Why Running On Your Toes is Killing Your Speed (and what to do instead).

Dorsiflexion is one of the most important aspects of proper sprinting form and developing speed. It doesn't matter what the rest of the body is doing, if you don't have correct ground contact you won't sprint fast.

In this video you'll learn why running on your toes dramatically reduces speed. Coach Ken Harnden shares 3 problems that sprinters encounter when they run on their toes and why you should strike the ground with the ball of the foot. He also talks about some drills to perform to develop correct ground contact. Great sprinters 'move like athletes,' and athletes don't run on their toes.

Watch sprinting demonstrations by Olympians Warren Fraser and Cejhae Greene. Athlete insight section includes Cejhae talking about how he learned dorsiflexion and developed his sprinting technique.

[thelegend]

Truly love your content guys,
By far the best teaching channel for sprinters.

[jonjones]

In the UK track isn't popular or considered that cool. In the US its prioritised alot more and i can see why. Its such a perfect balance of discipline, self inflection and functionality.

[MLGRDR]

Seeing that slow motion clip made me realize that I need to start implementing dorsiflexion in my sprinting technique

[AnonW]

Always watch pro athletes that are similar size, proportions and dimensions as you, what works for Usain Bolt would certainly not work for Christian Coleman.

[イヨカン-mm]

(I'm sorry I'm Japanese and not good at English.)
In Japan, many coaches had said "Land flat, which means land 'on your whole sole of feet' ."
And as super slow movies prevailed and everyone became to know that heels didn't touch ground, coaches began to say "Flat landing is a sensational concept, we should try to land on the whole sole of feet but actually heels don't touch ground."
Did the changes of illustration by coaches also happen in your country? Or everyone knows heels don't touch ground since before?
As you know we East Asian people are accustomed to stuffs like sense and spirit(as seen in Bruce Lee movies), many sprinters have accepted that illustration easily.
In that situation I and some sprinters have got curious whether Western sprinters also experienced confusions from such vague definitions.

[shalaywilliams]

Really thought I needed to be literally running on my toes. I had the concept all wrong. Man.

[DvirPeri]

0:23 imagine turning around for a sec then seeing this man running at you like that

[amanpandey]

Sir plzz make some videos for middle distance and long distance runners please sir i love this channel and i and many of ur are waiting for such videos

[rosanocavichioli]

Nice!
I was anxious for new content.
You guys are great.
Tks and regards from Brazil

[vanshjoshi]

Thx, your English is perfect and understandable. I saw many videos but thier English is too fast than I cannot catchup what they are saying. I am Indian and Studing in 9std. My speaking skills are good but my hearing skills in English is weak 😅

[lkmens]

Don't stop this we can gain lot of good things

[JulianSirian]

Great video, as this isn't taught often enough.
Don't suppose you can try to show us exercises that allow us to have a similar technique to Flo-jo? She seemed to get her thighs slightly in front of her, yet allow her to have her feet touch the ground below her, allow her to have most energy in stride with minimum effort (if you know what I mean).
Thought I'd ask anyway;-)

[dpasv]

To say nothing of the extensive period to fully dissipate negative vertical velocity subsequent to initial ground contact and leakage during amortization.

[Niko-ojtr]

Sir please suggest some basic drills for dorsiflexion

[ptjww]

Can this technique be used on long distance running such as 10k or half-marathon, or does it make the risk of injury (calves, ankles...) too high?

[sebastianiglesias]

great video what I really want to know is that this running technique can be applied in soccer?

[sarjeetkasana]

Sir I want to train by your academy so how can I join you pls

[krishnaraj]

Sir, what are the drills for dorsiflexed sprinting and how many months it takes to sprint in dorsiflexed foot strike ?

[schaefer]

Does the foot stiffly stay dorsiflexed for the whole race if done correctly?

[lucas]

your starting music is the exact same as a Youtube advertisement (in the UK) and it was really confusing