Loren Seagrave Drills Front Side Mechanics

Watch these videos. Might help. Better than trying to explain with words. There's many different ways of attacking the ground. Some do it volitionally. Others invoke the flex-extension reflex. Others learn the technique through dribbles etc and mini hurdles or wickets. link to this video link to this video link to this video link to this video

You're leaning forward at the waist through the whole race - as if you never really transition from acceleration into top speed phase. Your backside mechanics are wayyyy too big. After leaving the ground, your foot should ideally move in a straight line to directly beneath your hip socket. Right now your feet loop up behind your butt. This guy has some drills/demonstrations: link to this video I agree with the other commenters about your arms. Your right arm becomes almost completely extended behind you.

First of all, this is all from my personal experience. Do lots of drills (example), sprint starts, blocks, 30m sprints, stuff like that. It's unlikely that you will improve speed by doing aerobic workouts. You might improve your 400m for example, but your top speed will remain the same. You achieve higher top speed by doing more sprints, but with long recoveries (quality, not quantity). To get most out of it you'll probably have to hit some weights (see Yohan Blake for example). But everyone is a bit different and pumping weights might not be so beneficial to some people. Though sprinters, especially those in the 100m, usually have some sort of a gym-workout routine.

…come close to clearing through to the front side. However, in the comparison image, their leg angles are much tighter and the swing-leg knee has cleared through to the front side by the time ground contact is made and significantly further by the time the plant leg is directly below their C of G. Here's some instruction on front-side mechanics: [video Some of the drills here would also be helpful: [video It also just looks like your swing leg isn't closing up and getting to a nice front-side position. It's stopping low, but I think that's because it is slow getting to the front side so it has to start coming down before it travels through to it's full potential range. The two go hand…