12/02/2021
Today’s 1 on 1 session with one of my track athletes at Olathe Northwest in preparation for the season 🏃🏻♀️
Today’s focus was on low heel recovery during our drive phase of sprinting. The first 2-3 steps while accelerating are very crucial to having a good start in a race. By having low heel recovery, it shortens the time your feet are off the ground, while remaining powerful and pushing/driving your momentum forward.
1st video: Andie’s first step is nice and low to the ground, but her second step is much higher. On that second step, her heel comes up so high she almost kicks her butt.
2nd video: We stacked some cones, and placed them behind her front foot. The goal was to kick the top cone off, to ensure that second step stays low.
Last video: If you compare the first and last videos, you can see how much lower her feet are in relation to the ground. That left heel doesn’t even come close to her butt this time and she is almost dragging her toes which is awesome! Again this ensures she gets quicker, more powerful strides out of the blocks in a race.
Very productive session, still little things we can improve on, but very proud and happy with today’s results 🙌🏾