I am not very experienced and tend to be very easily overtrained and get overuse injuries, so I really want to make sure I start with something good before I get enough experience to start tweaking and individualizing. As a relatively new guy in strength and conditioning industry, I have a lot in my tool boxes (like exercises, drills), but not really have good judgement on when to use proper tools, which I think is mainly due to myself being self-coached for the most part. I really wish I had a training partner and good video camera so I can see if my technique is good…
Don’t give up on trying to learn more about sprinting. Understand there is a huge technical aspect to sprinting that requires a solid understanding of important rules that you will learn to follow. Try to find someone or somewhere to go in order to learn more about the right way to do things. Where might that be? Look for someone producing consistent results. I know this Is not such an easy task. Why? There are a lot of people who succeed in spite of themselves and poor and un methodological training.
Judgement by the way comes with knowledge and experience I have found it’s a very difficult aspect to teach others. One thing I sense from you is impatience. This trait will drive you to more knowledge or the frustration you have will drive you to solve more training issues… either way try not to rush and keep learning. Sounds like you are on the right path.