A Skip vs B Skip: The Key Differences You Need to Know

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Жыл бұрын

What are the key differences between the A Skip and the B Skip? Former Olympian and world record holder Wille Banks has all the answers in this video lesson.
Whether you're a sprinter or a jumper, these drills are essential for developing proper ground contact and technique. Most coaches focus on the leg action, but the real key to sprinting faster is applying the maximum amount of force down to the ground.
The fastest sprinters on the planet produce 5 times more vertical force into the ground compared to slower ones. By learning how to perform A skips and B skips correctly, you'll be able to develop your vertical force and ultimately improve your speed.
In this video you'll learn:
1. What A skips and B Skips are.
2. How to properly perform each with detailed technical breakdowns and slow motion demonstrations.
3. The difference between the A and B skips in terms of technique and what each drill helps to develop.
4. Some common errors in these warm up drills.
5. The fundamentals of each drill that should provide you with enough information to determine if either or both of these drills should be added to your warm up routine.
Both of these drills focus on ground contact which is essential for proper technique. Most coaches focus on the leg action which doesn't help you sprint faster, it's the force you apply to the ground. Remember, sprinting faster is about applying the maximum amount of force down to the ground. The more force you can apply to ground the faster you will go.
Demonstrations from Olympian Chris Benard, Warren Fraser and Cejhae Greene
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Пікірлер: 42

@nordicwilly6650 10 ай бұрын

Great description Coach! Over years I always gotten so confused by these skips

@OutperformOfficial 10 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@user-Jamie218 Жыл бұрын

this is the best video to really help me visualize it how it’s the pushing down into the ground is with the foot is really the energy that propels you and not just letting your legs fall but generate force by pushing the foot to the ground

@OutperformOfficial Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@jeffH79056 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the excellent overview

@OutperformOfficial 6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@jooonmooandpappy1042 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video coach

@OutperformOfficial Ай бұрын

Any time!

@axuenabratan7361 Жыл бұрын

THX

@kangbugar Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@OutperformOfficial Жыл бұрын

Welcome!

@user-me7wy3ee5o Жыл бұрын

Very good

@OutperformOfficial Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@rune13slayer Жыл бұрын

Very nice and detailed video! Just want to ask if it's normal that my feet don't land at the same time in a-skips? And I dont know the reason but I think i'm also shuffling my un-raised leg whenever the raised leg goes down --- i hear it slide on the floor/do an extra mini hop huhu

@OutperformOfficial Жыл бұрын

Part of that could be due to the coordination between your flexors and extensors (which is important to develop if you want to maximize your speed). Try doing A marches and A runs. Working on mobility and flexibility in the ankle and hip flexors will help as well.

@rune13slayer Жыл бұрын

@@OutperformOfficial will do, thank you very much!!! I’m just concerned that im doing the drills wrong and i might develop the wrong form 😅

@luigocelo Жыл бұрын

So, what is this for exactly? Is this a warm-up for sprinters? or it also applies to resistance/long distance runners?

@OutperformOfficial Жыл бұрын

You got it.

@apolyedapolyed7524 Жыл бұрын

👍👍

@Joeelfekkak Жыл бұрын

Can you, at the age of forty, increase your speed if you train well and learn good technique for running 60 meters and 100 meters?

@davids5980 Жыл бұрын

I am no expert but i definitely believe so. The body is an amazing creation by God. Capable of a lot more than we think.

@Joeelfekkak Жыл бұрын

@@davids5980 thanks brother

@DD-ru6nv Жыл бұрын

Definitely

@DD-ru6nv Жыл бұрын

Not an expert neither but id also improve sprinting endurance as if your fitness isn’t good enough you’ll slow down after for example 50 meters, so be fit enough to sprint the 100m HIIT should be good. You could try treadmill sprints for like 20 seconds then rest couple mins then repeat.

@Joeelfekkak Жыл бұрын

@@DD-ru6nv thank you Bro

@MaLLu_soLdier Жыл бұрын

🎖️🎖️🎖️🎖️

@user-me7wy3ee5o Жыл бұрын

💪👍

@uzomefuna 2 ай бұрын

The guy in the red shirt is bouncing on 2 feet while the guy in the grey only has one foot at a time. So which version is correct?

@OutperformOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Both, the goal of the drill is dorsiflexion, landing under the hip etc. It comes down to personal preference.

@karlbratby4349 5 ай бұрын

Different from all I have seen, so who is right? or is there a right and wrong, lots of jumping effort in these examples.

@2DarkHorizon Жыл бұрын

How you do a thing called a "fast" step? I saw Usainbolt do it. It is like your jogging then suddenly you make a fast step like a sprinting leg step.

@lioneljones3140 Жыл бұрын

I’ve seen it called “straight leg fast leg” or “single leg fast leg”. Basically you do a straight leg hop for a couple steps then bring back one leg to the “mountain pose” for leverage and cycle the other leg through “fast”. When the fast leg lands extend the other leg back to straight leg hop. Alternate the fast leg as you go a predetermined distance then sprint out. By far the most aesthetic and intimidating drill to the uninitiated

@2DarkHorizon Жыл бұрын

@@lioneljones3140 Thanks for the information. I didn't find much information on the internet about it. It looks like it can help al ot.

@lioneljones3140 Жыл бұрын

@@2DarkHorizon yeah my first thought was to link a vid but I couldn’t find one so I tried my best to explain in here 🙏🏾

@2DarkHorizon Жыл бұрын

@@lioneljones3140 search "carlin isles speed drills" goto 1 min and 40 seconds in the video. He doesn't seem to do the full stride cycle it seems short and choppy. the video i say usainbolt do it on youtube he was moving faster and the stride cycle was full.