Acceleration

[sady]

@kitkat1

Loren (correct spelling right here) is a good guy, would give you the shirt off his back. Always interesting to talk to about the coaching game and the money caper. I know he’s not real popular on this forum, but you don’t have to slag the guy. Charlie has his ways and he has correctly picked out a fault here and there in Loren’s ideas - most notably the down-and-rake-backwards action at contact. Tellez isn’t Charlie’s cup of tea either, but they both agree on the simpl up-down function for the best contact. Loren was keen to meet Charlie and learn off him. I facilitated the meeting at Charlie’s home when Loren was working with BJ on Ben’s comeback. Charlie was the perfect host, but nothing much more came of it…other than I think I’m still repeating from the Mexican pizza. Loren’s work with Ben came to nothing, but it was always going to be a losing proposition for anyone to match up to Charlie as coach to Ben.

I guess what I’m trying to get across here is you (the generic “you”, not specifically sady) can disagree with someone without going to the point of hating them. Loren has always had a huge respect for Charlie’s knowledge and I’ve never heard him put shit on CF although he well could have (1988 and all that).

I have edited the post.

I didn’t mean to come across as hating anyone. I probably learnt more about what it takes to be a coach from attending his clinic. As far as spelling wrong is concerned I think I have done it once or twice before,.

RB34 brought up the name with a note, 2: Clap start (Different from Coon).

A bit offb track to the original question.

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Originally Posted by AJC81
What drills and cues would you suggest with an athlete that overstrides during early acceleration (0-10)? Thanks.

[sady]

@Flash

The great thing about the clap drill is that the movements are such a chaotic scramble to get to your feet you really can’t think about your technique, the body just instinctively does what it needs to to get moving without your conscious mind getting in the way. I find it very effective even without someone doing the clap for me.

When I saw the clap drill mentioned I automatically assumed it was the same as I used to use as a coach. Starting in the half pushup position (elbows bent with upper arm parrallel to the ground), feet same distance apart as they would be on the blocks, you can start with knees bent. On go the athlete claps before running. No I never got if from anyone it was simply something we come up with to break up the boredom of doing the same things over and over, others drills included the Spastic Mongoose and indian war dances. It was all about fun back then.