Sprinting - Top Speed Development (Max Velocity Drill)

Contrary to popular belief, all out sprinting will not increase speed. Recent studies have shown that sprinting all out will actually cause the nervous system to "record" and reinforce an athletes current max velocity - not help to increase it. If you want to develop and improve your top speed other techniques must be utilized. Coach Karim shares one of the best ways to increase sprinting speed and maximize top speed development.

[limitbreaker_rb]

So I sprint 30m or 20m as fast as I can than I float 30 or 20m

[BreuckelensFinest]

When I was training in the early & mid 90s I trained with a guy name Chris Faulkner of Jamaica in Los Angeles & he taught me this method of training. I must confess, it helped me a lot to increase my speed. Ty for this.

[macleishroy]

The guy in blue has a very excellent start but his problem is that he tries too hard to master technique, maybe try getting him to run in natural positions and I guarantee you he will definitely hit a 10.0

[DeeringSpeedAcademy]

Great info, a lot of my athlete's coaches just run them to the ground. In and outs are a great way to control speed and focus on max velocity techniques. Great video explaining the rationale. Thanks.

[deehenry]

You’re a really knowledgeable coach. Thank you

[movorate]

You mention that this is research based information. Do you have a link to the relevant research/studies that you can share?

[danielt]

great video, just wondering how many repetitions I should do for ins and outs and is it beneficial to use a tire or parachute for this.

[AS]

What are the strength training exercises for a sprinter?
Could you share a muscle building video?
Thanks 👍

[Jlee]

Im running tracj for my school and i lowkey feel like im slow so i need advice for speed

[HG-usqc]

Hi could you please explain why the sprint float makes you faster whereas just normal sprinting doesnt. Im not too clear on that

[sfalbach]

Hi, I love your science based info and hope to help my middle school daughter improve in track this year. I plan to apply these principles but first, can you explain what it means "to maintain the same turnover during the float section"? Thank you!

[abgamer]

How to breath while running please upload a video

[curlyjkingofny]

I did Ins and Outs for 3 weeks and it helped me a lot with developing topspeed. But my 30m and 40m times got slower by around 0.3-0.4. Is that because i didnt do acceleration training for 3 weeks?
I hope its that so i can improove that quickly and my 30m and 40m time get quicker and lower.

[renebotana]

I need to improve my top speed . Is off season yet but want to be ready in few months. How many time should I perform this drill a week

[unnamed]

I know i’m late, but i have very good acceleration and everything except my top speed isent quite fast enough as people tend to pass me after the first 60m of the race, any tips or workouts i can do to improve my top speed?

[icecoldgamer]

Hello coach please respond to this comment. So I can run fast until the 60m mark. After that if I try to save my top speed for the last 40m, I am running out of energy super fast, so for the last 10m it looks like I am jogging.

[RandomFactss_]

How do i increase the intensity? Increase the distance on the fly zone or the float zone? Or both?

[rainbroao]

I have a question. When is it overworking yourself? For example. If I did ins and outs for 100m for 3 reps. Could I add in flys aswell that same day? When is it considered over working yourself?

[jamiewilliams]

I don't do track, I play football so I have no clue what an in and out is. Could someone describe it please?

[stan]

How often in a "Ins and out period" do you do this drill? One time per week or more?