Somebody help me with this argument I am having with a fellow sprint coach. I claim that if you can determine dominant leg through watching standing starts and push tests, then the dominant leg should be in the forward or up block peddle. There by pushing off with the stronger or dominant leg.
Tie a rope around someone and pull on it hard.
The leg that moves first is the weak leg. The leg that plants is the dominant leg.
I've seen both these tests done and I've also seen both used wrongly. (Unless I'm nuts) The dominant leg should then be the forward leg in the blocks. I like to sit with coaches at the start of 200's and 300's indoors where no blocks are permitted. It is interesting how many sprinters take their first step backwards.
After years of starting races with a standing start before I had ever used blocks, it was easy to determine which it was. The leg that's in front for standing start should be the leg in front in the blocks as well. This seems pretty reasonable.
Can the rest of letsrun chime in on this?? I've always thought about these techniques and I just though of this as I read this. I'm sure someone had figured it out long ago anyway.
Simple, ask which leg they kick a ball with!!!
Which ever they kick with is the rear foot!
Meaning there strong support leg is the front foot
This sounds right to me! I prefer my right leg for kicking in soccer, but use my left leg to plant for the jumps and leading in the blocks.