The technical problem is going side to side a lot. Any coach who’s seen me run (every single one) + most guys I train with or compete against, tell me my arms don’t come up, and coaches also add on I’m going side to side way too much and that I lose time on every stride because of it.
Now my coaches… they say during the drive phase coming side to side, with the arms a bit to the side, isn’t a big problem, and one even says it can be good. However they all say when I’m upright, i’m going a lot side to side and it’s a major problem and costing me time (in the 60m).
Main advice I’ve gotten is to bring my arms up (currently my arms are low and go out to the side). I’ve also gotten “run on a line on the track, instead of in the lane.”
So during a meet, in the heats I run 7.39 (pb is 7.30). Then have a big convo about this problem, and during the next round, I basically changed my whole thing. I tried to keep my legs from going side to side completely (even during the drive phase), and brought my arms up a lot.
Result:
7.37 (only 0.02 faster, although I had better start in heats)
drive phase – didn’t feel powerful, it was okay though compared to the competition but not very fast compared to the heats
top speed – I felt like I was catching up, strides sort of felt longer, overall it didn’t feel natural and quite akward to run like that
This has been a problem for quite some time (it was really bad last indoor season around the same time).
Everyone continously tells me at every practice to fix this.
So anyway, whats your guys’ thoughts? Is this some sort of imbalance (strength)? Tightness issue somewhere (although I feel quite flexible nowadays)?
Do I just gotta run enough focusing on proper technique for this to fix itself?
Submaximal/int. tempo sessions would help? drills… anything.