ELITETRACK Forum

Sprint Hurdle Breathing

2008-08-15T20:15:02Z

Does anyone know or make use of a “set” breathing pattern for either or both indoor and outdoor sprint hurdle events (60mH/100mH/110mH)?
Just looking at Seagrave Race Model but for flat, short sprints yet seem to recall seeing a variation for hurdling, just not sure where or if it has value.

110H vs 400H

2008-07-19T19:36:40Z

If a sprinter is deciding to hurdle when comparing 100 to 400 times what is the point at which it is better to go with 100H or 400H? say PRs 100-11.71FAT, 23.52Fat, 52.28FAT, age 19 running 1 year seriously year round. I had this situation personally and want to know if I made the best decision? also is combo hurdling doing 110H/400H not recommended my coach said no to that idea? any thoughts?

Add strides (2) to the acceleration pattern?

2008-07-06T19:32:46Z

I have a question for all you people out there. I have recently read some of Loreon Seagrave and Kevin O’Donnell Speed Dynamics information and they were working on acceleration phase in from the blocks to H1. The goal was to increase the attack velocity at take-off. In doing so they looked at several things. The one thing in which I not sure about was (Add strides (2) to the acceleration pattern). What is the opinion on this idea? How you safely determine the distance for 2 strides? Has anyone use this in their training. Thanks

I really need some hurdle help.

2008-06-09T17:59:36Z

I am coaching a hurdler (female, age 16) who has good potential. But I cannot get her to hurdle off the ball of her foot rather than flat-footed or sometimes even heel-toe. She sprints on the balls of her feet. Any ideas for me? Thanks.

Can older athlete learn to hurdle?

2008-05-22T10:40:21Z

I participate in masters track - I do the 100, 200, 400 and long jump. I am thinking about learning to hurdle. I am F53. I hope it possible to learn to hurdle even though I didn’t learn it when I was younger.

My question is about training hurdles. I wanted to buy some of those collapsing hurdles. Someone told me don’t do that because then I will be afraid of “real” hurdles. My height is 30” for the next few years then it drops at age 60.

I assume I should start with very low hurdles just to get the basic idea. I have a coach who helps me but he didnt’ offer any opinion on whether I should get collapsing hurdles first or not.

thanks.

Speedtrap & Hurdle touchdowns

2008-05-21T10:22:08Z

I am planning on purchasing a Speedtrap II. One of the things I would like to do with it is measure hurdle touchdowns in practice. Has anyone ever done this before and if you have, where do you put the sensors?

Thanks!

100 meter time and 110 H time.

2008-03-27T12:51:23Z

Is there any data or conversions from a 100 meter dash time and what a 110 meter Hurdle time should be?

300H - Race Distribution

2008-04-06T13:08:06Z

I have received mixed recommendations regarding pace and effort distribution in the 300 hurdles for high school athletes (male & female).

Should this race be run as an “all out” effort start to finish or should the hurdler develope an “optimal” pace by conserving some energy/effort initally as w/the 400M and 400H.

cut step and split position from take off foot

2008-03-31T11:05:58Z

Two things....

(1) Anyone deal with trying to improve a cut step? How does one evaluate one?

(2) If an athlete is not getting full extension off of the take off foot to delay the timing of the trail leg but to speed it up ala Boo.

What are some coaching concepts to ensure a full extension is used.

http://forums.athleticscoaching.ca/viewtopic.php?t=129

“ The trail leg should be quick, but late. When I am standing behind the hurdlers, I also look for some time delay between the execution of the lead leg and the trail leg. When the lead and trail leg are not separated by time, I know they are not displacing and are usually too close to the hurdle.”

400m Hurdle Tempo

2008-03-19T19:14:13Z

So, I do the DEC and our Coach wants me to run the 400IH for conditioning/points for races at smaller invites. I was thinking, if I ran the workouts at slow enough speed, just to get rhythm and form down, could I treat those workouts as tempo/recovery? Sample week:

Saturday: Meet Day
Sunday: General Strength circuit
Monday: Hurdle Mobility, throws, PV, upper weights
Tuesday:Weights Lower (in the morning), Long Jump, High Jump, SE1
Wednesday: throws form, PV, 400IH,
Thursday: 110HH, LJ run throughs, low volume SE1
Friday: Full warmup
Saturday: meet day