speed
skills and abilities needed to achieve high movement velocities
agility
skills and abilities needed to explosively change movement velocities or repeatedly achieve maximal accelerations
speed-endurance
ability to maintain maximal movement velocities or repeatedly achieve maximal accelerations and velocities
impluse
change in momentum resulting from a force measured as the product of force and time
power
rate of doing work, measured as the product of force and velocity
impulse (movement mechanics)
power (movement mechanics)
velocity specificity
final movement velocity targeted when a mass is being accelerated
application of movement mechanics
peak rate of intrinsic muscle shortening
muscle architecture
fiber and fascicle lengths and numbers of active sarcomeres in series
stretch-shortening cycle
2. force and length reflex feed back to the motorneural system
training activities aimed at strengthening SSC
complex training
alternating SSC tasks with heavy resistance exercises
post-activation potentiation
what occurs during the flight phase of sprinting performance?
recovery and ground preparations
what occurs during the support phase of sprinting performance?
breaking and proulsion
key movements of sprinting performance
what happens during the ground support phase of sprinting?
elastic strain energy is stored and recovered via SSC action
what happens during the late support phase of sprinting?
triple extension to generate propulsion as early as possible
stride frequency
how many times the feet hit the ground (over distance)
how can stride frequency be improved?
proper mechanics and training
stride length
how far each stride carries the body
limiting factors to increasing spring speed
technique fuel availability height mental focus reaction time muscle and tendon stiffness and length injury type II muscle composition
sprinting technique
i. early flight
ii. mid flight
iii. late flight
iv. early support
v. late support