It's time to open the listener mailbag again. As the track season comes to and end and the fall sports season starts up, we answer some questions on scoring trends in track and field, general preparation, plyometrics, med balls, and share some memories of Yuriy Sedykh.

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This episode is brought to you by HMMR Plus. Become a member for full access to our videos, articles, and podcast archives. The August/September site theme is analyzing the Olympics. Check back throughout the rest of the month for more insights from Tokyo. We continue to break down the Tokyo Olympics on the site. As discussed at the start of the episode, our latest article outlines global trends in track and field: who’s hot and who’s not You can hear us answer more questions on Episode 247, Episode 246Episode 241Episode 213Episode 199Episode 176Episode 174Episode 143Episode 126 and Episode 89. We looked at med ball training more on Episode 249 and in our May site theme. For some memories of Yuriy Sedykh, read our memorial post last week. In the past we've also looked at his world record and what it would take to break it.