Should i try to run tall from the beggining of the race or just try to remain “low” or “glued” to the ground till +/- 30?
Should I try to drive my knees up from the beggining or just look for frequency in the first meters?
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Transition should be smooth - look at some videos to see this.
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Everything should be fluid from the first stride to the last no driving of anything. If you want to work on something specific focus on “driving” the arms.
You are probably overthinking the whole thing.
Flick out your lead hand when the gun fires, then focus on driving your arms. Those two cues usually lead to the best starts.
Well to answer your questions.
#1: No you dont want to come straight up, but you also dont want to force yourself to stay down for 30m. If your having to force yourself then you are simply not up to that level.
#2 If you have a porblem with coming out side to side or shuffleing then i would say yes focus on knee drive, thats what i had to do for all of indoor season and now i dont have to worry about it because of muscle memory, it has allowed for me to accelerate out a 40-50m. But hey thats just me.
Well, i am still having some trouble with this. Ran yesterday a 100m with following splits (hand timed from first movement):
First 50: 6.4s
Last 50: 5.1s
The last split is pretty accurate since the marker was placed in a fashion so that my coach hit the chrono like 3m before i hit the 50m mark. The second 50 felt so easy.
Is it normal to feel like some kind of “torque” or “pulling” sensation in the chest / shoulders while standing up?