How do I fix sprint form, landing on heels

if anyone has any advice to what i am currently doing it would be a huge favor, i am only 3 weeks out until my first race... my spikes have more wear on the heel then midfoot

Run faster.

Lydiard

lol im in dire straits here plz help

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Lydiard

+1

Do some hill springing

do some barefoot strides and get used to staying off your heels.

Good Luck!

Move up in distance. You're not a sprinter.

Drills, Hills, start doing it on some easy runs. If you go on 2-3 mile run, start running properly. FIX IT. You see it, now fix IT! It will feel uncomfortable, just start doing 8 or so strides @50-70% with proper form 4-5x week.

Hey don’t gatekeep me it’s just a bad neural engram... I have pretty good speed

You are not landing on your heels put landing on your forefoot and pushing off on your heels which is pretty normal unless you are running 100m in 10 seconds

True, but the problem is when i shortened my stride up slightly i landed on my heels less, and my coach told me that i don't react to the ground... i just flex my hip really hard then strike in front of me and push very hard. I just need tips on how to shorten stride/improve reacting/bounce to the track

BigAl_1 wrote:

True, but the problem is when i shortened my stride up slightly i landed on my heels less, and my coach told me that i don't react to the ground... i just flex my hip really hard then strike in front of me and push very hard. I just need tips on how to shorten stride/improve reacting/bounce to the track

Try some short barefoot jogs on ASPHALT or GRAVEL. That’ll really teach you to land midfoot and shorten your stride.

Bfrun wrote:

BigAl_1 wrote:

True, but the problem is when i shortened my stride up slightly i landed on my heels less, and my coach told me that i don't react to the ground... i just flex my hip really hard then strike in front of me and push very hard. I just need tips on how to shorten stride/improve reacting/bounce to the track

Try some short barefoot jogs on ASPHALT or GRAVEL. That’ll really teach you to land midfoot and shorten your stride.

It will also make you run weird and slow AF.

"reacting to the ground" is overrated.

Here is an article I wrote for just-fly-sports. It's an in depth look at cues and training different body positions.

For more on this subject I suggest you grab my book at sprinterscompendium.com

I hope you find this to be helpful.

Regards,

Ryan Banta

Thanks, I did a lot of strides today and moved up in pace with trial/error I think it's getting a lot better... I got some footage of me running and my torso was a little rounded as well as the hips, with the cue of keeping the chest and hips strait and falling into the start my form started to get a lot better. Thanks.

RejectJogger wrote:

Drills, Hills, start doing it on some easy runs. If you go on 2-3 mile run, start running properly. FIX IT. You see it, now fix IT! It will feel uncomfortable, just start doing 8 or so strides @50-70% with proper form 4-5x week.

A 200 meter sprinter should not be going on regular 2-3 mile runs