Ben Simons

🏃‍♂️ Kneeling starts are a great tool for acceleration development, optimising horizontal force application while encouraging shin roll, hip extension before knee extension and aggressive projection angles during early acceleration.

1️⃣ SL Full Kneeling - this one is tough! Swing the free leg through rapidly while extending the hip of the kneeling leg forcefully to create enough time to create stride 1

2️⃣ Half Kneeling – This one is much easier an appropriate for any level! Let the shin roll over the toe and drive the ground away, project torso down the track.

3️⃣ Full kneeling –
Extend Hips quickly over the shins, switch limbs rapidly.

4️⃣ Kneeling MB Toss –
Extend Hips over the shins and extend through the medicine ball.

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5 months ago

💥Rocker Jumps💥

Most people will see a cheated seated box jump.... while they do make seated or static start jumps easier for beginners, they still serve a specific purpose for more advanced athletes.

The horizontal momentum created by the rock-in forces you to use the while foot and apply force fully throught the floor. The relaxed rock-in also forces you to take up muscle slack very quickly, initiating the stretch reflex with minimum countermovement, as would happen in many competition environments.

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5 months ago

Monkeying around 🐒 @vivobarefoot

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5 months ago