Form police are the worst. theres just way too many "experts" on the internet that feel that someone who is already dominatingly fast and successful and who theyve never met or worked with obviously needs to change their form. theres a lot more to being a successful runner than just your form yet thats all these clowns ever talk about. block work and starts should be her focus.
So you don’t like form police but you dis her start and block form?😁
You’re right about the block work and starts, especially the first 5 steps. The good news is that it can be improved significantly, without negatively affecting her gains in the other race phases.
As far as top-end goes, she is like a Kim Collins, but with mad SE that gets her an excellent 200, like a female MJ. She will never be a 100m great with that high-speed form, it is too limiting in the belly of the race. While there is some endurance in the 100, it is more a eace of extremes than the 200–ie absolute level trumps efficiency. Schippers was like this, too.
IMO she will do well at the college level, but will never rise near the level of SAFP or ETH, or even SCR in that one great race she had.
She’s trying real front-side mechanics, like Jacobs, and Powell before him. The difference of course is the quality of the blocks, start, and early accel. If she can get it she will rise to the same relative level as those 2, but will be behind all-time greats, as Powell was behind Bolt and Gay. Jacobs won because it was a relatively weak field.
I want to see her get it. If she does, she is 10.8, maybe 10.7-high, which is excellent.
Ofili IMO has no such limitation. Right now, if they were both fresh, I give the edge to Steiner, slightly, in both races. In rounds or somewhat spent, I give the edge to Ofili—less pump strokes, more glide; less absolute power, but less power needed.
My 2 cents of form policing 😁
Exactly as predicted.
First, I want to say that finally we see some real times that make sense, in both men’s and women’s sprints.
Steiner—MJ 2.0 Coming out madly turning over and not applying proper force to the track in her 100 is ridiculous, and unforgivable. In the 200 she only performed as well as indoors because she is running an indoor 200 outdoors. She hasn’t lost a step, she’s just running the wrong race—apparently the only race she knows. The good? thing is that she could do well from an inside lane, so she might make an excellent 3rd 4x1 leg no matter what the lane draw. This could be her specialty.
Ofili—PB in the 100 into a small headwind with a time that adjusts to probably 10.8 is excellent. TBH she did not look great, but ran on guts more than anything. She still has upside, and IMO doesn’t show much race evidence of coaching, she is just running naturally. Athletes like that plateau, and usually don’t have much longevity. Get thee to a real coach, who is interested in longer-term development, not just points today.
Men—nothing unexpected. Times were finally realistic. Fahnbulleh didn’t have his patented finish, something was off there. Ashe won, but meh. They all looked fatigued and ragged including everyone in the 2nd half of the 2, very disappointing to me.
About 6 weeks ago, Steiner ran a 10.92, ran by everyone after a bad start. And she ran a 22.36 into a 5.9 wind. That was her at her best in the outdoor season, a d maybe her best for the entire year, (her indoor season e last 6 weeks was amazing, however) Since then, she hasn't bern able to crack 11 seconds, or get below 22.05. It seems she has hit a wall.
I didnt realize she was going to run the 4/4 yesterday. Does anyone know if she was scheduled or it was a late switch? Anyhow, she ran a great time, but her 100/200 times at her best indicate she does have the speed to compete at a high level in the 10/200. is the 400 her best event? I dont think anyone knows the answer to that one right now.
Another way to look at it is, if not for a lady named Ofili, Steiner would have had a great day! haha
Yes, it was a tremendous performance by Britton Wilson; maybe top performance of the women's meet. In the 400, Charokee Young had been unbeatable until yesterday.
2 Freshman Standouts LSU's sub 48 second 400 Hurdler Sean Burrell and Texas A & M 800 Standout Brandon Miller ran Terrible Anyone know if they are fighting Injuries?
On the Bright side Texas A & M had a True Freshman who ran 1:53 for 800 Meters last year in High School Ran 1:46.09 to win SEC's