Starting Positions

[ravadongon]

1. What are some good starting positions to employ for a team sports athlete (keep in mind I don’t have blocks)? I normally do a variety of positions such 3/4 pt stances, push up, jump/jogging back, standing, flying… are there any others I should be doing?

2. I put my non-dominant leg forward (left) when I’m setting up a 3/4 pt stance (don’t know why I started doing it). I’ve read that you should put your dominant leg forward. I’ve tried doing this but it feels quite uncomfortable (haven’t timed the difference). Should I continue to set-up like I am or change it to put my dominant leg forward?

[Charlie_Francis]

@ravadongon

1. What are some good starting positions to employ for a team sports athlete (keep in mind I don’t have blocks)? I normally do a variety of positions such 3/4 pt stances, push up, jump/jogging back, standing, flying… are there any others I should be doing?

2. I put my non-dominant leg forward (left) when I’m setting up a 3/4 pt stance (don’t know why I started doing it). I’ve read that you should put your dominant leg forward. I’ve tried doing this but it feels quite uncomfortable (haven’t timed the difference). Should I continue to set-up like I am or change it to put my dominant leg forward?

Set up in the way that is natural for you, otherwise you’ll have coordination issues at the start.

[Blinky]

@ravadongon

1. What are some good starting positions to employ for a team sports athlete (keep in mind I don’t have blocks)? I normally do a variety of positions such 3/4 pt stances, push up, jump/jogging back, standing, flying… are there any others I should be doing?

2. I put my non-dominant leg forward (left) when I’m setting up a 3/4 pt stance (don’t know why I started doing it). I’ve read that you should put your dominant leg forward. I’ve tried doing this but it feels quite uncomfortable (haven’t timed the difference). Should I continue to set-up like I am or change it to put my dominant leg forward?

What surface do you train on and what sort of footwear do you use? I train on a dirt track and I dig a hole to get more traction on the 3-pt starts.

I also use falling starts, stomp the ground(like the fundamental dvd), and flying starts.

[ravadongon]

@Blinky

What surface do you train on and what sort of footwear do you use? I train on a dirt track and I dig a hole to get more traction on the 3-pt starts.

I also use falling starts, stomp the ground(like the fundamental dvd), and flying starts.

I train on grass with regular trainers (no spikes).

I’m not sure what stomping starts are as I haven’t seen the Fundamentals DVD yet.