what's up everyone morey croson here from the performance
lab of California and I am looking forward to do this breakdown here today we have a little
bit of a different format that we're doing it's similar to what we did recently with the starts
but I'm just gonna do a straight comparison of Trayvon Bromell and Yohan Blake after doing the
start comparison I got a lot of people that are like oh we ought to put you know Trayvon Bromell
and Yohan Blake one of these guys in it so you know I I agree those guys should have been in
it I just didn't want to spend 30 minutes doing a breakdown of all the best quarter or sorry I
don't know the best quarterback sorry all the VAR sprinters because that would end up being
how long it took we did we just added all min so let's just look at Trayvon well we're gonna look
at all but they're they're top and speed as well as their kid off so well start with Trayvon well
Trayvon from well I would say is a is is similar to like the the Justin Gatlin type of a sprinter
he has a similar type of build as well that's why I did did it on just those guys anyway because
they I mean we got a lot of different builds log different overall techniques there but you
could see that how he gives that first down foot or that first step sorry and real quick that's
Trayvon Bromell he gets that first step down quick that left one boom right he gets a little bit of
a function but if you look at his step compared to like this guy who comes in second he almost
got no distance so take off him up pretty far out there on that on that first one second we're not
as good though second second step not as good but just notice how he tries to keep that big
leaned over spine angle it doesn't have as much range of motion as this start is definitely an
area that he'd be able to improve in but overall you know he gets the job done it's a little bit
too wide it's a little bit too much like Tyson Gay just based off his body positioning I'd say
he'd probably want to be able to work on getting a little bit more hip range of motion to be able
to get that that forward that that a little bit skinnier type of a start like that that Justin
Gatlin I think he needs a little bit more instead of being so bent over with this line maybe have a
little bit or of a hunch and concentration on the knee drive like what you know Judge Gesell does
which makes it so he's able to pick up a lot of ground very quickly and also get going very
quickly so and then as we get going here I mean drive on Bromell he's one of the cleanest I think
overall runners with his stride if we see you know look at how how he does each one of these steps
so big emphasis on that that knee drive and then he does such a great job of as he gets that knee
drive extending that leg and then pulling right back over and then when he lands he lands with
his body very very even he has a little bit of a roundedness to his fine as he's running but he's
so clean in the shoulders doesn't have anything moving side to side there it does get such great
extension is so similar from one leg to the other in how he is able to generate that knee drive and
pull back in and I would say you know the only thing that could end up being not good with them
it would be his big compensation of trying to use like more of the core back area the lower part of
the spine to compensate for some of his range of motion within the upper hip the hamstring
and the groin and so in that well that's where he's gonna end up having some risk but in terms
of how the actual mobility is of the the movement it's so clean I mean that knee drive extend pulled
drive that foot look how straight that leg is as he pulls in and hits the ground and then when he
hits the ground how he just transitions right off that it's such a hard thing to do let's watch it
again on the right side cuz it's such a work of art look how he drives that knee up he extend
that leg and he pulls that leg straight and when he lands that land the lakes mate remain straight
as he just goes and pushes right back off and gets that that heel up towards butt so his foot
contact time is just phenomenal I mean there's it's hard to beat how well Trayvon Bromell goes
through that overall cycle and really being able to get that really excellent ankle stability to
be able to achieve that be able to land with your legs straight it's not an easy thing to
do now his left side he does turn it is leg out a little bit he does turn this hip out a little
bit to endure the the absorption right side he doesn't do it as much but still both sides he
does an excellent job being able to land and push right off almost immediately then what we could do
here is look at you just go right into this one which is a cool little feature that's what I was
talking about at the beginning so here we go with you Johanna Blake here Yohan Blake is right there
okay so when we get going here what what stands out is very much of that that power type of if
we get off so come on catch up with this here so he's going to try to say very very low during that
that get off and look at how that spine really doesn't move up at all he just drives that knee
up come on I know why this thing is messing with me right now we're just gonna go Android go right
past it so he really drives that knee right up when he gets started and and then maintains a
very bent over low position as as he's driving through I don't know why it won't let me let's
go one more time here just so that I can show you guys but I'm not gonna be able to go back because
it's messing with me here just go in slow motion but watch so see how he keeps that his shoulders
really really low and then he drives out now he's a little bit more of a power guy he's a
bigger dude so he's able to keep his his chest low for a longer period of time as he's driving
through and he doesn't have to spend any time getting his his body up even as he's getting
into this face he still has his body bent over just because he's uses a lot of overall hamstring
strength as he's going now he's so clean and so smooth and what he's doing notice how when he's
running he's very much kind of back and forth so you know he goes and lets that right on really
go back and allows his shoulder to kind of lean back and forth he's just like really again smooth
and like nonchalant it's just like you know he has almost that Jamaican vibe within his run
where he's gonna be able to very have a lot of relaxation and aids not really doesn't have to
try very hard to be very very successful and and what that does is it makes it so he's very loose
through here so he uses his upper body really really well notice how how much range he gets
in that right shoulder and when he's reaching back I mean that's a tough thing to do because
when he took compared with Trayvon Burrell he's very very straight he's not moving almost at all
in his upper body you know same with him same with him these guys are just not doing as much
in the upper body they're keeping everything very very straight but then you watch Yohan Blake and
he's moving side to side and he allows his hips to kind of go and it's similar to how Usain Bolt runs
is where they have that that kind of rockiness and the shoulder but still is able to get that
really high knee drive pull down and get that he'll ride right back up to the but you know he
doesn't really do anything that super fancy I'd say instead of getting that that forward lean
and extension like more of what a Trayvon Bromell get gets where he's you know his mid back is is
moving more forward and backwards Trayvon bromell it would be you know him Blake maintains a very
erect spine but he's more going up and down on the shoulders so notice when I when he's going
his shoulders are bouncing side to side up and down but he's keeping his spine in a very aligned
place but still able to get that that pull so and get his weight underneath him and get that heel up
to is what I mean all the best guys they all do a great job getting their heel up to there but
they also don't find too much time with their heel back behind him and then they also do a good job
of landing out in front of it you know Trayvon Burwell is just so pretty with how he gets that
knee up and then extends it and then pulls it out you can even see trick Yohan Blake you know he's
still bending his knee as he gets down and then he pulls you know Trayvon Bromell can go and get that
leg straight out and then pull all the way from back there and then barely touch the ground as
he's coming through which you know Yohan Blake again he does a great job of not spending very
much time on the ground either as he's going which makes him one of the elite sprinters I mean being
able to be an elite sprinter you have to have a very very small or low contact time as well as
maximize overall stride length and being able to combine those is how you become a Olympic level
sprinter or just lesser in general all right guys as always thanks for watching the video if you
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