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…beware of this next time you're in blocks. As for your drive phase, there really isn't much of one. You are keeping your head down which can give you an illusion that you are staying low but if your body isn't staying low then you're just running with your head down. It's important to get the right angle out of the blocks and slowly build off it. link to this video If you pause this video at 13 seconds, you will see the proper angle out of the blocks. You should slowly increase this angle over the course of 15-20m.…

> our leg SHOULD NOT be behind your COM. thats impossible, no one will move forward unless they place their leg behind heir COM. thats just physics. Maybe you are talking about what the athlete should "think about", but thats not what really happens. Imagine pushing a heavy sled. do you push it by standing up, reaching your foot forward and pawing the ground until your feet are under your hips (aka leg is in front of COM) or do you push it by bending forward, place your feet behind your hips and driving with the legs (aka, leg behind COM)?? > and your knee is never much, if at all, behind your glutes. look at Powell here, he is clearly pushing after full support and his knee is clearly…