What We Can Learn From Terrance Laird (9.80) vs Matthew Boling 2021 SEC 100m Dash Final

[@ATHLETE.X]

Is there anything you think Terrance Laird or Matthew Boling can improve on?

[@matthewkaram9615]

Bolings foot placement is sometimes bad but I told his coach about it

[@xmo9606]

Laird...Low heel recovery on his start, Boling...as you said try to be more relaxed in the alter half of his race, and he has a lot of what I'd say is wasted movement close to the end.

[@loganwhite3161]

It seems like boling start isn’t as good as it could be, something to work on in the off season. Boling didn’t really fall behind much after 50m.

[@ATHLETE.X]

@@loganwhite3161 yep to me it looks like Laird gapped him in the first part of the race and then from there it was set in stone.

[@therealg4197]

@@ATHLETE.X I think Lairds top speed is just higher in general. Even if boling got a good start I think it wouldn’t have made a big difference

[@loganwhite3161]

Can you do more of these breakdowns ? Help out a lot, thanks!

[@ATHLETE.X]

Yeah man if you find it helpful I’d be happy to do more of these

[@simbarashemaketa29]

🤝

[@Ev-eq8zn]

Would like to see you breakdown Trayvon Bromell, Mike Rodgers, Coleman, Blake..

[@ThePassionofSprinting]

It’s always so exciting with these Sprint Talents in America 🇺🇸

[@ATHLETE.X]

Yeah man, I’m happy there’s a strong generation coming up. It’s good for the sport!

[@DANGJOS]

Those guys in the beginning would have had a phenomenal 40 yard dash time! Just goes to show that a fast 40 doesn't always translate to highest top speed. Thanks for the great analysis!

[@MrTrackman100]

Thanks for the analysis. You're the only one, I believe, who noticed the sprinter to Boling's left flinched. Should have been a re-start.

[@bui340]

Lairds nervous system is really working flawless

[@ohyeahohyeahooooh]

The mega doping helps ... ...

[@therealg4197]

@@ohyeahohyeahooooh lol if boling was won. I’m sure you wouldn’t say that

[@kvltman782]

@@ohyeahohyeahooooh dude. Everyone dopes. Who cares

[@kimchiramyun3765]

@@kvltman782 you think what would help your cns ?

[@minhgtr]

Is Terrance's stride frequency greater at the acceleration phase and throughout the race? Looks like he is turning over quicker and more?

[@seifullaah73]

That's crazy. It felt like he may have stumbled slightly around the 4th to 7th step and felt he had to quickly recover. He also has a lot of head movement in the beginning. But so many people told low heel recovery will improve stride efficiency as less time spent in the air but he doesn't. So is toe drag important. Also in top speed mechanics of the front leg hitting the ground is it pawing the ground with the leg straight in front or after high knee do you want to strike directly down rather than straightening and pawing. Thanks for that analysis.

[@marc4hunnid400]

Trying to study, and getting better at my spirits mechanic and you my man know what you’re talking about! Good content! Continue providing us with information thank you! This is a LEGIT breakdown tell us about technique and mechanics

[@ATHLETE.X]

Thank you bro! Appreciate your comment

[@DANGJOS]

Also, since Terrence and Matt are both familiar with running the 200, neither get tired towards the end of the race. They maintain their high speed.

[@cavaleer]

Great analysis. New subscriber.

[@ricpr]

Great review. I didn't see that you covered the loss of efficiency by Boling right out of the blocks. You can see Boling's head move side to side immediately as he comes out of the blocks versus Laird's head moving up and down. Laird's movement is less disruptive to acceleration and Boling loses time with a less efficient movement because he's trying to maintain balance while accelerating.

[@ATHLETE.X]

Good eye! Definitely a lot of movement going on that isn’t helping him move forward efficiently. Thanks for your comment.

[@im_reyz8780]

How is he so fast while being small and not muscular whereas other top sprinters are jacked

[@efisgpr]

Muscular doesn't equal strong. Skinny doesn't equal weak. He's gotta be very strong.

[@DANGJOS]

@@efisgpr And also strong doesn't necessarily equal fast. There's a lot of factors.

[@jaygaming6]

He can generate a lot of force with arms and legs quickly compared to his body weight

[@EeeandDad]

Excellent examination

[@bosshicks9152]

Look at all the ground that fahnbulleh covered in the last 20 yards in the 100m and the 200 meters, I think fahnbulleh might be pretty good if he can work on his starts. He's still a sophomore and I think he'll probably get better.

