My daughters sprint coach (she runs 100m/200m/400m) wants her to lower her arm swing and says in doing so it will bring up her knees…I explained to him in an email, that it would effect her power/stride and included a Tom Tellez video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIty_hMMopA&feature=player_detailpage
Today at practice, the Head coach repeated this…that she needs to lower her arms and it will bring up her knees… the arm swing they are looking for is what xc runners use, …more of a back and forth swing, not chin and pocket as my daughter has been taught for the past 4 years…
The Head coach and Sprint coach are also the Head coach and assistant coach for xc, track is more or less an extention of the xc season.
Her arm swing is not perfect, she has been working on her arm mechanics over the past few years, but I don’t think it is anything that would require radical change either.
She is now age 14 and a Freshman in High School.
Here is a video of her running her 1st open 400m this year, a couple weeks ago, she is in lane #6:
When I picked her up after practice today, she said the sprint coach kept asking her “Who’s your coach?” over and over…she said she didn’t get what he meant. I’m assuming he didn’t like my email too much…guess I’m just going to have to talk with him in person.
Am I just confused and missing something?
Your thoughts and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.