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Block Starts and Acceleration Mechanics by Tom Tellez

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Tom Tellez explains block settings and acceleration mechanics during a clinic lecture.

A 5 minute teaser from our HPC ELITETRACK Gold Medal Clinic DVD. This particular lecture is by legendary sprint coach Tom Tellez. Tom is the former coach of sprint greats Carl Lewis, Mike Marsh, and Leroy Burrell. Tom speaks about block settings, acceleration mechanics and other important aspects of teh start. This lecture was filmed at the 2008 Olympic Trials Super Clinic. This DVD can be purchased from HPCsport.com.

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What commenters say. Recommended as an excellent explanation of block start positions and how to set up blocks.

@opus1one1in r/Sprinting • Recommends

On “[Form-Check] Block Stars and Here is the problems that i can see (actually looking for solutions)”

There is a lot of literature, video, etc, you can see but as an athlete I think you want to be careful of what you dig up on the internet. Nothing will serve you better than a good coach who will tell you exactly what ***you*** need to know. That said, here's a great video by Tom Tellez on start positions. link to this video
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@Sinnermarioin r/Sprinting • Recommends

On “Spikes and Blocks”

Is that program expensive ? Tom Tellez explains it well in this video: link to this video
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@Humble-Yoghurt5780in r/Sprinting • Recommends

On “Feels heavy on my fingers during blocks”

You have too much weight on your arms. Try raising your hips higher and move your shoulders back. link to this video
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@Sinnermarioin r/Sprinting • Mentions

On “Having a high stakes foot race in two weeks. I have begun what I call "bang for your buck" movements to gain as much of an advantage as I can during the insanely small window to prepare. Would you approve of this or change something?”

lmao you guys are weird but funny. I would concentrat on lifting your knees high up to your chest in the first few steps at the start, just think of violanty snapping your legs forward as if it was being pulled by a string attached to the knee. and most importantly, dont try to raise your upper body on purpose as you take your first step. almost forgot, the distance to the line is very important. Make sure you play with this as long as needed to achieve the things spoken in this video.
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