[@riccardogiovetti]

Can you do a Marcell Jacobs' race review after he breaks again the italian record on Saturday 22nd?

[@adrianbento3298]

He just won the Olympics

[@mageshwaran.v7000]

Can u break down Noha willam 400m race.

[@thomasbridges7323]

My man your good folks dont know what time it is when running but we all get hyped up street running is very deep its best he has some one who knows how he runs true how they can break when some one is way out in front of you but its best to roll as you can or you will pull up training is good to keep in mind keep your head on right dont let that wow i am fast there is allways some one or more whos better who ran for a while he turned pro thats every day for the rest of his young life its a loners sport training eatting plus whos in your corner so its good talk as we know others run diffent arm movement thanks any way wish you all well better to watch real stuff not the news all the time the guy can fly we all who keep up are to see what happens early watcher i am

[@christiansantos7164]

Thanks, Coach. 🙏🏽

[@SDesWriter]

He's got the best top end speed in college and maybe the best top-end speed in the world. With him it's always a question of his start because in the East qualifier he had to come from behind it every race. He's still fast enough to do it in most fields but that's why you don't see him putting up 9.9's every race.

[@gabrielguerrero3404]

Wind helped quite a bit

[@mushrafshariff7109]

Very useful!

[@davidschreiner4411]

Also, one thing we can learn here and maybe the overall narrative of what we just saw Which certainly needs to be Mentioned is somebody running the 100 meters in a time that would have won the Hundred meter Olympic final in 2016 over Usain Bolts time of 9.81 !

[@henrybrowne7248]

Excellent presentation, Mr. X. Do you think his coaches will be able to do the same?

[@efisgpr]

Hell yes

[@joehaynes7092]

Has anyone tried his sprinting workouts programs and did they seem to help you run better? I wanna try but I don’t wanna get them if they are just gonna be like do 6x30 tues thurs and 8x200 mon wed and Friday time trial cuz I’ve had friends get programs in lifting that were basically just anything you could find on the first page of google

[@SkinnyLegs]

his sprinting stance looks exactly like usain's bolt

[@emanuelemarzorati4983]

hi man hope you are doing fine I would like to ask you if hip trust can be an instrument to increase performance in the sprints I'll start again doing gym soon (interrupted for a certain virus) and because I have very big quads but weak glutes I was thinking to use in a first moment only posterior chain exercises and then, once those muscles will match the quads add squat and ecc. thank you for all the information bye

[@ATHLETE.X]

Hey Emanuele, hip thrusts are good but sometimes they irritate my pelvic bone and femoral nerve, but this is typically only when I get to high weights. Lower weights don't give me problems. Reverse lunge is a good exercise for glute activation, so that might be one to try as well. I would aim for maybe a 60/40 or 70/30 split between posterior chain and anterior chain work just so you can work everything but emphasize glutes and hamstrings more.

[@emanuelemarzorati4983]

@@ATHLETE.X thank you so much man as always i bought one of your programs and I can't wait the next season to preper put it into work

[@GeekyJay79]

What’s the age difference between T and M? Also, with world class coaching at this collegiate level, why does Matt’s starts still look uncomfortable and slow? Surely there could be potential to drop at least .25 of a sec right there alone.

[@bosshicks9152]

Matt should stick to the 100 m and the 4x100, because he struggle getting past lang and fahnbulleh came and passed him in the last 10 yards of the 200

[@mikemike-id8ow]

Hey hope you get to see this Coach im a 100meter specialist i rarely do any distance longer than 100meters in training, i have power because I solely focus on speed work and short endurance based training. Recently i spoke to another pro athlete running good times in the 100meters he has a SB of 9.91...he told me for the past five months since he stopped doing the 200meters because of age and trying to run only the 100m at the olympics,he has solely been focusing on building speed-work and i asked him about endurance he said they would do a sled session of up to 50meters for endurance 50mx 6 sled pulls,do you think this is a smart plan ? Does it make sense for a person who only runs 100meter to overload themselves in training bu doing 150s,200s? Why is it that an NFL player who has no track experience never, never sprinted more than 120meters comes to a track meet and runs 10.30 in the 100m is it because the NFL training focuses on power and speed and no endurance as opposed to most track programs.....thus leaving an athlete fresh and stronger?

