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When Chris Donaldson speaks, words bolt out of his mouth. He doesnt so much speak as sprint through syllables. Quite like how he did on the track as an Olympic athlete.He was once called the fastest man in New Zealand and holds the national record in the 200m. He took part in two Olympics, Atlanta and Sydney, set his personal best in 100m at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, and at 32 became the oldest athlete to clinch the New Zealand 100m title.In Sydney in 2000, a 25-year-old Donaldson was at the prime of his career when he suffered an Achilles injury that required surgery. He still has a deep scar on his calf from it. I kept going but it wasnt the same after that, he says.But the many injuries he faced through his athletics career brought him to his current job, in cricket, as New Zealands strength and conditioning coach.[The injuries] really helped me understand athletes from both sides - from being an athlete as well as dealing with the athletes now, Donaldson says.And, the mental side of training - you know what it takes. You also know what it feels like to train. You experience doing all the things that go with the sprinting, so it was really a good learning experience for me. I had some great mentors.In a season when New Zealand have toured Zimbabwe, South Africa, now India, and then head home to face Pakistan, Australia, Bangladesh and South Africa, the work Donaldson puts in with the players is crucial.We really load them and then they taper off effectively when they are playing, he says. They are reliving [the conditions] now which we have created there. And we come over early sometimes to try and cope with the heat [in India].Donaldson explains the process behind rehabilitating Corey Anderson, who played his first international game in the Dharamsala ODI earlier this month after being sidelined with a back injury for more than six months.This started four-five months ago and he has worked incredibly hard. He has worked in conjunction with the high performance group [staff]. There has been overall work in progress and building him. He has really been brilliant to come back to this level.Donaldsons theories involve invoking the Usain Bolt example of applying force as quickly as possible in the shortest possible time. Its all about movement, he says.Sprinting and running and all that stuff is about movement and efficiency of how you generate a lot of force and go forward. It is also about being able to handle that [the speed at which you apply force at the ground]. If you can apply [the force] you have to be able to handle that.He believes its the force that breaks cricketers, which is why they need to manage the body, make it resilient and adaptable to cope with the workload.Cricket is now full noise, all year around. There are amazing athletes in all the teams. You cant control [how] the ball bounces and all that, but athleticism and training, you can control that.He is not a big data person, he says, but tries to marry it with instinct when it comes to calibrating workloads for different cricketers. I can actually show them, Look, you started from here, now you are here. You are stronger, you are faster. You were here when we did speed test and now you are here. Just the basic stuff in understanding this is why we train, this is what the training will help in and thats the outcome we have had. If you dont understand or dont have goals or reasons to do it then it becomes really tiring.It was his athletics coach, Brent Ward, who got Donaldson interested in training sportspersons. Before coming to cricket, Donaldson had worked as a strength and conditioning consultant with the New Zealand Winter Olympic team and Otago Rowing and found the experiences enjoyable and fulfilling.I had some wonderful people that helped me significantly in my life, working hard behind the scenes, Donaldson says. You realise I have been lucky enough since I have become strength and conditioning [coach]. You can see why coaches do it. Its such a satisfying feeling to see [other] players and athletes do well. Born in Auckland, Donaldson grew up in Dunedin, and knows Mike Hesson, the Blackcaps coach, right from the days when Hesson was working with Otago Cricket. Mike Hesson was the coach, and he was very kind to ask if I wanted to help out a bit [with Otago Cricket] and it developed from there. In July 2011, Donaldson signed with the national side in a full-time role.He says the friendships he shares with the coaching staff - Hesson and bowling coach Shane Jurgensen - and physio Tommy Simsek have helped create a comfortable working environment.I think its an open and honest kind of conversation that we had and we are trying to help each other. We are genuinely really good friends and we enjoy each others company. We just try to keep each other up to date.While Donaldson had a normal New Zealand childhood playing many sports, he had an interesting lifestyle back at home. His father, Roger, is a film director with many successful ventures, like the Kevin Costner-Gene Hackman starrer No Way Out, Species and Dantes Peak to his credit.I grew up in New Zealand and Dad spent a lot of time in the US for his work. Dad still lives there. Its just a job that happens to be well-known with regards to the movies that he makes.Donaldson credits the New Zealand system that makes it easy to access different sporting facilities at school. Sprinting, though, was