The 'Ronnie Baker' Conundrum

Not enough speed endurance. That was the problem Ben Johnson had - "all speed, no endurance." Johnson would be leading the race at 60m-70m then slow down and get passed because he didn't have the starch to remain at a high enough velocity. Johnson's (actually, his coach's) solution was to build more power in the weight room with chemical assistance. Baker is already pretty thick, not a lot of room to add muscle. But speed endurance isn't necessarily about muscle and is trainable. Baker plays football. If he decides to go for it in track he will need a coach who can help him work on speed endurance.

is this a joke ???

his 6.46 had crap RT of 0.16+ !!!

you are expected to have 0.12s RT in a 6.4+ or 9.7/9.8

his intrinsic 6.46 of rubbish 0.16+ wouda been

6.42

off "usual" 0.12s RT

the conversion to basic 100 if same calibre is

->

9.84

with a big but legal wind, that is

~ 9.7-mid

the only "requisites" for this is if he looks a "big'n'strong"

i'd suggest, if he is at least 5'10/170+, that is enough power to hold on a 6.42 to 9.7-mid with a decent wind

what are his stats ?

Can't find physical stats and they all lie about height anyway. He appears to be 5'9" - 5'10" and is at least 170 lbs. Already 23 years old.

Calculo, you fall into logical fallacy basing all your opinions only on numbers and distance equivalent calculations. Training, physiology, mentality are most important determinants.

Remember Ben Johnson? wrote:

Not enough speed endurance. That was the problem Ben Johnson had - "all speed, no endurance." Johnson would be leading the race at 60m-70m then slow down and get passed because he didn't have the starch to remain at a high enough velocity. Johnson's (actually, his coach's) solution was to build more power in the weight room with chemical assistance. Baker is already pretty thick, not a lot of room to add muscle. But speed endurance isn't necessarily about muscle and is trainable. Baker plays football. If he decides to go for it in track he will need a coach who can help him work on speed endurance.

I am not sure the problem is SE, he's run a 20.6 200m indoors, which says he capable of physically holding it together for 100m. I suspect, Ronnie actually is a 9.8x type, but simply hasn't run up to his capability yet. I don't by the augment of lack of top-end-speed, running 60m is more than a start and a drive phase and watching his last race, Ronnie appeared to be still accelerating at 60m. Obviously he's capable of getting up to top speed fairly quickly, but he needs to learn how maintain when his body wants to decelerate, which can absolutely be trained.