[markk]

markk on June 25, 2004 at 9:48 am #9470

wuyt r sum key components for sum 1 to be a good hurdler

[QUIKAZHELL]

QUIKAZHELL on June 25, 2004 at 10:42 am #29759

1-flexabilty
2-speed
3-strength
4-rythm

Height always helps especially at college height

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on June 25, 2004 at 7:52 pm #29760

[i]Originally posted by QUIKAZHELL[/i]
1-flexabilty
2-speed
3-strength
4-rythm

Height always helps especially at college height

I'd agree but re-rank your list in this order (for the short hurdles):
1. speed
2. rhythm
3. strength (speed endurance)
4. flexibility

Also, a person's height actually reaches a point of limiting returns in the high hurdles, especially as athletes get better. This won't apply to most people but people who are very fast AND very tall typically can't hurdle as well because they have difficulty fitting 3 steps into such a confined (for them) space. As a result we see a tradeoff in the hurdle with a person's height being important especially at lower levels but as they get faster it may become an issue. Many of the best hurdlers of the past 20 years (mccoy, jackson, johnson, devers, garcia, etc.) have been shorter than their counterparts but not coincidentally have had much greater flat speed.

For the long hurdles height seems to always be an advantage as most of the best long hurdlers are quite tall.

ELITETRACK Founder

[Derrick Brito]

Derrick Brito on June 26, 2004 at 4:55 am #29761

about how tall are these 'shorter' hurdlers that you mentioned?

[jumpscoachmike]

jumpscoachmike on June 26, 2004 at 5:04 am #29762

Jackson stands 5-7, Johnson 5-10, and Devers 5-3

[lambo]

lambo on June 27, 2004 at 11:51 am #29763

would hurdle technique be included under rythem?

[Derrick Brito]

Derrick Brito on June 27, 2004 at 11:58 am #29764

well im 5'9", possibly 5'10" soon, so does this mean i shouldnt have a problem competing at 42" height?

[progeny]

progeny on June 27, 2004 at 12:51 pm #29765

There are a lot of not so tall guys that run the 110s and run well. Along with the aforementioned, Anier Garcia (who disappeared recently) isn't very tall, Terrence Trammell, et al. If you're technically sound, not even perfect technique, but definately sound, you can run well regardles of your height. Now if you were 4'1", I'd reconsider.

[jjh999]

jjh999 on July 27, 2004 at 3:22 am #29766

[i]Originally posted by progeny[/i]
There are a lot of not so tall guys that run the 110s and run well. Along with the aforementioned, Anier Garcia (who disappeared recently) isn't very tall, Terrence Trammell, et al. If you're technically sound, not even perfect technique, but definately sound, you can run well regardles of your height. Now if you were 4'1", I'd reconsider.

Trammell is not exactly a technician. His greatest weapon is his ridiculous speed (sub 10.10 for 100m, I believe…)

[Derrick Brito]

Derrick Brito on August 3, 2004 at 8:44 am #29767

does he run the 100 competetively?????

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on August 3, 2004 at 9:31 am #29768

[i]Originally posted by cockysprinter[/i]
does he run the 100 competetively?????

Yes. If I recall correctly he's run both at the NCAAs as well as maybe even previous USATF champs. Maybe someone else can verify.

ELITETRACK Founder

[mister-c]

mister-c on August 3, 2004 at 10:10 am #29769

Yeah, Trammell had plans to double in both 100m and the 110HH for the olympics at one point, but I guess he scrapped that idea. He also ran in both the 100m and the 110HH at the meet in California on the Golden Spikes tour (the one where mo green had his shoes sprayed with a fire extinguisher after he won the 100m).