Is Bolt the Greatest Athlete Today?
December 5, 2008 by Jay Hicks
Is Bolt the Greatest Athlete Today?
He may not be a decathlete, but Usain “Lightening” Bolt is hands-down the top male athlete in professional sports today. Yes I am talking about the best today - not five years ago, or last year or even potential for the future.
Why?
Besides the fact that the six foot, five inch […]
Dwain Chambers on Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Stride Length and Stride Frequency
December 2, 2008 by Jimson Lee
Here are some quotes from the original article on timesonline.co.uk, and some commentary and analysis that follows it.
On Extrapolating 60 meters performances to 100 meters
Charles van Commenee, the new head coach at UKA, has said that Chambers is welcome back and the sprinter is hoping that this message will lead to a change in thinking. […]
Reaction Time, Usain Bolt and the Pareto 80-20 Rule
November 30, 2008 by Jimson Lee
The 100 meters can be broken down into 3 parts:
reaction time,
acceleration to top speed,
speed endurance,
If you take Usain Bolt’s 9.69 time from Beijing 2008 as a percentage of time, you get:
Reaction time = 0.165 (1.7%),
0-60m without reaction time = 6.155 (63.5%),
60-100m including celebration = 3.37 (34.8%),
The term “Acceleration”, or roughly the first 60 meters or […]
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