Falling starts or what i know as standing starts.It good for the accelerative phase.More importantly you are training pure speed.You might want to incorpare it before you do blocks
He has run sub 10.2.
You seem to have a quick starter in your guy.
toks,
sorry about the reply being late. I just now saw your other posts reminding me. work is preventing me from being on as much.
Ham-kicks/ wall-kicks are what some people would refer to as butt-kicks, but you have the knees up in the front instead of pointing down. This would cause the heel to come under the hamstring, not hit the glutes. Hope that clarifies.
Thanks a lot I tot that was what you meant. Good exercise but can be counter productive when not done correctly.
Thanks:borg:
You are very right. This is a drill you just dont throw into the mix without supervision.
DCW23 writes
No, I just think that you shouldn’t think about lifting the arm. Think about where it should go to when initiating the process instead. It’s much quicker. Try it.
Sharmer writes
No it isnt that simple…As sprint coaches cueing athletes to focus on the finish or to lift the arms wont elicit best results. The physiology of motor control on voluntary movements tells us that everything starts off with the limbic system (autonomic arousal).
whoa I’m confused…what should I be focusing on then during the start? Not the flicking of the arm? Not the finishing point of the arm? What then?
BTW Sharmer sounds so much smarter in front of high school kids like me with his big words. Can you please keep it a little simpler. thanks
DCW23 writes
The cerebellum KNOWS the fastest route and the order of muscle activation to achieve this and doesn’t have to think about it because it has learned this process and refined it as a reflex.
No it isnt that simple. The cerebellum co-ordinates movements by comparing movements outcomes from the motor cortex and correcting them according to proprioceptive feedback.
During voluntary movement the following occurs limbic system>frontal system- cerebellum> down cortiospinal tract for muscle contraction> spinal reflexes or back to the brain.
As sprint coaches cueing athletes to focus on the finish or to lift the arms wont elicit best result. The physiology of motor control on voluntary movements tells us that everything starts off with the limbic system (autonomic arousal). Getting athletes motivated and aroused to train is the most effective skill a coach can have.
TJ2K, sorry but neurophysiology is a very complicated topic and i have tried to word it down as much as i can.
The limbic system determines the level of arousal in the body, for instance if you where in a dangerous situation your spinal reflexes would intiate movement before any thought would be required. However when your sprinting its a result of motor learning (training) and not spinal reflexes.
This was the point i was bringing up that sprinting is not a spinal reflex ( as DCW23 pointed out) but a result of much more complicated motor learning which includes fore brain activity.
So in order to achieve a faster start, i should just practice on the quickness of the lead hand flick in practice right?
thanks
If it results in a better start then do it, in my opinon it would result in too much thinking in the blocks.
Faster starts are a result of your overall strength/power levels, begin developing these components and over time your technique will take care of it self.
Originally posted by TJ2K
So in order to achieve a faster start, i should just practice on the quickness of the lead hand flick in practice right?thanks
i think the point sharmer was trying to make earlier (correct me if im wrong) was that you should get aroused/pumped up before a run. in training ur usually relaxed, without that fear/flight mechanism happening. the most effective way to run fast is to get really ‘pumped’ running hard and fast, and the actions will take care of themselves with a little/lot of training (hopefully)
correct me if im wrong, thats just how interpreted it all
Nice words your exactly right, getting “pumped up” is the limbic system at work which. The limbic system determines arousal and motivation so its importance to sprinting is superior to cueing.
I feel, if only an athlete is sound in his mechanics should he try to pump himself up. Pumping yourself up, can make you go back to old things you are trying to unlearn.
For beginers correcting overt errors in technique is the way to go but once the athlete is at the elite level then the approach needs to be shifted to elicit a more automated performance.
Agree.