i was browsing elite fitness systems and came across a book by Defranco Rooney called “the 40-yard dash”
anybody read it? any good?
I have it. It’s ok. The training program seems to be reasonably sound, but the info on sprint mechanics is suspect. For example, they recommend putting your front foot about 6" from the start line in the 3 pt stance. The reasoning is that you “want to run a 40 yd dash, not a 40 1/2 yard dash.” The problem of course is that putting your foot this far forward screws up all of the angles and doesn’t put you in a good position for applying force.