was that good for a sophomore?
how much faster do i need to be by senior year?|||How good the 17.18 was is relative. How did other sophomores compare in yor area? For a scholarship you need to be under 14.5.|||i ran a 16.3 as a sophomore and a 15.3 as a junior but i go to a small rural school in Ohio and so nobody but community colleges without athletic scholarships are looking. its all about the high school you go to whether you are looked at or not. or you have to be crazy good.
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Hurdlers, all distances - Doubling as a serious Hurdler / Sprinter:
More times than not, this is the death of very good hurdlers. But it does not have to be this way if both hurdlers and their coaches understand this one thing. This is a basket of Apples and Oranges, where the individual is faced with two very distinct disciplines that have no interchangeable parts, save one. And that is the use of the elbows while running in sprint mode.
The most critical part of being good in both disciplines is in knowing how to start.
Contrary to popular beliefs, good hurdlers should not train as sprinters; but should learn the correct way of sprinting. Hurdlers and sprinters can work together during preseason workouts doing 400m endurance base-work and relay work, together, but after that, they should not train with sprinters, especially with starting blocks. Reason, the methods used for starts are different between hurdler and sprinter, the mindset for how a hurdler must start and how a sprinter starts are different and, the mechanics used when stepping out of the blocks are different between all hurdlers and sprinters. When they practice starts together, the wrong information is being sent to the hurdler, the hurdler then tries to implement that info into the hurdle starts and from here on out, all sorts of bad things begin to happen with the hurdlers鈥?skills. A good rule of thumb for the Hurdler / Sprinter, the hurdlers must master their starts as hurdlers and then apply those principles to the sprint start, never ever the other way around. Meaning, the hurdler should avoid applying sprinting start methods to the hurdle start.
Most hurdlers have long running strides with good leg rotation, in comparison; most sprinters have short strides with faster leg rotation. The hurdlers鈥?reflex and uncoiling response is different, than that of most sprinters. Very good hurdlers know that they must set their starting blocks in a very precise measured location from the starting line, and the ones that really know their stuff, might place their hands an inch or two away from the starting line as well. This is done, to help them get to the first hurdle at maximum speed, in as few strides/steps as possible. The practice must be routine and become a habit. Once the hurdler has mastered his/her start, it is then safe to move that start practice over to the sprints.
There is one thing a hurdler can change at the sprint starts and one thing the hurdler must never do at the sprint starts.
CAN 鈥?The hurdler sets up his/her starting blocks as if getting ready to run the hurdles, after the blocks have been set, the person can move the hole set of starting blocks forward, one inch (This will make your sprint time faster.). To set your blocks any closer, to the starting line, may nullify your explosiveness out of the blocks and cause most of your forward motion to be driven downwards towards the ground first.
CAN NOT DO 鈥?The hurdler and coach may notice that sprinters are taking almost twice as many steps to the first hurdle position as he/she is taking, and is being left in the dust at the start, Let It Be. The Golden Rule 鈥?do not shorten your stride, to take more steps out of the start like sprinters. Keep your stride / stepping method out of the blocks as a hurdler in tact. Reason: Habit. If the hurdler learns to shorten his/her steps out of the blocks, it breaks the habit needed as a hurdler, to use long strides in getting to the first hurdle. The hurdler will eventually, and unthinkingly, go into a sprinters starting mode during a critical hurdle event and, game over. The sad part about this is that no one will have noticed the error. Only that something was wrong in taking that first hurdle.
A Hurdler / Sprinter should learn and understand all four running techniques:
1. How to run the hurdles better.
2. How to run the 100m better.
3. How to run the 200m better.
4. How to effectively use the hurdlers starts for each.
A better 100m run 鈥?form and technique will get you there. - ptfa.geo answer:
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How to run 200m faster - ptfa.geo answer:
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How to sprint longer and faster? - ptfa.geo answer (400m base work for sprinters and hurdlers)
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Help with 110 m hurdles!!! Please!!!!?
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Practice Hurdles While At Home:
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Track 100m girls hurdles drills and how to prepare. thanks XD? (110m H %26amp; 100m H)
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What does peaking too soon mean? - ptfa.geo answer:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?鈥?/a>|||I'm a distance runner but a team mate of mine got a scholarship and he ran a 14.3,so you need to get under 15.0 and maybe a DII school might be interested.
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