over and sometimes through the hurdles!A trotter, complete with harness off my back! A bit of dressage to show off the necessary good posture, but by the end, I was beginning to feel what its like to be a race horse!!
Now I am wondering if race horses feel as sore as I do right now??!!
It has been worth all the discomfort though!
Thank you for proving to this old nag that you can teach an old horse new tricks!!
Wishing you all the best in your next event.
Regards
Sarah Lacey-Fisher
Christchurch

Physical Education Teacher, Cricket and Soccer Coach

I have recently viewed the Striding on Video and these are my thoughts about the video and how I may use it in my teaching and coaching.

TRAINING CARDS -

• Excellent, great size, easily set out so can follow
• Good for athletes to take to training session
• 3 levels of really good increasing progression work
• Excellent progression on a weekly basis

BOOKLET -

• Technique points very good - easy to understand - I learnt a lot
• Excellent pictures with back up text. It can be hard sometimes to understand text without pictures and this problem is solved by including pictures
• Biomechanically all correct showing recovery section, shortening of lever, increase in speed, COG with hips and drive - very good clear explanation
• Drills - illustrations very good
• Benefits - excellent to have reasoning and benefits

VIDEO -

• Technique - Logical, Clear
• The slow motion skills and lines on drive, recovery & support excellent
• Easy to understand and see whats happening and why
• Great to have a woman and man
• Excellent use of Key points - look and lock etc - makes it clear when coaching / teaching athletes

Overall I thought the video is an excellent resource. It is well laid out, logical, informative and easy to follow.

Sports Medicine Practitioner/Coach
- Winner of multiple World Triathlon titles and coach of numerous World Champion athletes including Erin Baker.

Ali Dennis has succeeded in producing a simple and clear instruction video with accompanying manual and cue cards for runners of all levels. He describes the essentials of running technique in clear terms. Basic running drills are presented with progression from simple movements to the more complicated and faster movements involved with the running gait. The actions learnt with the drills are subsequently applied in accelerated running to bring everything together.

Ali also emphasises the importance of hill running and hill bounding exercises the value of which was recognised first by running coach legend Arthur Lydiard.

I enjoyed watching the video and reading accompanying material. I learnt some new things and will try them myself as well as pass them on to the athletes I coach.

I highly recommend the video and accompanying manual and cue cards for all runners, from beginners to elite, who want to improve their running style.

Well done, Ali!

Owner of Perfect Shape Fitness Studio
Alastair is a respected professional fitness consultant and coach based in Tawa.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to view your video "Striding On". Congratulations on an excellent piece of work that many athletes and coaches alike will appreciate.

If I had known about this sort of information 20 years ago, I would more than likely been a much better athlete I'm sure. As a 4.02 miler and a representative runner, I am convinced that had I done a little more speed-work and balanced the amount of mileage I was running I would have had much better results with my running.

The speed drills shown on the video are first class, and importantly, they are also quite easy to follow and understand. As a coach of some up-and-coming athletes, I will certainly be including all of the material on the video, as part of their training over the future months.

I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future, and seeing improvements in my own athlete's running and triathlon performance.

Thanks once again.

Sports Physician and previous NZ Triathlon Representative.

I think you've done a great job. Very easy to follow and nicely presented. I for one will definitely be watching it for a 2nd... 3rd ... time to get the most out of it. Maybe there is still another sub 40min 10km in these old legs of mine that have just been waiting for "Striding On"! cheers Ruth.

Physical Education Teacher.

As a physical education teacher and a participant in endurance sport I have had the opportunity to view ‘Striding ON” as both a teaching resource and for personal use. The video is very clear and concise and using excellent demonstrations and graphics that help to illustrate for a teaching tool the correct techniques.

Instructions of how to apply drills and correct techniques are shown clearly through using an easy to understand booklet and cue cards. The nature of the programme indicates how easy it is to work on running style and technique without needing fancy tracks and facilities.

I can see the potential to use ‘Striding On’ during senior PE classes. It can be used to assist the students whilst they develop their own personal exercise programme. It outlines each session for them but also gives them the opportunity to work at their own level. It also has the potential for school coaches in cross country, athletics and multi sport to assist the development of their students in their chosen field.

"Striding On" is a well written easy to follow video. It enables the individual or group to view week-by-week sessions, whilst recapping on drills and reinforcing technique as they progress through.

Sports and Manipulative Physiotherapist.

As a physiotherapist I found the video "Striding On!" a very valuable resource to show runners the importance of correct technique. The video demonstrates correct posture, biomechanics, movement patterns and skill training into a progressive programme which was comprehensive and easy to follow. Correct technique is essential in the management of sporting injuries, aiming to minimise recurrence and return them to sport as quickly as possible.