What determines how hard a person lands on the ground when running?
What determines how hard a person lands on the ground when running?
i'm sure that a lot of it could be conciously controlled. Other than that...
maybe angle of the foot as it is meeting the ground.
how hard the foot is being driven into the ground.
type of shoes.
All of the above, plus: body alignment.
Strange as it seems, abdominal/core work helps some people reduce "stomping."
i glide on the roads at the start of the run, and stomp when i go faster. its common sense. i dont want to be pounding my feet the whole run.
I'd have to add concentration. If my mind wanders too much you can hear me coming from a mile away. I was much quieter when I was a heel-striker. Much slower too.
Tim The Toot wrote:
What determines how hard a person lands on the ground when running?
Dorsiflexion...you need strong shin muscles.
Huh. I do the opposite -- I glide when I go faster and stomp more when I go slower. I think it has to do with the amount of time your foot makes contact with the ground on each step. A stomp is a lot of contact. A sprint is mostly running on your toes with much less contact. (Ever read Hound of the Baskervilles? Just a sidenote.)