Rather than making it about race, I asked precisely to give a non-racial reason. I see a lot of claims here that whites can only make it in the 200m, which has zero causal evidence behind it. To say she can't run faster than 10.90 after college is to say her improvement has stopped, which happens (English Gardner and others) but most do improve after college. When she has been given a ridiculously inefficient arm swing, the odds are that another coach will improve her. But she would have only the same incentive as a Fred Kerley to emphasize the 100m, since she ranks much higher in the 200m.
When she has been given a ridiculously inefficient arm swing, the odds are that another coach will improve her.
She wasn't "given" that arm swing. If you watch videos of her in high school you'll see that her arm swing was different. Below are a few videos from the Ohio HS state championships.
Dublin Coffman’s Abby Steiner wins the 100 meters in the Division I state track and field meet June 2 at Ohio State in a state-record 11.38 seconds. [Scott H...
Dublin Coffman senior Abby Steiner concluded her high school career at the OHSAA state track and field championships by breaking her own records in the 100 a...
Thank you. People act like whites are inherently slower, as if it’s some sort of genetic trait. Blatant racism. We would never say (at least decent people wouldn’t) that blacks are inherently inferior because fewer of them are in the board room or whatever. Race/genetics is the easy answer, not necessarily the right one.
Hey xz and Weird Al, f your race shlt.
The OP never mentioned race.
Here’s a “non-racial” reason: because she hasn’t shown the form necessary to overcome the deficiencies in her 10.9. She can be very good at speed, but blocks and early/mid accel are not good, and imo have shown mo sign of improvement.
You need either rangey power or brute force to get out of blocks and early accel, and she has neither. She is not a natural brute, so she has to use rangey power—and for that, she needs a different arm swing. She needs different action at the shoulders to permit a different head position to permit a different torso angle and foot plant, to allow the contact time for power delivery while leaving the body in favorable position for optimizing the subsequent footstrike.
In short, she has no blocks, and no drive phase.
She is much better-suited to the 200, and possibly the 400 if her energy systems permit (which it seems they do).
Better to go with her natural talents than to keep trying to force a square peg into a round hole.
As for her 200, yes it’s early. I see her having an energy issue, and that’s about it. It might be as simple as tapering off a heavy load. We will see…
Lol @ sprinters and their discussions of form and Sprint phases.
Rarely has so much pseudoscience been packed into one post. Bravo. 👏 👏 👏
Rather than making it about race, I asked precisely to give a non-racial reason. I see a lot of claims here that whites can only make it in the 200m, which has zero causal evidence behind it. To say she can't run faster than 10.90 after college is to say her improvement has stopped, which happens (English Gardner and others) but most do improve after college. When she has been given a ridiculously inefficient arm swing, the odds are that another coach will improve her. But she would have only the same incentive as a Fred Kerley to emphasize the 100m, since she ranks much higher in the 200m.
Looky here, we have the Rosa Parks of white 100 m sprinters. Take your spot up front in those blocks in the 100m final, white Rosa ! Don't let them tell you to move to the back of the Sprint line with the scrubs in the 200! Hallelujah!
Uhh, think you are preaching to the choir. Who doesnt think she is more of a 200 gal? Also, bit of a stretch to say she isnt a "Brute". She is a powerful runner.
Abby is going to have surgery on her left foot in September ( bone spurs )
I read somewhere, I can’t remember where, that she also had an Achilles issue. Someone commented that the Achilles issue caused the bone spur but that is not accurate because an Achilles issue can’t cause a bone spur.
If she does have a bone spur it’s better to go ahead and get it taken care of now instead of waiting for September. It would be better to pack her season in, get the issue resolved, rehab, and get back to training.
Steiner had an OK first year as a pro. It started better last summer when she was 5th at the WC and ran legs on the 4x1 & 4x4 championship teams. In the interim she had a decent indoor season and not a bad outdoor season. She’s far from being “washed” as another person commented. I would like to see her dabble more in the 400. She’s got good potential there.
Achilles issues do cause the spur, literally. Its a traction spur pointing in the direction of pull of the AT usually. Not to be confused with haglunds. Nevertheless, hopefully this isnt the spur of rumor. Thats a long rehab.
Who cares. It's all about Sha'Carri and Gabby Thomas now.
Gabby needs her own thread. WTF was that? Did anyone see that performance after her spring and summer? She looked different too, lean and mean. Something different about her. She either got healthy, or took peaking to a whole 'nother level.
She did have a foot issue (achilles?) while at UKentucky, and missed some or most of one of her indoor or outdoor seasons( cant recall which) and had to rest and rehab for a few months.
Not sure if this problem is related or not.
But theres no question she had a big dropoff this season. I was saying six weeks ago she’s not racing enough and maybe is injured.
It all makes sense now; she was winded everytime she ran a 200 this season; probably because she was unable to properly train.
She needs to get this injury taken care of and make sure shes 100% before she comes back.You cant rush these things.
Shes a tremendous talent and could be one of the best 200 runners in the world. And if healthy, she also can be a strong 100 and 400 runner.
Unfortunately, she was way less than 100% this season.
Here’s a “non-racial” reason: because she hasn’t shown the form necessary to overcome the deficiencies in her 10.9. She can be very good at speed, but blocks and early/mid accel are not good, and imo have shown mo sign of improvement.
You need either rangey power or brute force to get out of blocks and early accel, and she has neither. She is not a natural brute, so she has to use rangey power—and for that, she needs a different arm swing. She needs different action at the shoulders to permit a different head position to permit a different torso angle and foot plant, to allow the contact time for power delivery while leaving the body in favorable position for optimizing the subsequent footstrike.
In short, she has no blocks, and no drive phase.
She is much better-suited to the 200, and possibly the 400 if her energy systems permit (which it seems they do).
Better to go with her natural talents than to keep trying to force a square peg into a round hole.
As for her 200, yes it’s early. I see her having an energy issue, and that’s about it. It might be as simple as tapering off a heavy load. We will see…
Lol @ sprinters and their discussions of form and Sprint phases.
Rarely has so much pseudoscience been packed into one post. Bravo. 👏 👏 👏
Just because you don't have the genetics to be a sprinter does not mean the guy does not know what he's talking about. Kindly stick to what you know the i.e long distance/no inherent ability required /anyone can do it running.
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