Fix These 3 Things To Immediately Run Faster

[@Runlovelive10]

Love all your videos! Very very helpful on my track journey 👊

[@Performancelabofcalifornia]

Keep up the great work! I have a few videos in the queue I’m working on but let me know if you have recommendations

[@Runlovelive10]

@@Performancelabofcaliforniamaybe a breakdown on middle distance runners (400-800m) e.g Quincy Wilson. I know you’ve already done one on him before, but I’m v interested in how far he kicks of the ground and how high his heel comes up in the air. He’s so quick for his age and I’m wondering how much of his success is due to his form.

[@Performancelabofcalifornia]

It always has a lot to do with form. He gets a great push off especially for his height with a lot of range through the backside. While also maintaining a quick leg cycle, that would be something you may want to focus on is maintaining a quick leg cycle even with a strong push off..

[@Runlovelive10]

@@PerformancelabofcaliforniaThanks a lot 👊

[@Yuvrazspondon2955]

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[@Performancelabofcalifornia]

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[@astroAl76]

Good video...but I was surprised to see the sole of Lyles' foot pointing skyward...and your recommendation to do so. I'd always heard that was something to avoid. And yes, I know I'm embarrassing myself critiquing Noah Lyles.

[@petermercadante630]

It’s an interesting point. Tony Holler of “Feed the Cats” fame is one coach who holds that “pointing the sole of your spikes to the sky” is wrong form. However both Lyles and Tebogo the 200m Olympic champion do exactly that and looking at videos of elite athletes it looks to me like this is how most run. Holler’s response to this observation is that they are outliers but I think you need to come up with a more compelling reason to explain why the best athletes in the world are not conforming to what he says are proper mechanics and run so fast. Hopefully Morey will comment.

[@TerrifyingSaviourGOO]

yohan blake also reviewed some sprinting clips a few years ago and he also told to avoid it

[@petermercadante630]

@@TerrifyingSaviourGOO I don't know in what context Blake said that but there is a breakdown of Blake running 9.69 on this site and at max velocity he clearly has his spikes pointing up as does Tyson Gay who finished second. Bolt is another one who clearly ran that way. There are exceptions but I doubt whether at max velocity you can control the height of the back swing. I do not know if anyone has made a biomechanical argument in favour of a low backswing but the evidence we have is that the world record holder Bolt, the current Olympic champions at 100m Lyles and 200m Tebogo all have the soles of their spikes facing to the sky at full speed. .

[@Performancelabofcalifornia]

Yes this is something that I have been talking about more as it directly correlates to more effective turnover and just made a video of it recently. The reason it is important TO DO is because of the push off effectiveness it represents within the foot. So the action of the foot SHOULD NOT be happening after toe off or as an excessive movement, but instead should come from such a strong 'push' as the foot is leaving the ground that the foot naturally goes into that position. Essentially, it is a way of assessing the quality of an athlete's push off, so by coaching it out of an athlete you would be limiting the amount of distance they could cover per step. (All great sprinters do this by the way)

[@Performancelabofcalifornia]

Yeah he does it when sprinting so definitely isnt something to 100% avoid.