On that video of Noah Lyles there he seems to land with his heel slightly above the ground then it collapses and his foot his flat before he toes off again. I have heard it’s best to land on the ball of your foot and keep heel above the ground because the heel collapsing increases ground contact time and means your ankles and the muscles/tendons surrounding aren’t strong enough to hold the weight of the force you are putting into the ground. But some sources say this collapse of the heel is good because it means the achilles tendon is stretching then contracting. Which one is true and what is better? Heel touching the ground or heel staying elevated?
Great question. I would say it depends on the foot strike. If you strike more on the front part of the foot (towards the toes) slightly longer ankle drop to stretch the achilles is preferred, while if you land further back in the foot (behind ball of the foot) then limiting heel drop would be preferred 💯💪
I've always heard it's a breaking force striking the ground like that, but hey that's noah lyles so whatever he's doing must be working. The Jamaican Sprinter Julian Forte on his RUclips channel had a great metaphor for running fast that I like, he said its like when you flip a bike over and spin the wheel, at first you do hard , long strikes, but as you get the wheel at top end speed you want your contact time to be as short as possible because the longer your hand on the spinning wheel would create the wheel to slow down. I think that's so intuitive and brilliant since we've all tried that as kids.
@@Performancelabofcalifornia But surely if your heel is dropping your ankle is dropping as the whole foot kinda falls down a bit? Also if you land behind the ball of the foot your ankle is dorsiflexed so when you land your heel will almost always touch the ground surely? I would have thought if you land on the front of your foot, limit your heel dropping to the ground, then if you land on the back you should limit the amount of time your heel touches the ground. When you say ankle drop do you mean when it collapses inwards like supination?
@@TheChinaPlay Yes exactly, at the beginning the foot contact time is much longer, but the goal is to be able to get quick foot contact while maintaining good distance per step. I see many people with quick choppy steps that are not covering any distance. That is why it is important to understand where we have the balance and stability in our foot so we can get to toe off faster.
@@hummusmixedwithapplesauce4889 Yes sorry I said limited and meant to say longer for the heel/ankle drop when landing more on the toes. So when landing on the toes the heel can absorb more while when landing further back getting the weight to move forward asap would be the priority. When I say ankle drop I mean the heel going down towards the ground more like pronation if anything and/or dorsiflexion.
I'm sorry, I don't get it... how can we supinate, have your weight in the inside of the foot and push of the big toe at the same time? If supinating is having your toe higher than your pinky
Sorry for the confusion. When absorbing you want to be going into supination while when pushing off you would want to be pronating which is more weight on the inside part of the foot and pushing off the big toe. Strike with the foot in pronation, quickly absorb into supination and return to pronation at toe off in under .1 seconds is the goal.
On that video of Noah Lyles there he seems to land with his heel slightly above the ground then it collapses and his foot his flat before he toes off again. I have heard it’s best to land on the ball of your foot and keep heel above the ground because the heel collapsing increases ground contact time and means your ankles and the muscles/tendons surrounding aren’t strong enough to hold the weight of the force you are putting into the ground. But some sources say this collapse of the heel is good because it means the achilles tendon is stretching then contracting. Which one is true and what is better? Heel touching the ground or heel staying elevated?
Great question. I would say it depends on the foot strike. If you strike more on the front part of the foot (towards the toes) slightly longer ankle drop to stretch the achilles is preferred, while if you land further back in the foot (behind ball of the foot) then limiting heel drop would be preferred 💯💪
I've always heard it's a breaking force striking the ground like that, but hey that's noah lyles so whatever he's doing must be working. The Jamaican Sprinter Julian Forte on his RUclips channel had a great metaphor for running fast that I like, he said its like when you flip a bike over and spin the wheel, at first you do hard , long strikes, but as you get the wheel at top end speed you want your contact time to be as short as possible because the longer your hand on the spinning wheel would create the wheel to slow down. I think that's so intuitive and brilliant since we've all tried that as kids.
@@Performancelabofcalifornia But surely if your heel is dropping your ankle is dropping as the whole foot kinda falls down a bit? Also if you land behind the ball of the foot your ankle is dorsiflexed so when you land your heel will almost always touch the ground surely? I would have thought if you land on the front of your foot, limit your heel dropping to the ground, then if you land on the back you should limit the amount of time your heel touches the ground. When you say ankle drop do you mean when it collapses inwards like supination?
@@TheChinaPlay Yes exactly, at the beginning the foot contact time is much longer, but the goal is to be able to get quick foot contact while maintaining good distance per step. I see many people with quick choppy steps that are not covering any distance. That is why it is important to understand where we have the balance and stability in our foot so we can get to toe off faster.
@@hummusmixedwithapplesauce4889 Yes sorry I said limited and meant to say longer for the heel/ankle drop when landing more on the toes. So when landing on the toes the heel can absorb more while when landing further back getting the weight to move forward asap would be the priority. When I say ankle drop I mean the heel going down towards the ground more like pronation if anything and/or dorsiflexion.
Is it better to land your foot in a pronated position or a supinated position
Land pronated, absorb supinated.
very great video
Thank you. Hope it helps!
Drive phase is the only time sprinters do not over stride the more you over stride the Longer time foot is on the ground
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I'm sorry, I don't get it... how can we supinate, have your weight in the inside of the foot and push of the big toe at the same time? If supinating is having your toe higher than your pinky
Sorry for the confusion. When absorbing you want to be going into supination while when pushing off you would want to be pronating which is more weight on the inside part of the foot and pushing off the big toe. Strike with the foot in pronation, quickly absorb into supination and return to pronation at toe off in under .1 seconds is the goal.