The Typical Wind Sprints Training Routine

Sprinting for short distances with rests in between each sprint, has been ballyhooed as superior to say running a mile, when it comes to conditioning for many sports. Regardless of how good such wind sprints are for conditioning, undoubtedly sports such as baseball, soccer, football and to a lesser extent basketball put a premium on speed, which is said to be developed through such wind sprints.

I looked at three wind-sprints broken up with rests between them type sprinting routines, you can find this sprint routines on my notes page linked to below. I did not use the "M drill" listed on this notes page for the averages I calculated because the "M drill" does not involve straight line sprinting. I felt like most people would need a specialized translator to unravel exactly what the jock-guru in question is trying to say. The average of the average distance sprinted in each of the routines was 28.4 yards. The average of the average rest between sprint reps in each of the three routines was 3 minutes. The average rest between sets was 16 minutes. The average The average of the average total reps was 13. The average number of sets in the workouts was 2. The average number of days worked out per week was 3.

Thus if I was to now produce an average interval sprint training workout, it would be as follows:

Sprint 30 meters or yards, rest 3 minutes...repeat this four times...rest 16 minutes...do the 4 30 yard or meter sprints with the 3 minutes of rest in between again...rest 16 minutes...do the 4 30 meter or yard sprints again with the 3 minutes of rest in between each sprint...finished!

Notes re the average wind sprints routine:
http://www.angelfire.com/ma/vincemoon/windsprints.htm