If you enjoyed the British version of Sports Matters “Worlds Fastest Man” with Michael Johnson, you’ll certainly enjoy this 1 hour documentary of Sports Science with Asafa Powell on Japanese TV.
There are no commercials, and you can view the 5 part, 10 min segments of the show below.
The show is in Japanese, but it’s well worth watching. Some highlights:
- All his World Records are shown (9.77s and 9.74)
- The 2007 Osaka World Championships loss to Tyson
- Most interviews are in English, with Japanese subtitles
- Lots of slow motion to study his form
- Good section on Tyson Gay in Part 2
- Nice side by side analysis of Tyson and Asafa – you don’t need Dartfish, but a translator helps!
I’ve been playing with some of the new video technologies out there, and I like the way I can show a playlist of videos, rather than having all the videos one after another. This saves a lot of real estate room on this Blog. I will write another article on this at a later date. Do you like the playlist to the right, or the auto-scroll playlist on the bottom?
Jimson Lee
Coach & Founder at SpeedEndurance.com
I am a Masters Athlete and Coach currently based in London UK. My other projects include the Bud Winter Foundation, writer for the IAAF New Studies in Athletics Journal (NSA) and a member of the Track & Field Writers of America.
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Now, how good is this and I’ve only seen Part 1?! Thanks for sharing! speedendurance.com is hitting on all cylinders with these kind of posts.
@ Fred – Thanks for the encouragement , there’s more to come!