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Can a focus on correct arm action fix “an inefficient pushing action”? I know Dcw23 does not like cues that focus below the waist and I am starting to lean that way too. However, can something like over-pushing during acceleration be fixed with upper-body cues?
while arm action is critical to efficient sprinting, the overpushing is a leg phenominon that must be cured by cuing “stepping over” the support knee to keep the running action underneath the sprinter and not behind. This must first be learned over 20m segments from easy accelerations and, once perfected, maintained as the accelerations become increasingly intense over time, until a seamless transition from a maximal acceleration can be achieved.
So this is where “cone” drills comes into play right?
From blocks to 20m I have a hard time steppin over, maybe I’m
pushing for too quick of a stride huh?
I feel quick, but not efficient.
I better straighten this out. You start stepping over as soon as it’s efficient, which varies by athlete. All athletes must start with a low heel recovery for at least a few steps and then transition into stepping over.
This is an example of coaching your athlete to lose. Preparing Bruny to race in a vacuum, with no outside stimuli - as if running against himself, would have been the better mental plan. His coach might as well have told him he was running to finish 2nd from the start. He can’t control what anyone else is doing and shouldn’t care, running his own race is the only thing he can control.
Charlie,
If working from a high standing position on a hill of about 15 degrees can one start stepping over almost immediately?
I don’t believe Bruny would have won. I certainly think he would have gone faseter, but you have to look at how the race unfolded. It’s obviously no ones fault but Greene that he stumbled out of the blocks, but take that away, and he does lead the race from start to finish.
I do however agree with Charlie, that Bruny’s coach gave him some bad advice. He pretty much gave Bruny permission to lose. You don’t plan on being behind in a race. That should never be part of a race strategy.
But Mo has to be givin credit for staying composed and running the race the way he planned(other than the stumble). I believe Mo had the speed to catch Bruny, and it showed. Bruny ran a fine race up until 70m, But Mo had already pulled even by then.
I think running slower on purpose is crazy as well. It’s just that people take things to literally at times. When people hear about delaying top speed, they assume that it means you have to wait til a certain point to reach your top speed. But if you’re efficient in your acceleration mechanics, you’ll use less energy trying to accelerate, allowing you to travel farther. No point in going 100% if you’ll get to the same point at the same time using 93%.
Fighting yourself to get somewhere faster, is gonna make your muscles fight to do there job, and thats when the trouble starts. One muscle wants to pull, but the other muscle isn’t ready to let go.(See Jon Drummond) I believe top speed is delayed in a sense, but from a distance standpoint and not from time. You simply go farther using less energy.
I agree with you
Mo was faster than Bruny that race (0"84 at 50- 60 m vs 0"85)
My question is: why don’t look Chambers?
Valerio
I was looking over some 10m split times last night and I notice Carl Lewis on average was in 5-6th place between 50-60m but he won majority of those races. My question is what made Carl’s acceleration so good?
Is he the perfect model for acceleration?
I also notice his last flying 30m was btw 2.55- 2.59 oppose to 2.61- 2.63 (others 9.90 guys)… During Carl’s 9.86 run at World’s '91 he hit his top end speed at 80m that’s unbelievable. With today’s elite sprinters who has the best acceleration and late surge from 80m to 100m like Carl has back in the late 80’s?
It’s not a question of acceleration, but top speed for Carl in this case. Regardless, the essence of effective sprinting s to execute with perfect form and relaxation and YOUR perfect race model will unfold.
Just to clarify Charlie’s comment, he detailed in Speed Trap why “Carl accelerates away” is a myth based on an illusion. Carl’s slowing down like everyone else, his top speed is faster, so his end speed is faster as well.