Quickstepping with Kara Stewart

Kara Stewart, a collegiate hurdler at Prairie View A&M, came up for the weekend, and we had a fruitful two days. The reps in this video are from the second day, when we focused on technique and rhythm - keeping the lead leg cycling downward instead of letting it kick out too far, and addressing her habit of the lead arm crossing the body, which was causing her trail leg to flatten out too much. It was a lot of fun and we made a lot of progress.

[@rh4by800]

Whats the spacing between the plastic 24 inch hurdles and the competition hurdles

[@stevemcgillhurdles]

21 feet for both. 30 feet to the first hurdle with a 6-step approach. Regular hurdles are 30 inches high. If I were to increase the height to 33 I’d increase the spacing to 22 or 23 feet for this drill.

[@rh4by800]

@@stevemcgillhurdles thanks. I like this drill. I plan on using this drill for my hurdlers.

[@stevemcgillhurdles]

@@rh4by800 yeah it’s a great drill for developing technique and rhythm. I also use it as a hurdle endurance drill in the fall.