A Skip vs B Skip: The Key Differences You Need to Know
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- čas přidán 20. 11. 2022
- What are the key differences between the A Skip and the B Skip? Former Olympian and world record holder Wille Banks has all the answers in this video lesson.
Whether you're a sprinter or a jumper, these drills are essential for developing proper ground contact and technique. Most coaches focus on the leg action, but the real key to sprinting faster is applying the maximum amount of force down to the ground.
The fastest sprinters on the planet produce 5 times more vertical force into the ground compared to slower ones. By learning how to perform A skips and B skips correctly, you'll be able to develop your vertical force and ultimately improve your speed.
In this video you'll learn:
1. What A skips and B Skips are.
2. How to properly perform each with detailed technical breakdowns and slow motion demonstrations.
3. The difference between the A and B skips in terms of technique and what each drill helps to develop.
4. Some common errors in these warm up drills.
5. The fundamentals of each drill that should provide you with enough information to determine if either or both of these drills should be added to your warm up routine.
Both of these drills focus on ground contact which is essential for proper technique. Most coaches focus on the leg action which doesn't help you sprint faster, it's the force you apply to the ground. Remember, sprinting faster is about applying the maximum amount of force down to the ground. The more force you can apply to ground the faster you will go.
Demonstrations from Olympian Chris Benard, Warren Fraser and Cejhae Greene
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Great description Coach! Over years I always gotten so confused by these skips
Glad to hear it!
this is the best video to really help me visualize it how it’s the pushing down into the ground is with the foot is really the energy that propels you and not just letting your legs fall but generate force by pushing the foot to the ground
Great to hear!
Thanks for the excellent overview
Glad it was helpful!
THX
Thanks for the video coach
Any time!
Thank you
Welcome!
Very good
Thanks
Very nice and detailed video!
Just want to ask if it's normal that my feet don't land at the same time in a-skips? And I dont know the reason but I think i'm also shuffling my un-raised leg whenever the raised leg goes down --- i hear it slide on the floor/do an extra mini hop huhu
Part of that could be due to the coordination between your flexors and extensors (which is important to develop if you want to maximize your speed). Try doing A marches and A runs. Working on mobility and flexibility in the ankle and hip flexors will help as well.
@@OutperformOfficial will do, thank you very much!!! I’m just concerned that im doing the drills wrong and i might develop the wrong form 😅
So, what is this for exactly? Is this a warm-up for sprinters? or it also applies to resistance/long distance runners?
You got it.
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Can you, at the age of forty, increase your speed if you train well and learn good technique for running 60 meters and 100 meters?
I am no expert but i definitely believe so. The body is an amazing creation by God. Capable of a lot more than we think.
@@davids5980 thanks brother
Definitely
Not an expert neither but id also improve sprinting endurance as if your fitness isn’t good enough you’ll slow down after for example 50 meters, so be fit enough to sprint the 100m HIIT should be good. You could try treadmill sprints for like 20 seconds then rest couple mins then repeat.
@@DD-ru6nv thank you Bro
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The guy in the red shirt is bouncing on 2 feet while the guy in the grey only has one foot at a time. So which version is correct?
Both, the goal of the drill is dorsiflexion, landing under the hip etc. It comes down to personal preference.
How you do a thing called a "fast" step? I saw Usainbolt do it. It is like your jogging then suddenly you make a fast step like a sprinting leg step.
I’ve seen it called “straight leg fast leg” or “single leg fast leg”. Basically you do a straight leg hop for a couple steps then bring back one leg to the “mountain pose” for leverage and cycle the other leg through “fast”. When the fast leg lands extend the other leg back to straight leg hop. Alternate the fast leg as you go a predetermined distance then sprint out. By far the most aesthetic and intimidating drill to the uninitiated
@@lioneljones3140 Thanks for the information. I didn't find much information on the internet about it. It looks like it can help al ot.
@@2DarkHorizon yeah my first thought was to link a vid but I couldn’t find one so I tried my best to explain in here 🙏🏾
@@lioneljones3140 search "carlin isles speed drills" goto 1 min and 40 seconds in the video. He doesn't seem to do the full stride cycle it seems short and choppy. the video i say usainbolt do it on youtube he was moving faster and the stride cycle was full.
Pls make some schedule for sprinters for 6days in a week pls
buy their program maybe?? aint shit for free boy
Check out these sample schedules we just posted outperformsports.com/sprint-training-program/
@aint nun I'm thrifty so I'll keep looking for free stuff lol.
Bro is giving orders as if everything in life was for free haha
Different from all I have seen, so who is right? or is there a right and wrong, lots of jumping effort in these examples.