Hurdle Drills: Arm and Hip Flexor Focus

Your trail arm is going too far past your hip. It opens up your body and causes you to be off-balance. Instead of swinging wide, rip your trail arm back to the hip (back to natural sprinting position). Like this second drill Also, hurdling is not hopping. You are killing all of your sprinting momentum by jumping up over the hurdle. Your lead leg action begins from your lead knee. Drive that knee up while flexing your toe (think A-skips). I think you should focus on doing fundamental drills like this I totally understand how it feels not to have specific hurdle training. I began my career that way, and I became obsessive about doing my own drills and workouts. YouTube has so many incr…

Hello! I think your lead-leg and trail-leg are pretty solid for just starting out. If I could start with one suggestion, I would suggest a cleaner arm action. When you're going over, your trail arm is swinging wide. When your arm swings wide, it opens up your hips and shoulders, causing you to be off-balance. In the second drill in this video, you can see a demonstration of how your arm is supposed to look. Do this drill (and so many other helpful drills on YouTube--seriously, it is a fantastic resource for hurdles). It's important to remember that the fastest runner wins the race. The 110mh is a sprint; the hurdles are just in your way. Your hurdle form should return you to your sprin…