[vikingking]

vikingking on March 14, 2004 at 10:05 pm #8992

ive lately tried to run with really good form. It feels like I run slower though. when i sprint and not worry about form too much i feel like i go real fast. But when i get good form it feels like im wasting energy and stuff. Should i still work on getting great form or just sprint naturally?

[Danny Tutskey]

Danny Tutskey on March 14, 2004 at 10:35 pm #26170

Work on great form. As you get older and faster the form is going to seperate you from others. Your mechanics will make the difference. When you start doing new things you will feel slower, but once you begin to do them all the time you will see a major difference. What kinds of things are you focusing on?

[alex]

alex on March 14, 2004 at 11:23 pm #26171

Hmmm, unless you have a GOOD coach on hand to monitor your technique, I would run naturally. Remember what you feel like your doing isn't always what you're doing. Sometimes when I see people trying to run with good form, it looks like such a forced exagerated movement (ridiculously high knees, exagerated stepover, just generally inefficient movement.)

[utfootball4]

utfootball4 on June 22, 2006 at 3:32 am #26172

Hmmm, unless you have a GOOD coach on hand to monitor your technique, I would run naturally. Remember what you feel like your doing isn't always what you're doing. Sometimes when I see people trying to run with good form, it looks like such a forced exagerated movement (ridiculously high knees, exagerated stepover, just generally inefficient movement.)

i know this is an old post but i agree with you 100%.

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on July 17, 2006 at 3:12 am #26173

Old post, but I thought I'd chime in…..this could be a two-fold issue. First, many times major technical changes are accompanied by a short-term performance decrement. When the athlete's body adjusts to the modified movement patterns and learns to apply force efficiently under the new conditions, performance should increase greatly. In a completely different scenario, I also wanted to add that athletes who make moderate changes in their mechanics often complain about getting slower when in fact they are the same speed or faster. This typically happens to athletes who have 'turnover addiction' and like the feeling of spinning their wheels without really applying any force. As a result they get a false read that they are running faster just because their moveing their limbs faster and their stride frequency is greater when in fact they are slower because they aren't applying ground forces efficiently and as a result they aren't producing optimal vertical displacement which leads to a myriad of problems, one of which is exagerated turnover.

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