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Stop Dragging your Toes: part II
Thanks for coming back. In part I, I offered my thoughts on why the ‘toe-drag’ is not the be-all / end-all it is often made out to be, and in fact, a practice I would discourage in almost all instances. To promote ‘low heel recovery’ is often offered as the reason why coaches instruct athletes to drag their toes -...
Stop Dragging Your Toes!
Over the last 15 years or so, there has been a debate in the track and field world around the recovery height of the heels during early acceleration in sprinting. We actually don’t obsess over ‘low recovery of heel’ in the initial steps, but we understand why many do. Many of the world’s top sprinters’ heel recovery is so low...
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