100m - Asafa Powell - 9.72 - Lausanne 2008

The first step is to continue training. You will improve over time. Two things I’m noticing: There’s a lack of intentionality in the arms. You want to drive the arms, staying relaxed at the shoulder joint. As the leg passes behind the body, you’re sort of lagging. Elite sprinters rip the leg from the ground as it passes behind the body (slow down the attached video to 0.25 to get a good look). This can be rehearsed directly with drills like scissor bounds and thigh pops, as well as indirectly through exercises like sit ups.

link to this video this is much better. skip to about 4:50. I watch it before each race

Any video of those? It seems like you’re letting the leg trail behind the body before bringing it back. You want to rip the thigh from the ground. Developing trunk stiffness will help with that. Play that clip in 0.25 speed and notice how the trunk muscles contribute to the effort. Try a few of these in your warm up before drills. As you raise the knee in your drills, slightly flex the trunk.

Lol at wristwatch first time I've noticed this. prob seen this race 50-60 times. [video

What was Asafa Powell's 60m Split at Lausanne? The race: [video ​ I got mulitiple divergent sources on his 60m split: ​ **1**.https://forum.charliefrancis.com/t/asafa-powell-9-72s/37020/36 Pj Vazel under that post says something like 6.31 or 6.32. **2.**https://mobile.twitter.com/LR\_Jeffrey/status/1567515262370578434?cxt=HHwWhIDQme-098ArAAAA This guy on twitter got him at 6.31 **3**.[video On Youtube, this channel got him at 6.33 ​ So is it 6.31 or 6.32 or 6.33? that's my question.