From specific exercises (i.e. countermovement jump etc.) to physiological/histochemical measures
From specific exercises (i.e. countermovement jump etc.) to physiological/histochemical measures
Standing broad jump is a good one.
Sprinting
Standing 30, flying 30, standing. Many people use flying 10 but need an electronic timing system to have any validity.
Occam's Sprinter wrote:
Sprinting
Vertical jump is a good one. There are rare sprinters that have an average vertical, but elite sprinters tend to be very vertically explosive because a lot of the same muscle groups are used
Numerous sprinters on my college team had 32" or higher verticals - some of the really good sprinters had verticals in the 36-40" range
Occam's Sprinter wrote:
Sprinting
I assume he means besides sprinting.
As pointed out above, standing broad jump is a good one.
Double arm shotput toss forward is another good one.
Bounding is another good one.
Some things that I would expect a good sprinter to do well at, but are nevertheless poor predictors (because there are some slower sprinters who do well at them too) are:
- Max deadlift and squat relative to bodyweight (some weightlifting competitors obviously do very well at this, but sprint poorly)
- Standing vertical
Occam's Sprinter wrote:
Sprinting
I agree with that.
If you want to predict what you can currently run, time yourself or do a track meet. If you want to predict your absolute capability in the future.... no one knows. You just have to keep training and find out. Improving much on little training doesn't mean anything. Improving a little on much training does not mean anything. Just stick with it as long as you want.
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