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7 Strides for the First 10 meters

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September 18, 2012 by Jimson Lee 4 Comments

Last Updated on November 17, 2012 by Jimson Lee

One of my earliest workouts when I was a long/triple jumper was jumping off the board from 7 strides.

I didn’t realize it at the time, but my run-up distance was probably… 10 meters!

I wrote about 7 Strides for the First 10 meters back in 2010, where most sprinters reached 10 meters on their 7th step.  Of course, the anomaly is Usain Bolt where he takes 6 strides to cover 10 meters.

If you want to sprint fast, then you might as well imitate the experts, at least to a certain degree.  Before you can reach a certain speed, you have the the pre-requisites of strength, explosive strength and Elastic/Reactive strength first!  You can look up Al Vermeil’s Hierarchy of Athletic Development and see what I mean.  For Elastic/Reactive strength, see Driving Resistance Band Training with a video from Remi Korchemny.

Take a look at the Lausanne Diamond League 100 meter race see YouTube video below.

UPDATE: Sorry, the video is no longer on YouTube.

Lausanne DL 10 meter 7 steps

There are a couple of points to note in the video (the slo-mo appears afterwards). The photo above is taken at the 10 meter mark, which is clearly identified at the end of the 4x100m relay zone.

When you leave the blocks, keep the heel low until the shin is about 45° to the ground.  Then drive the foot down landing on the ground just behind the body’s center of mass (COM).

In the next 7 strides, the angle of shin of the front leg will increase by 6 or 7° per stride so that by 10 meters (or 7 strides) the shin is vertical to the ground.

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Your body shouldn’t be completely vertical at this point (i.e. not standing up, though most Masters and Youth athletes do this, and even myself on a bad day), but there is a still a noticeable forward lean.  Note the body angle increases from about 45° from leaving the blocks to about 30° degrees or less… so that’s about 2° per step moving forward. 

At the 10 meter mark, you should be about 70-75% of your max velocity, and by 30 meters, you’ll be at 90% maxV or more.

When you train short to long, you do Acceleration Development in September or October.  These little things matter today.

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About Jimson Lee

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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  1. FRANK says

    September 18, 2012 at 5:31 am

    Interesting article Jimson.
    One question:
    Do you have any analysis of Lausanne race?
    The 9.69 of Blake is wonderful, and it would be great to have some estimations about his time at 30m or 60m.
    I imagine that his time at 60m would be around +-6.35, but it would be cool to see some study yours about it.

    Regards
    Frank

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  2. radunga says

    September 18, 2012 at 8:21 am

    I expect some data of Yohan Blake too. It’s a pity that since Bolt only his best races are analysed and races plenty of good marks, specially from Yohan Blake haven’t been analysed about.
    The two 9,75 of Yohan Blake, his 9,76 Zurich race, his awesome 9,69 race, his two 9,82, … there are many races without data from him.
    Someone said in Olympic Games the IAAF doesn’t have his biomechanists like in the World Championships. So, we must wait until Moscu 2013 to see some data of Blake.

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  3. John says

    September 18, 2012 at 8:41 am

    Jimson I would like to see an article on your take on 7 or 8 strides to the first hurdle in the mens 110mh. I’m not a hurdle but would like to see your thoughts as it appears quite a few of the guys are switching to 7.

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  4. FRANK says

    September 18, 2012 at 8:59 am

    The last year the 2 9.82 of Blake were interesting for to know his progression in the race, but now really are not very interesting.
    But yes, we should see analysis of his 9.69, his 2 9.75 and his 9.76 soon, is not logical that these excellent times are not analysed.

    Jimson when you can comment us.

    Regards

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