[Carl Valle]

Carl Valle on December 23, 2008 at 5:50 am #15168

What are the underlying kinetics and kinematics that make Dayron Robles better? The most obvious aspect is to look at his technique but the key concept is the relationship of his technique to the demands of the event. His seven step approach is one glaring difference so I will focus on his other 9 hurdles and what he does differently and the same with elite hurdlers. Here are some questions that I

Continue reading…

[RussZHC]

RussZHC on January 2, 2009 at 8:11 am #75980

Point #6:

He doesn’t rush anything and the feedback both on the ground and in the air is amazing and I would bet his proprioception is off the charts to feel the sensations that he is adjusting at extreme speeds.

Related to feeling the sensations, is the degree to which a hurdler can react to take those sensations and take them into account between flights (making adjustments on the “fly”) in any way related to the total volume of hurdle clearances up to that point in their athletic careers? Sort of, “does the number of times you have cleared a hurdle at speed help develop a ‘touch’?”