2 Secrets to Sprinting: Forward Lean and Longer Ground Contact

2 Secrets to Sprinting: Forward Lean and Longer Ground Contact

October 26, 2010 By Jimson Lee 12 Comments

Share There’s a reason why the October Issue of Men’s Health is pictured on the left. (Thanks to Divinio A. for pointing it out) Here is a snippet of the article on page 36 referring to Leaning Power: "Dig, dig, dig!" may not be the best advice to shout at a sprinter. A recent German [...]

Filed Under: 400 meters, Coaching, Featured Story, Track & Field, Training Tagged With: speed, sprinting, top speed

Clarification on Fastest Recorded 10 meter Split

July 26, 2010 By Jimson Lee 6 Comments

Share Time for some clarifications on last week’s article On Top End Speed and Speed Endurance. In the article Usain Bolt 100m 10 meter Splits and Speed Endurance, I wrote at the time 0.83 was the fastest record split before Usain Bolt ran 0.82 (from 50-80m) at the 2008 Beijing OG. He subsequently ran 0.81 [...]

Filed Under: Featured Story, Track & Field, Videos Tagged With: Asafa Powell, Ben Johnson, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis, Chidi Imoh, Christophe Lemaitre, Desai Williams, Lindford Christie, Marian Woronin, Maurice Greene, speed, speed endurance, top speed, Usain Bolt

Increase Vertical Jump with Plyometric Exercises

December 10, 2008 By Jimson Lee Leave a Comment

Share The vertical jump is one of many tests performed at the Football Combine. The following speed, power and explosive tests are as follows: 40 yard dash Vertical Jump Max 225 Bench Reps Standing Long Jump For Football quickness and agility, they may do the following: Pro-Agility Test (lateral agility or I-test) J or L [...]

Filed Under: 40 Yard Dash, Basketball, Coaching, Training Tagged With: 40 Yard Dash, Basketball, Fitness Testing, power speed, speed, top speed, Track & Field, Training

Is Bolt the Greatest Athlete Today?

December 5, 2008 By Jay Hicks 4 Comments

Share 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 [...]

Filed Under: Track & Field Tagged With: 100 meters, 200 meters, 4x100, Olympics, relay, sprinter, top speed, Track & Field, Usain Bolt

Reaction Time, Usain Bolt and the Pareto 80-20 Rule

November 30, 2008 By Jimson Lee 3 Comments

Share 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 [...]