1964, Uherské Hradiště
Head coach of the sprint section
Coaching class 1
Jaroslav is a class 1 coach with twenty-five years of coaching experience. He graduated from grammar school in Strážnice and the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport in Prague. In his youth he competed in the long jump, with his best performance being 742 cm. He started with athletics in 1976 in Uherské Hradiště, from 1984-1987 in TJ LIAZ Jablonec nad Nisou, and then continued in LG Montfort (Austria). In 2005, he returned to his native Uherské Hradiště, and since 2017, he has been training in AK SSK Vítkovice.
Under his care, Zdeněk Stromšík, Kateřina Vávrová, Mária Šimlovičová, Jan Vácha, Štěpánka Kolářová, Adriana Fornůsková, Václav Vlček, Milan Ščibráni, Tereza Sklenářová and others have achieved success.
He has always been inspired by the personality of Carl Lewis.
In his coaching work, Jaroslav considers it crucial to always keep in mind that it is not only about performance, but also about the human impact on the personality of the athlete. In his work, he is constantly learning from the best and is still building his own coaching “handwriting.”
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