Quick Hurdle Form Check

Just a run through over the first hurdle at race height (39") Trail leg could have been better on this run. I put my sweats about 3' in front of the hurdle to force me to snap my lead leg down faster.

Note: this was recorded after several run-throughs over 2 and 5 hurdles.

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[kwamelio]

My advice, keep your lead leg away from the center of the hurdle and attack one of the two boxes that are generally on both sides of each hurdle. It should be mechanically sound to the point where you're moving back into running form starting at the top of the hurdle on your way down. I'll upload some more recent videos from when I ran at NCAAs if you happen to take a gander again

[TheZetz]

@kwamelio Sounds good. Thanks for the tip. That's probably the most visual and easy to follow one I've had so far. I'll check out that video as soon as you upload it. Leave a comment on my page or something because I don't usually notice video updates.

[jonbomb44]

what PR are you referring to that i was .02 sec off?

[TheZetz]

@jonbomb44 14.75. It's my school's record. I'm not sure who set it, but it was back in the 70s I think. (Utah isn't much of a track state considering how much snow we get.)

[MarcusHowardCentral]

hey, when you start, you do something what my school calls "black swag". that's were your legs start wider and slowly ease in to your normal running. So try to prevent "black swag" and you'll notice a faster time out of the blocks

[TheZetz]

@jonbomb44 Wow.... that's worse than my last season. Tore my deltoid pretty bad. Anytime I happened to lead with my right leg my left arm killed from moving it up. Couldn't even do squats in the weight room. Had to settle for leg presses. I'm back in lifting now. I haven't taken much video since most of my running right now has been for 400m and 300m IH.

I'll probably make a compilation of starts/hurdle takeoff and landing from different angles in the next couple weeks though.

[jonbomb44]

@TheZetz

Sure thing man. I've had a hard time with collegiate hurdles though. The first HH race i did was the 60m hurdles and i sprained my ankle. After a month being out I went to run the 110 hurdles where i sliced open the back of my achilles. After getting rid of the infection the season was over. not the best season in the world lol

im looking forward to some more vids to see improvement.

[TheZetz]

@jonbomb44 Thanks for the tips. Actually, for this one I did 39" which is full height for high school. Seems like you're in college now. Your 110HH PR is actually only .02 slower than my school's record lol. Anyway, I'll be uploading some more videos from different angles within the next couple weeks. I'd appreciate some more help.

[jonbomb44]

I noticed that youre lead leg is swinging in a little before you go over. try to keep that straighter. Also, lean forward more. But im sure you already know all this since the hurdle is lower than the official height for the 110 hurdles..