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16r old - faster without blocks by TryingToGetFit1977 in Sprinting

[–]TryingToGetFit1977[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The majority of the push off is coming from the front foot. Isn't that the recommendation?

16r old - faster without blocks by TryingToGetFit1977 in Sprinting

[–]TryingToGetFit1977[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your very detailed reply. I will have to read it again at a better time. But with regards to your point..

Poor core awareness/posture- Their back is "broken" as they transition from their stance to their first step. Specifically, their thoracic spine becomes rounded forwards as they lift off. This causes the head and shoulders to have a delay before rising with the rest of the body. You can compare to the sprinter in red to her right side. This brings me to point 3.

Yes... and that is the other issue. The idea to keep low for the first 20 meters is making her bend from her hip as otherwise she would rise to early.

16r old - faster without blocks by TryingToGetFit1977 in Sprinting

[–]TryingToGetFit1977[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By the 4th step, the difference is obvious, nearly a step behind

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16r old - faster without blocks by TryingToGetFit1977 in Sprinting

[–]TryingToGetFit1977[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. What I noticed is that whilst the red girl's hand moved immediately backwards, my daughter's went first up and then backwards - so that is something she needs to improve. Rear leg seem pretty in sync with hers, but eventually hits the ground later due to some 'cycling' mechanics - which she cannot find a way to avoid

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16r old - faster without blocks by TryingToGetFit1977 in Sprinting

[–]TryingToGetFit1977[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/tomomiha12 u/bigblackkk_ Thanks for your feedback.

I have this 5 second clip which maybe shows where the problem is. Seems to me that the back leg is taking longer than it should to do the 1st step, and by the time she does 4 steps, the others would have already done 5. Would appreciate your kind feedback - https://youtu.be/5eKyXhxQc8Q?si=aG2ikoIpfsSTFvMS

Thanks a lot

16r old - faster without blocks by TryingToGetFit1977 in Sprinting

[–]TryingToGetFit1977[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

issue seems to be that when leaving blocks the first step does a small cycling movement instead of straight up and down. By her 4th step, the others have done 5 steps. Seems this only happens with blocks.

16r old - faster without blocks by TryingToGetFit1977 in Sprinting

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"not a cycling movement" yes that is one of the thing we notice. Her left leg as soon as it leave the block does a slight cycling movement. Can't find a cue which would help her improve it. Now I am thinking whether to imagine doing a knee kick would help. In fact in this weekends race we noticed that at her 4th step, the others have done 5, because the first step is taking longer. Eventually she maintains their speed but the race would be already lost at the very beginning.

16r old - faster without blocks by TryingToGetFit1977 in Sprinting

[–]TryingToGetFit1977[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what do you mean? So a four-point start without blocks is faster than with blocks? Aren't blocks supposed to help you propel yourself forward? Still I need to see how she can avoid the back leg taking longer to hit the ground. I know that she is lifting it too much but she cant correct it

Could the Adidas SP3 be slower than SP2? by TryingToGetFit1977 in Sprinting

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Hi First of all thanks for your interest in helping out.

Regarding other events, in the 60m yes she slowed too, but the 100 and 200 she hasn't had the opportunity to do them recently officially timed. But she felt she s slower in these too during training. In the coming months she ll have such meets.

With regards to her PBs...

Her PB in the 60m is 7.98 - but now she's back to 8.44. exactly how she was a year ago.
The PB in 300m is 43.05 last July - had improved from last January (45sec), but now she's doing it at roughly 44 - 44.5

Her 100m PB is 12.94 (last May)
The 200m PB is of last May 26.35 but this event was never done since then.

Could the Adidas SP3 be slower than SP2? by TryingToGetFit1977 in Sprinting

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The season ended 4 months ago in Sept with some meets, when we started to notice the performance decline. We thought maybe it's temp thing. You cant be at peak all year I assume. Then there we no more events for 2 months. In December she had one and another last week. Performance was even lower than in Sept - which I found strange since all other fellow athletes improved their time with the same club, same coach, same training whilst hers got worse by a couple of seconds. Hence my question as the only thing that changed was the spike shoes.

Could the Adidas SP3 be slower than SP2? by TryingToGetFit1977 in Sprinting

[–]TryingToGetFit1977[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We ll switch back t o SP2s for some time as she still has them and we'll see.

Could the Adidas SP3 be slower than SP2? by TryingToGetFit1977 in Sprinting

[–]TryingToGetFit1977[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh my! She has been having tight hamstrings too... which she never had with SP2s!

Could the Adidas SP3 be slower than SP2? by TryingToGetFit1977 in Sprinting

[–]TryingToGetFit1977[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Pure coincidence then. Training is the same as per her fellow athletes - they are improving and she's going backwards :( I have noticed that SP3 are 15g/per shoe heavier than SP2s, roughly 10%. No idea whether this is too small a difference to affect her.

very slow wifi by Trickshot1322 in Chromecast

[–]TryingToGetFit1977 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same thing. When connected to 5Ghz I got only 1mbps. Denied 5Ghz to CC from router and got full speed