▶ 100m USAIN BOLT SLOW MOTION ART OF SPRINTING FASTEST MAN

If you watch slow-motion videos of professional sprinters, they actually don't run on the "balls of their feet" in the way we'd imagine- their feet strike the ground surprisingly more level than most people think. The more accurate way to describe a sprinter's mechanic is a forefoot strike. You honestly don't need that if you're not sprinting, and there's even been recent debate on whether or not there's anything wrong with striking heel first when jogging, since heel-toe is normal human gait. The science on heel-strike and injury rate is inconclusive at best. Additionally, if you just start running at the forefoot, your calves will hate you instead of your shins. Obviously there's mor…

The Basics http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/sprintingtechnique.html Technique Drills http://www.brianmac.co.uk/sprints/sprintdrills.htm World Class Sprinters in Slow-mo link to this video link to this video link to this video I believe the best way to work on form is to do easy-moderate pace sprints until proper form becomes second nature.

From my knowledge, you aren't supposed to aim for a toe strike, but instead for a forefoot strike. If you look at this slow-mo vid with Usain+ some other top class sprinters, they don't stay on their toes, but instead the front of their foot. I don't really have advice for stomping your feet, but could you be over-striding/overreaching by any chance, hence leading to your heel striking the ground first?

Well, you should be dorsiflexed for the majority of the time, then at the last instant, the toe pushes and and hits the ground first. Example Also, I wouldn't expect pro soccer players to have the best of form for sprinting. They're more worried about being able to change direction at any time than hitting a true max speed.

…heir foot in front of their body and many of them will kiss the ground with the back part of their foot. One typically doesn't apply much force through the heel if you look at force plate studies, but in slow-motion video there's often the slightest bit of contact. You can pause this video and check out what a bunch of sprinters do mechanically: link to this video It's hard to tell whose heel touches the ground, but Bolt's foot collapses ever so slightly just before he transitions to his late stance phase, although I don't think the furthest part of his heel hits the ground. The sprinter to his inside definitely hits the ground. Lemaitre on his outside, however, is very high on his toes. All are m…