/r/Sprinting
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If you enjoy running really fast, this is the place for you. We are a community composed of coaches and athletes in high school, college, and post-collegiate.
We discuss of race tactics, programming concepts, training advice, research in the field as it relates to sprinting, and news around the professional scene.
Sprinting is an intense anaerobic activity and continues to be an extremely competitive sport and recreational activity for thousands of people across the globe.
Sprinting is extremely popular worldwide, not to be confused with jogging.
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I am a footballer and I look to improve my acceleration mechanics, can you tell me some drills to do it
Does anyone have a yt video of how to do a reverse plank as a hamstring isometric exercise? There are like 20 different versions and I don’t know exactly which is best for hamstring injury prevention. Any help greatly appreciated
Seen this video early today, what does this help exactly? does it help with where i land my feet? is it recommended? or a waste of time if I can find other more effective ways to fix a issue?
Hey guys I strained my quad about six weeks ago and it still hurts is this normal? My knee also started cracking when I bend it all the way.
I ran this 11.06 100m last Thursday, just looking for some feedback and tips to get me that 10.9/10.8!!
Did some 30m flys today after my meet in north Florida did not have the best race, but refocusing on conference and NCAA prelims today I was focus on fixing my backside mechanic and relaxing during my top end running. Being patient coming out of my drive phase my flys were 2.82 2.79 2.75
I am 19 years old running for a small d3 college. I messed around in highschool and did not take it seriously so I only managed to go from 12.3-11.9. I got the chance to run in a d3 college and figured it would be fun. With serious training I managed to go from 11.9-11.5 within 5 months and I feel that I have a lot left in me to drop the time even more. This got me thinking what is the most amount of time someone has dropped in a year and what is realistic. Whats the most amount of time yall have shaved off in the 100?
I would like to know how I can implement plyometrics in my workout plan. Sould they be on gym, max. speed, aceleration days... and how much volume of them.
So I first mastered 2 points and now 3 points. I strike the ground properly, land under my COM and all. I recently bought blocks and was doing some standing starts by placing my front foot on the pad. Did some 3 point similarly too. But is this how should I learn them?
I have this two videos of me sprinting (my bad for the quality i should had recorded closer) and i am trying to get any feedback because i just started in the sport. Thank you.
When sprinting at maximum speed and you extend your leg, should you focus on whipping your leg underneath you or should you just push straight down. When watching usain bolt or marcell jacobs it looks like they are whipping their leg down and behind them.
I see many injury posts on this subreddit, especially about hamstrings. As such, I was wondering about what’s the differences between a hamstring muscle strain vs tendon injury (eg recovery drills, rest duration, overall training program and whether it is appropriate to sprint again)
I had grade 1 hamstring injury one month ago. Not that bad but it completely ruined my programm and i was so in form. One month later now i havent run 100% sprints i only went to 80% and i really don't feel the same. I feel so slow and heavy. Is that normal? Will i get back to where i was soon?
Feedback is appreciated! Second step out of the blocks in the 200m.
Feel free to ask any questions, I’m also super open to advice on things I can work on! Hoping to drop to a 10.5 this week and my new goal of high 10.4 by the end of the season.
I’m a junior in high school and I run the 400m my time is 54.01
I started running track my sophomore year. I really don’t know much about the sport. And I was wondering how my progression was going
My first ever time running a 400 m was in a relay and I ran around 68 seconds. At my first meet that I ran a 400 I got 57.78 and by the end of the season, I ran a 56.88. My season opener for this year was my current PR 54.01 and I’ve had two more meats since then and I’ve run low 55
I want to get a lot faster because I know my times aren’t that good but I was wondering if this was an OK progression?
what’s the difference? I want to learn more about when to push and when to start striking in the 100m
I run 12.6 100m 26.4 200, and just wondering if I am capable of breaking a minute? And what does it take to break a minute?
Hello guys, I started running this months again after a 10 years break. The first few runs were a torture.
I wanted to incorporate some sprinting exercises after my run today.
After sprinting, my muscles under my buttocks (exactly at the back of the leg where the thigh ends and the buttocks begin ) hurt so much, as if something had hardened.
Can anyone give me tips on what I can do about it or tell me what the problem is?
Once you reach your top end around that 60m to 70m mark, is it high knees from there? I been seeing videos saying after the transitioning phase you need to lift the lnees up and i just want to learn more about that last stage of the 100m
I have a new training programme which involves me doing light plyometric training and RFD stuff just before my sprint sessions. Low reps so my tendons don’t fatigue and I can continue executing with max effort. I just started it a couple weeks ago properly but I haven’t done much of this in the past. Being new to this kind of training how long should it take for me to start seeing benefits in my sprint performance over 100s and 200s? I’ve been sprinting for like 9 years but not done too much of this. I get everyone’s bodies are different so it will take different amounts of time of to see improvement but I have heard you can get huge improvements by reducing ground contact time through plyometric training. So yeah just want to know how long it took you guys to see benefits, especially if you have a gct of 0.11 like mine and are trying to get it down to 0.10 soon?
Thanks
I am struggling to get faster during my races (200m/100m) my coach does not go over form with us so I am not sure what the proper form is exactly, I believe that I’m supposed to extend my knee fully but I’m not sure, would appreciate any advice, I linked a short video showing my form
My entire life I’ve been the fastest runner by far on sport teams. I’ve always enjoyed sprinting and was always good at very short distances(50m- 100m). In 8th grade I ran a hand timed 12.2 100m and didn’t think much of it until I got into highschool and saw the track runners at my school running just a bit faster than that time. I’ve gotten a lot faster since that and Recently I made varsity as a sophomore for lacrosse due to being fast and once again, I was faster than all the seniors on the team by a lot. I want to do a sport in college and I’m trying to find the right sport I could excel in. Is it worth it to try out track to see if id do well? Honest answers please dw abt being rude