Mechanics of Speed

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        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on January 26, 2013 at 5:23 am #18675

          Earlier this week, I had the incredible opportunity to present alongside two legendary coaches of the sport (Tom Tellez and Loren Seagrave) as well as several other world class presenters at The Speed Summit in Morristown, NJ. The summit was extremely high level and the presentations were outstanding. I was unable to see all the presentations as I had to make the coast-to-coast trek back to Vancou

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        • Participant
          [email protected] on January 26, 2013 at 5:11 pm #119057

          Can you clarify the “NoNo” bullet on the slide depicting LoLo Jones’ block start (slide 57)?

          Can you amplify the posture discussions during max velocity and during speed endurance, clarifying the difference?

          Thank you.

        • Participant
          Josh Hurlebaus on January 27, 2013 at 4:25 am #119062

          More than likely the “nono” is in reference to the absurd flight out of the blocks as well as the incredibly forced head down position, throwing her neck and head completely out of alignment with her back, hips, leg. Her lead arm also looks quite a bit forced and…disturbingly weird.

          That’s closer to a picture I would use in order to show people what not to do when leaving the blocks than showing what to do.

        • Participant
          Coach Temkin on January 27, 2013 at 8:16 am #119063

          Also, her back is hyper-extended.

        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on January 28, 2013 at 1:37 pm #119072

          RE: NoNo…it was the over-exaggerated block clearance. Lolo doesn’t actually start like that but in this particular photo her posture is poor. Head tucked and arched back with force application not through long axis of the trunk being the biggest issues.

          Posture during MaxV and speed endurance should be the same. I was highlighting the point that loss of posture is often the root of poor speed endurance. I had several videos in the presentation where you can see even among the elite of the elite that performance at the end of a race tends to be directly correlated with the ability (or inability) to preserve posture under fatigue.

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        • Participant
          Frederickd on January 28, 2013 at 3:23 pm #119073

          Toe drag? Or not toe drag? What is the conclusion???

        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on January 28, 2013 at 3:37 pm #119074

          Toe drag? Or not toe drag? What is the conclusion???

          I would like to see the low heel recovery associated with the toe drag minus actually doing the toe drag. Toe drag = an external force in the wrong direction. Basically, I cue athletes to try to toe drag as an external spatial reference cue until they actually do (which is rare). If they actually do it I try to get them to achieve the same feel without actually dragging the toe.

          ELITETRACK Founder

        • Participant
          Carl Valle on January 29, 2013 at 8:32 am #119077

          RE: NoNo…it was the over-exaggerated block clearance. Lolo doesn’t actually start like that but in this particular photo her posture is poor. Head tucked and arched back with force application not through long axis of the trunk being the biggest issues.

          Posture during MaxV and speed endurance should be the same. I was highlighting the point that loss of posture is often the root of poor speed endurance. I had several videos in the presentation where you can see even among the elite of the elite that performance at the end of a race tends to be directly correlated with the ability (or inability) to preserve posture under fatigue.

          Her head is very much like that, but the air people get is the wrong departure angle and I cringe every time is see stock photos in stores with the toes pointed down.

          Is her 70 degree front leg and 90 degree back leg in the blocks because of her back issues?

        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on January 29, 2013 at 8:36 am #119078

          Yes many of Coach Shaver’s sprinters use a head down acceleration. Richard Thompson is the most notable and noticeable.

          Not sure about the block angles.

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        • Participant
          Carl Valle on January 31, 2013 at 9:38 am #119104

          I don’t want to get into black magic talk but what are people doing in training to get the improvements listed in the presentation. It’s nice to see research to explain possible (the Morin study was destroyed by TCSM) involvement but the interventions training wise is the true test.

        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on February 4, 2013 at 5:32 am #119124

          I can’t speak for any of the top 10 guys (most of whom come from 3 different camps) but I think we know that it’s not JUST a technical model. We can however learn from their distribution and associated mechanics (which is relatively new in the past 8 years) and hope for takeaway to lesser athletes.

          I have another slidedeck to be posted shortly on what I’ve been doing for my sprint athletes.

          ELITETRACK Founder

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