Characterization of the Specificity, Motricity and Complexity of Half-Distance and Long-Distance Training

The present study starts from the conviction that no performance of value can be achieved without a precise knowledge of the requirements and ways of directing sports training for each sports discipline; that there can be no performance without a technique as close to perfection as possible, and that there can be no perfect technique without a well-developed potential for the development of motor capacities, and these requirements of training cannot be fruitful if the creative thinking of the coach does not apply the most appropriate tactic for the moment or the situation in the competition. This study, based on personal experience and the analysis of data collected during training sessions, aims to highlight the specific aspects and complexity of training in long-distance and half-distance sports, which must be thought, designed and implemented on a scientific basis, being adapted to physiological and environmental conditions, without neglecting the psychological and context component.