Hey what's up everyone! Morey Croson here and today we're going to be comparing andre
de grasse from the prefontaine classic in comparison to andre de grasse in
the olympic trials where he came third in comparison to when he came first and just
give a little bit better understanding of what are some of the differences
here the big thing that he was able to accomplish here yesterday was he ran 1074
and so we want to go a little bit more into that we're going to start the video right now
all right so the big thing that i like to focus on when going into these videos is really just the
objective side of things so where are the numbers behind the differences between what android degas
did before when he was at the olympic trials here on you know the left in comparison to what he was
able to accomplish yesterday yeah there was some additional wins so it's going to definitely make
an impact on probably how much distance and or how many steps that he was able to take when
he was actually sprinting yesterday uh but you know still even looking at something like to me
going into it the start ended up being a big difference so we look here on the left you know
he just didn't get out near as well and we could take a look at some of the the numbers here so you
know he lands at 0.83 he's off at 0.000 which is good for so his his left leg he's you know he's at
about 0.17 there on the first step he was at about point one and then he was about point one three
on the third step pretty quick and and that's the big thing is that you know he started off with a
bit of a difference here you know i don't think he being in the eighth lane is a great thing for him
um just because he really started off late and i think he ended up kind of rushing himself through
the drive phase because he ended up having a you know being out behind at the very beginning and
that ends up impacting you where if we look at on the right and we'll see where he was five three
he's off at point seven about the same 8-0 ish a little bit later on that one
yeah so this one is probably about 0.17 point one three and then point one three so actually
a little bit more time and i think he was able to stay patient longer so we look to see on the
third step here and when he's off the third step his body position in comparison to at the olympic
trials again i just feel like from this point he really ended up trying to rush through his drive
phase because he felt like he was you know off to a slow start in comparison to the other guys and
and we know that you know like supination had a great start in the semifinals end up winning his
heat because he was able to get out to a great start you know basically everybody in this you
know race is a pretty good starter frank curley's not great you know marcel jacobs isn't great you
know the guys that end up actually winning are guys that aren't you know notoriously great
starters or i think that with andre gossett is he ended up picking himself up where it's like
fred curley stayed very very patient through this and and he ended up even being in a not bad
position i think it helped him out you know like sue vincent who has is typically a great starter
you know fred curley probably went in with the the mindset like i need to stay even with him or in
front of him because he knows he can catch him at the end so you know at this point he was probably
really happy with that being in that location where it's like andre degas is way behind now
if we look to see in the previous classic you know under degrasse is staying in a position where he's
up with fred curley you know he's right even with trayvon burmell right so he's he's in a really
good spot here to now be able to get through his drive phase and here he's still in his drive phase
you know we're at in the olympics it looks like he really quickly you know got his head up and
got into his top-end speed phase so right here he's already in his top and three-phase and yeah
he ended up being able to catch all these guys at the end but and i think part of it had to do with
just not having a good start he really got through that start early wasn't able to get through the
drive face and then when he came on hard because i mean he at probably at this point right here he's
in last place you know there's never a point in the prefontaine classic where he was in last place
right and it's undoubtedly right now that i don't think there's anybody that that has you
know the same top speed he said maybe you know noah lyles is in that same conversation but
you know to me under the glasses is at top speed probably the fastest guy right now yeah he didn't
win the olympic gold but i think that had to do more with his start because at the end here
he definitely is catching lamont jacobs you know he's he is and fred curley
right so i don't think there's anybody that could beat him in a a race one on one let's see what
his foot contact time is it's going more on top speed here and he lands with himself with his
foot a little bit more out in front 0.13 he's off by you know 0.22 so he's at about 0.0937
so he's way faster on his uh left leg lands at about 0.35
and then it's off by four three so he's closer to like .07 to .08 left leg i'm gonna quickly
interrupt this video just to save you like the information go ahead and click that thumbs up
subscribe the channel and we'll hop right back in the video and then he's like closer to 0.09 maybe
even 0.1 on the right leg so there's definitely a difference with his his stride there we'll see
where he's at in the olympics here he's looking like he's almost leaning forward a little bit more
he's not as upright two seven a little bit quicker i would say he's at about 0.08 on the on the left
here yeah and he's at about .08 on the uh contact time on the other side too so he's a little bit
even you know at the olympics it almost seems like he at this point is actually running better
in the olympics than he is in the pre-fontaine classic even though he ran a better time
in the prefrontain classic i think that you know from a mechanic perspective
i think he's able to probably get a little bit more you know distance on each one of his steps
because of that that wind you know probably helped him out a little bit but uh you know i still love
you know he does such a great job of getting that foot out in front and landing on front with him
you know himself in that position i do want to really quickly go into uh you know when we look
to see when he's running from the front side and really all these guys you know if we zoom in they
you know holding that that dorsiflexion is important as you come through but then as you
come close to the ground you do have that time where you go into a bit of plantar flexion i do
think that's an important thing for you guys to be able to understand if you're looking to try to
improve your speed is there is a point where it's like as you're driving down towards the ground
you do lose a little bit of that plantar flex or that dorsiflexion to be able to really create that
that quick leg cycle as you're you know you're basically attacking the ground right you're really
coming hard down towards the ground and as you do that you do want to almost reach a little bit with
that toe and it doesn't want to end up making it so you're you're overly you know extended within
that toe but i do think it is something to you know start to recognize and start to be able
to teach in athletes that are trying to get faster is that you know you are holding that dorsiflexion
but then as you really sweep through you lose it a little bit as you're you're touching the
ground and that helps i think in being able to be a little bit quicker off the ground i think that's
what makes him you know especially on that left leg you can see how quick he is as he transitions
off that left leg because he has that little bit better you know kind of reach there and then
he's able to transition off so quickly and i see that with usain bolt too you know all these top
guys they have a bit of a time period where they they lose that dorsiflexion reach out towards the
ground a little bit and i think that makes a big difference in being able to create that that quick
foot contact time and also that quicker uh turnover time so as always guys if you like
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always recommend you guys getting these speed breakdowns i think it makes a big
difference and really understanding where in your mechanics are you making flaws from that
technical level you know i'm big on numbers let's look to see what your contact time is
what your transition time is you know or time spent off the ground and just make a
big impact on improving in that area and then also seeing how many steps that you take within
a you know 40 yard dash a 60r dash 100 meter a 200 you know like we can get into the nitty-gritty of
seeing where are you on the spectrum of you know if we're trying to make improvements we can't do
it from a subjective standpoint we have to do it from an objective standpoint to me and being
able to do that not only with with sprinters but also quarterbacks you know pictures everybody
i want to make it so there's a number based system that makes it so you can actually make
improvements and not keeping it subjective i think too much right now it's all subjective and things
that we're hoping ends up making a difference and you know at the end of the day it matters
with the numbers the numbers don't care about your feelings it is only about the facts and keeping
the objectivity behind it and that's really what i do with the speed breakdown and speed program
that's why you can guarantee you're going to get faster because at the end of the day when it comes
to speed the way that we track speed is through time right we want to actually look at the time so
why aren't we breaking it down into smaller more understandable and potentially impactful numbers
which are going to be the full contact time and the time spent off the ground when you can really
get to the nitty gritty of those now we know how you can train and what are the exercises
and drills that you need to work on in order to actually make improvement but until you
understand that you're really not going to be able to make a big change or make big
improvements within your running so hopefully that makes sense and if it does check out the
links in the description want to be able to give you better access to that and make
sure that you're able to really make some big improvements within your sprinting form overall so
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