Regaining &inproving top speed

[speedster2002]

@Charlie_Francis

I’d stay with 2 foot ankle type pops. Anything with one leg will cause you to flatten out initially. Just go as high as you can get a good ground reaction from. Usually in sets of 10 hops with breaks to be sure not to build up any fatigue before the sprints. There is usually a response after 2 or 3 sets but keep going up to 5 sets if you keep getting a higher response and stop as soon as the response levels off. Leave the hurdle hops till later on.
It’s hard to predict when the carry-over from the weights will kick in. In fact, the response may already be waiting to happen and only needs the foot reaction/ground response to fall into place to take effect.
I have always preferred flying 20s because that’s the longest most people can ever hold a true max speed and I want to stay out of a fatigue state for as many quality reps as possible. I always wondered why flying 30s were so popular.

Topcat, think Lane4 means 3.6 for 30m not flying 30m.

Yes, i have found that flying 30s do fatigue me more than flying 20s.

Just thinking, when doing hurdles hops, would it be best to keep the hurdles low and look for fast reaction off the ground. almost ankle popping over the hurdles, if you know what i mean? These may help develop top speed more due to hip & knee angles & ground response, where hopping higher hurdles requires longer ground contact times and deeper hip/knee angles to gain the power to get over the hurdle, this may help acceleration more than top speed??.
I know lance brauman used to get his Arkansas athletes to jump hurdles, land in a half squat positions, pause then jump the next hurdle, for 5 hurdles,then into normal hurdle jumps for 5 hurdles.

Charlie, what kind of hurdle height, hip & knee angle would you be looking for?
Thoughts everyone?