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Why Su Bingtian has the best acceleration in history, and how it was done.
In last week's post, I left you with a question about how you might use a Whole Body Motor Strategy System to inform your coaching or therapy. Did you give this some thought? Any ideas? Here are mine, if you're interested: Inform sprinting mechanics Aid in training prescription Help predict injuries Monitor return to performance programs Establish cohort-specific norms Let's...
A Whole-Body Approach in Pro Sports [New insights into sprint biomechanics]
In last week's article, we talked about a holistic way of looking at sprint biomechanics - what's been called a whole-body approach, and I shared Dr. James Wild's initial forays into this from over a decade ago. In this work, he developed a dual-axis framework which determined the motor strategy of athletes based upon their relative step rate - step...
what the heck’s a whole-body strategy? [a big-picture look into sprint biomechanics]
In sprint biomechanics, we can quite easily get caught up in the minutia. Ground contact time, flight time, step length, step frequency, stiffness, momentum, acceleration, peak velocity, average velocity, thigh angular velocity, toe-off angle, touchdown distance … the list goes on. It can quickly become overwhelming - so I totally understand the nature of many of your questions as they...
Why Sprinting Biomechanics Matter – with the exception of technique
In this article, I'm going to talk about all the reasons why sprinting biomechanics matter - with the exception of technique! Coaches often view sprint technique in team sports through the same lens as in track and field, but they are very different. In track and field, biomechanical analyses of sprinting have a long history. In team sports, the role...
The Motion-IQ Braking-COD Report
The Motion-IQ COD-Braking Report is finally here! Today, we're introducing our new COD-Braking Report - developed with agility expert Rich Clarke. We've had a ton of requests for this over the last 6 months, and so it's with great excitement that we can finally share it with you. Page 1 of The Report is an overview of the most-important COD...