hey what's up everyone morey croson here and we have another new breakdown for you today it's
going to be a comparison video of andre de grasse and justin gatlin two of the top sprinters in the
world and two guys i think we can learn a lot about in terms of overall stride efficiency and
really being able to maximize their turnover i think they're two excellent sprinters that
have great overall form and you know i think it's gonna be a great comparison video here as always
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into the video right now all right so this video is from a couple years ago we have andre de grasse
here on the left we have justin gatlin here on the right and you know it really stands out to me from
the beginning and the the initial action is i really like angel gross's start and how he gets
out there i think he does a great job with those first couple steps getting himself going obviously
justin gatlin is one of the top overall sprinters one of the top overall starters um he does kind
of get behind here in those first few steps but then he does a great job during that acceleration
phase where it looks like hundred degrees kind of loses it in in his you know kind of acceleration
phase so as he gets up and tries to get going he kind of slows his feet down a little bit
he doesn't have as good of an acceleration phase as you know justin gatlin watch out how justin
gallon is really smooth with all of his steps and getting that really quick turnover gets his
legs going really quickly there um in comparison to andre de grasse and watching him this time
you know see how he gets going and then he loses his quickness there for a couple steps and that
ends up being a big thing that impacts him in that initial acceleration phase it just shows that
you know overall andre de grasse has you know some areas that he can continue to improve on i'm sure
he's currently working on it and and it might just be this individual race that's what's so
amazing about these you know track starts is every single race there is a wide variety of different
things that can go wrong and just being able to stay as composed and focused as you possibly can
to make sure that you're able to run the best drone that you possibly can every single time
it is something that is very very special that these guys are able to accomplish those feats now
once we get into this part of the race around you notice that um you know justin gatlin is a little
bit out in front with like his his strides right so you can see like here um just from a timing
perspective looking at how justin gallon is going to bring in that foot out in front and then coming
back underneath same type of thing here bring it up out in front so we can we're going to can you
know compare the timing with justin gatlin where his leg is in comparison to um andre delgado
you could obviously see that justin gatlins has a slight lead overall due to that acceleration phase
and what happens here is that justin i mean audrey degas starts to catch up with his legs so notice
how we're seeing the stride and how under your goss is slowly starting to catch him here
it's getting closer where their feet are about to land at about the same time now right so before
these other steps here notice how how he's out in front there are obviously different legs so for
justin gallatin's right leg for under augustus's left leg now it's right and left opposites again
right but see how he's starting to catch up and now by i think this one they they hit at about
the same time with their opposite feet right and so what that shows is just how fast of a turnover
under the grass has and it was i did the math already where it's down to like a point three two
point three three in terms of how fast he's getting his legs going now he's five foot nine
right and justin gatlin six foot one and so that's something that really is important for hundreds of
glasses being able to really maximize that ability to turn those legs over fast and i think he also
does a really unique job of having a super fast contact time it's like as soon as his foot touches
the ground he's immediately right back up it almost like limits his extension he doesn't
get as much extension with the leg back behind him i almost feel like he can maybe improve with
his front side mechanics but then you know you also think about it and it's like he's so good
with being able to drive that knee up and through and just has such amazing front side mechanics
where he basically lands with his feet uh we're starting with his legs completely straight there
he also does a great job of being able to really create a lot of force as that foot's coming down
so that makes it so he can immediately push back off so he has such a low contact time that it's
like you know how how can you can you give up a little bit of the backside mechanics you know
improving the backside mechanics in order to and still keep some of those unique beautiful parts of
his frontside mechanics i don't know exactly but um what i'm doing with this breakdown for is to
just show you what makes under the grass so great in terms of his frontside mechanisms ability to
again land and create all that force right before that foot touches the ground that's critical it's
critical in being able to really sprint fast is being able to generate force with your foot out
in front of there's a huge difference between the athletes that i work with who are able to get that
that really nice frontside mechanic um you know get an understanding of what that looks like and
and be able to actually implement that in their run in comparison to the guys that that don't and
have a hard time with that so um that's a very very important part of your overall sprinting
now justin gatlin i think he's a little bit more of the opposite where you can see with him
he does a great job of getting that extension he has a lot of strength in his lower body a lot
of strength in his hamstrings not to say that 100 gas doesn't i just you could just tell by the size
of the legs that you know justin gatlin is a lot stronger of a overall person um in the the lower
body and you know can really maximize his ability to push off you can even see it with his body he
has a little bit more of a forward lean as he's running uh and definitely allows his feet to get
back behind him the thing that's unique about him is he's just able to drive those legs through very
very quickly he lands with his feet a little bit more out in front of him than like ani degas does
but that also allows him to generate a little bit more force as he's pushing off so he's going to
end up being a lot more of a horizontal type of a runner where um honey de grace is going
to be a little bit more like a vertical type of runner obviously these guys are elite so you know
you wouldn't say that that justin gatlin is not running at all vertical um because he obviously
is but you know if you're going to compare some of the elite guys you have justin gatlin
who is definitely going a little bit more on the horizontal side and then you have
andre de grasse is definitely more on the vertical side and being able to really utilize that that
vertical force and and being able to get a fast turnover where you know justin gallon does a great
job of really pushing off and making that being the the main point of where he's able to maximize
his his turnover speed and his overall power production is going to be from being able to get
his legs moving very very quickly and and being able to again push off get a lot of extension
out of the hips glutes lower back and really have a lot of range of motion within the hip flexor so
you know it's a it's a very different type of run when you're working your backside mechanics
you got to be able to push off create a lot of force there and then still be able to drive the
knees forward and be able to do that very very quickly so it becomes a lot about how fast and
how strong are your are your hip flexors and that stretch shortening cycle of the hip flexors where
somebody like andre de grasse what he really wants to be able to do is maximize his ability to to
activate those like upper hamstring muscles so we can pull the leg back down underneath and really
being able to stay very functionally active within the core and making sure that he's not losing too
much side to side movement within the core so that allows him to be a lot more vertical overall so
um again obviously that these guys need to be strong in all the areas but you know just
kind of focusing on where they have some unique differences and and some things that make it so
they can play to their body type i think it's important thing to recognize if you're somebody
that's a little bit more lean um and and say you say is a little bit more straight up when running
you know really building up that that core and being able to build up those upper hamstrings
um is critical where if you're somebody that is you know not as lean a little bit thicker and
you know uses a little bit more of like the hamstring and has that slight forward lean in
the body then you really have to build up that stretch shortening cycle within the hip flexors
which is a unique thing to be able to to build up and have plenty of range of motion through there
um and and also be able to have plenty of strength through there and then also being able to have a
lot of range of motion within the lower back a lot of strength within you know like the glutes
and those muscles are going to be super important for you know if you end up being a little bit more
horizontal a little bit more lean forward when you run all right i hope that that makes sense i hope
that that helps you guys um i would say too you know somebody that might be a little more like a
football player trying to run a fast 40 i would probably recommend more of a justin gatlin type
of a run where you're really leaning forward uh when you're going if you can make changes to your
mechanics and i would i would recommend that obviously it's a it's going to be different for
you know everybody if you're somebody that you know has always run more like andre de grasse
and i would say you don't want to necessarily change it to be like a justin gatlin but you
know if you're if you're younger and you know able to make those changes or maybe thinking oh i need
to be more like uh andre de grasse because of you know whatever the case may be being more upright
or whatever um i'd say that it does depend a lot on the body type and make sure that you have a
good understanding of your body type and fit the mold that you know will will end up being the best
for you and your overall performance all right um as always guys thanks for watching these videos
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