[@ATHLETE.X]

My gut feeling is that the larger and more muscular the athlete, the more they can focus on things like longer distance sled pulls instead of longer distance runs, whereas skinnier athletes and those with lower absolute strength levels need to focus more on longer runs. Long runs can be draining on the bigger/stronger athletes if they do too much, seeing as they're doing a lot more work than someone who weighs less while running the same distance. Considering all this, that idea of doing sleds for endurance seems intriguing and maybe something I'll try myself!

[@corporatehousing5452]

Terrence steppage gait is similar to usain.

[@gabriels6444]

Yo whats the name of the background beat?

[@ATHLETE.X]

"Like That" by Anno Domini Beats

[@gabriels6444]

@@ATHLETE.X Thx man love your sprint advice

[@AbhishekThakur-xj7sp]

What's his weight and height...?

[@totallyraw1313]

What is Laird's height and weight?

[@ATHLETE.X]

Not sure on that. Can’t seem to find it online

[@DeeZeeKidd]

5ft 7in and 130lbs

[@runningthor1999]

I think i read 5’10 150 somewhere, Boling is 6’0 so it looks about right.

[@DeeZeeKidd]

@@runningthor1999 Boling is 6ft 1in and 171 lbs. Laird, is 5ft 7in and 130 lbs. He looks like a wee dwarf next to Matt. Next to Fahnbulleh, his mid section is about the size of Joe's left thigh. FYI -- Sha-Carri is 5ft 1in and 105lbs.

[@totallyraw1313]

@@DeeZeeKidd Does he do any gym training?

[@sergeyk7821]

But why is no one talking about fanbullah speed at the end that’s world class

[@joehaynes7092]

You might wanna change your name on KZbin I can hardly ever find you I get athlete x or athlete special videos over you even when I type in like athlete x sprint workout. I even typed athlete.x and you didn’t pop up

[@ATHLETE.X]

Thanks for the heads up Joe

[@Ev-eq8zn]

How tall is Terrance? Anyone?

[@Nubako463]

He had 3.2 wind

[@kevinsimmons5086]

Did yalk notice the white guy gobble the comp for 2nd place?

[@paswelvibe1394]

Yoo cody

[@ATHLETE.X]

What up homie! Thanks for watching

[@adamb.2235]

I think Terrance was ahead of boling in the beginning and then Matt kept the distance after. So boling just has to work out his beginning strides

[@Brave-828]

Laird has run down Boling a few times. It’s not the start. Laird is just so much better than Boling

[@Guillermo153]

Bowling gave me the impression that he was going to win with those long strides

[@leonforte7139]

He got out too Late & try to Make up, not always Possible

[@Nubako463]

That’s a 9.94

[@europaeuropa3673]

Laird is kind of skinny. I don't see a lot of muscle development. He doesn't appear to be dead lifting or squatting 500 lbs or more, maybe 300 to 400 lbs if that. He doesn't look like he's been training with heavy weight.

[@Aaron12561]

Training with heavy weight is not always the answer for a sprinter. He has great elasticity from what I can see, so from what I see he is doing well from whatever weight training he is doing.

[@ATHLETE.X]

Yeah I think Laird is the greyhound type of sprinter. My guess is if he went too hard on the heavy weights he’d end up discoordinated or feeling flat. He can still lift, but hitting slow grinders aiming for 1RM’s are probably not optimal for him.

[@Aaron12561]

@@ATHLETE.X Correct heavy weight for him would I think would just bog him down. When I watched him from the front he has so much lift(I call it bounce) that it makes everything look so easy.

[@Aaron12561]

@@ATHLETE.X I also just sent your analysis to my sprint team and said that everything you speak on is the same thing I speak on in our practice, and I’m a high school coach

[@ATHLETE.X]

@@Aaron12561 awesome man thanks for sharing. I know for me it’s helped get the point across to athletes when I can show it’s not just me telling them to do something, but that other coaches teach the same lessons.

[@MangoSlade.]

Who are you?????

[@ATHLETE.X]

I’m not exactly sure.

[@ConstantineAtByron]

Technique dude. Get your spelling right.

[@ATHLETE.X]

Nice catch, thanks for the heads up.

[@ConstantineAtByron]

@@ATHLETE.X Now I feel bad for mentioning it. You owned it. That happens rarely. Thanks

[@jamesmusbach1182]

Means Nothing.. Peaking to early.. VS... Olympics