[Carl Valle]

Carl Valle on November 30, 2011 at 2:15 am #18007

New technologies such as some of the optical scoring from Microgait is going to be very useful down the road. Often the video clues are not enough to make decisions besides breaking down flight and contact times. Drilling down further what is happening during hip flexion on recovery and the stiffness qualities during foot strike is going to help coaches see what to encourage and what to leave alon

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[Isaiah Miller]

Isaiah Miller on November 30, 2011 at 7:18 am #112742

So do you think athletes should consciously focus on getting the feet down faster during acceleration?

[oshikake@ymail.com]

oshikake@ymail.com on November 30, 2011 at 7:59 am #112745

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[Isaiah Miller]

Isaiah Miller on November 30, 2011 at 9:22 am #112748

Ben ’88 – Usain ’09 (0-10m… 1.83 sec’s? respectively). Two different approaches, more than one way to skin a cat?.

Bolt would also be pulling away from Ben between 10-30m.

[b]Ben Johnson 100m Final 1988.[/b]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqXO9cj8uE[/youtube]

[b]Usain Bolt 9.58 100m New World Record Berlin.[/b]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nbjhpcZ9_g[/youtube]

what are you talking about?

[Carl Valle]

Carl Valle on November 30, 2011 at 9:49 am #112755

So do you think athletes should consciously focus on getting the feet down faster during acceleration?

No…..but this conversation you should have with a coach. Not to sound harsh, but I find athletes respond poorly to cues with online advice as they overthink things.

CV

[Isaiah Miller]

Isaiah Miller on November 30, 2011 at 10:08 am #112757

I understand completely