a passion aroused by the Olympic dream. That was sort of my goal and then it just happened to be that I found it in sprinting.Asked if he ever shows footage of himself or other elite athletes to motivate the New Zealand players, he laughs. No, no, I think they seen enough. They love sports, all sports. They loved the Olympics recently and followed the New Zealand athletes. Its better I am in the background. Air Max 720 Pas Cher . Bradwell was scheduled to become a free agent Tuesday. Born and raised in Toronto, Bradwell is entering his sixth CFL season, with all six played for his hometown Argonauts. Air Max 720 Soldes . Irving scored 23 points, Tristan Thompson had 20 points and 10 rebounds and the Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-109 on Friday night. http://www.airmax720pascher.fr/ .com) - The Calgary Flames aim to bounce back from their first regulation home loss of the campaign on Friday night when they host a Detroit Red Wings club that they swept in three meetings a season ago. Chaussure Air Max 720 Pas Cher . Two pressure cooker bombs exploded near the finish line of the April 15 race in an area packed with fans cheering the passing runners. Three people were killed and more than 260 injured, including at least 16 who lost limbs. Air Max 720 Acheter . Peter Holland and Brad Staubitz were sent to Toronto on Saturday as the Maple Leafs traded defenceman Jesse Blacker and draft picks to the Anaheim Ducks. WEST POINT, N.Y. -- North Texas coach Seth Littrell seemed a little worn out at the end of the game, and it was understandable. The Mean Green had beaten Army for the first time in five tries and he had repeatedly jumped and spun around on the sidelines amidst a flurry of turnovers by the Black Knights.Facing the second-rated defense in the nation, Jeffrey Wilson rushed for 160 yards and three touchdowns and North Texas beat Army 35-18 on a wet, raw Saturday at Michie Stadium.We ended up getting seven turnovers, and thats key, Littrell said. Defensive guys did a great job of making those opportunities count. I was a bonehead in the first half, to be honest. We should have run the ball more.Fresh from a bye week, North Texas (4-3) rallied in the second half behind Wilson, who was coming off a career-high 188-yard performance two weeks ago against Marshall. Wilson scored on a 41-yard run and 1-yard plunge in the third quarter as the Mean Green stunned the Black Knights.Without a doubt, theres no other answer, simply our O-line, Wilson said. They came out today with fire in their eyes and I could see if from the jump. We knew we wasnt going to start off fast, but we know that if we keep on picking away and picking away and picking away that well eventually do what we came to do. And thats exactly what happened.Army (4-3) entered the game ranked second against the run, allowing just 99 yards per game.Wilson, held to seven yards rushing on two carries in the first half, staked the Mean Green to a 21-10 lead early in the third when he slithered through the left side of the defensive line and raced untouched for 41 yards and a touchdown. He had 153 yards on 13 carries in the second.The Black Knights seemed ready to counter right back, but quarterback Ahmad Bradshaw fumbled a snap on fourth-and-inches at midfield and the Mean Green took possession.Its hard to score when you dont have the ball, Army coach Jeff Monken said. To give the ball back to them is agonizing. Those plays kill drives, kill the momentum.Moments later, Army defeensive back Elijah Riley was poised to make an interception but slipped down as he turned to catch the ball.dddddddddddd That left Willie Robinson all alone for a 26-yard catch and Wilsons 1-yard run boosted the lead to 28-10 midway through the third.They did a good job defensively against our offense in the first half, Littrell said. What they do against the run game has been impressive, so I probably was trying to get the back end going a little bit. We had some stuff we missed early. The way our offensive line came off the ball and Jeffrey ran the ball, that was the difference.North Texas sealed the victory on a turnover. Army was driving at midfield early in the fourth, but after a long gain on the first reception of his career that had caught the North Texas defense off-guard, tight end Dalton Mendenhall had the ball stripped by Eric Jenkins and the Mean Green recovered at its own 12-yard line.Army finished with 302 yards rushing, 53 yards below its nation-leading average. Bradshaw led with 90 yards on 24 carries.Monken had a simple explanation for the loss.We got whipped in every phase, he said. I dont know if theres much more to say.THE TAKEAWAY:ARMY: If the Black Knights can control the turnovers, they still can contend to play in the postseason. Army cant afford to make those mistakes to have a chance to win, with the likes of Wake Forest, Notre Dame, Air Force and Navy still on the schedule.NORTH TEXAS: With a freshman quarterback at the helm and a solid running game, the Mean Green can be a contender in Conference USA. When Wilson is on, they win. In the teams first three victories, he averaged 142.7 rushing yards, just 44.3 in the losses.UP NEXT:Army: Travels to play Wake Forest of the Atlantic Coast Conference on Saturday.North Texas: Plays at Texas-San Antonio on Saturday.---AP College Football Website: www.collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Kekis on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Greek1947 ' ' '