Well I promised a video of my starts, here it is
Still a long way to get it ‘right’
The video shows my range of motion is incomplete and I’m getting off the blocks ‘upwards’ rather than ‘forward’
Also my left knee felt twitchy that day
My fastest timing for the 30m workout was 4.09s
According to Brian Mac Website
4.09s = Above Average
Predicted 60 metres time = 7.13s
Predicted 100 metres time = 11.10s
Predicted 200 metres time = 22.31s
My track workout timing was gathered from the video recording
I suspect there’s some margin of error in timing as the predicted 100m timing will crack my previous personal best of 11.2s in 100m
This error could be that the camcorder was placed an angle away from the finished line perhaps
Well I can only get better after this
Till my next entry
Bangla,
when you raise up, try to push your butt backwards.. As you notice from the video, you have gap between your heels (back of your spike shoes) and the green platform itself. When you burst off, time is wasted when you need put in effort to retract your heels to the platform to push you off the blocks, slowing your already slow reaction by 0.02 – 0.05s
Try to “sit back” more by adjusting your butt into a slight sitting position and take note to reduce the gaps between the heels and the platform..
I know I’m being long-winded but thats a critical mistake, especially for 100m.
If you like, post more videos of your starts and we can discuss on this.
PS: I’m surprise our blocks are still intact.. haha, living in Woodlands already? I reckon you are training in Woodlands Stadium? Its a bad day to train especially after showers..
Thanks for the tip dude
Yeah i noticed my heel ain’t touching too
Gonna try your advise plus lessen my stepping. I using 2 foot length from first blocks. Reducing to 1.5
Yeah back to north as the previous housing got issues with other tenants. The owner squeeze foreign workers in the household. What the fish. So we moved
oh, reduce only to 1.5 only if you are comfortable to it. Comfortable meaning you have enough space to eject yourself from the blocks. If not, do stick to 2..
Also, at the first block, it is better to push it slightly further back to your comfortable region..
As all are being said, setting up your blocks is ultimately a customized thing.. The guidelines given by the coaches can only help you so much, you need to feel good about it.
Always remember whenever you push off from the blocks, you are actually doing a standing-board jump (jump as far as you can while maintaining a minimum air-time).. If its weird for you, do try to do it without the blocks to get some use to it yeah?
Will record the next one as soon I’ve the time :)