Monday, December 29, 2008

Robles - fast and proficient

Dayron Robles from Cuba is the best hurdler in the world. Take a look to see why. He is so fast, you will see him shuffle between hurdles -- not much knee lift or stride length -- to avoid getting too close. Even if you are not fast enough to have to shuffle, you can learn a lot in viewing his posture and position. Check out the arms, lead leg action, trail leg, body lean and recovery.

Chinese hurdlers show quick tempo

Check out this video. Chinese hurdlers. You can't understand the dialog, but you can hear the quick tempo of the footstrikes between hurdles. Quick, quick, quick. Impressive.