"Change the starting foot?"

"That's right, change your starting foot!"

After hearing Randy's suggestion, Su Bingtian fell into deep thought.

What does it mean to change the starting foot?

It is roughly equivalent to the martial arts novel in which a swordsman master changes his right-handed sword to a left-handed sword in pursuit of more excellent swordsmanship.

"If you want to change your starting foot, you have to start everything again, starting block distance, foot plate angle, knee joint angle during preparation... Not only do you have to relearn how to start, you also have to relearn how to accelerate and run on the road.

, including the final 20-meter sprint, which you are least good at, you need to relearn everything."

Randy looked at Su Bingtian very seriously: "Do you have the courage?"

Su Bingtian hesitated: "Why should I change my starting point? Isn't there a better way?"

Randy smiled: "Su, have you noticed something? When you change from a static state to a moving state, the first thing you step out is your right foot instead of your left foot."

"Ah? Is this happening?"

"Changing the starting foot is something that needs to be treated with caution in sprinting and hurdles. The reason why I give you this advice is because you chose the wrong starting foot from the beginning."

Randy explained while doing the movements: "The choice of starting foot for sprint and hurdle events is actually very simple. I think every person with sound limbs will always run and jump during play when he is young. When you encounter

When you reach an obstacle, your body will automatically jump into the air and cross that obstacle."

"At this time, the foot you use to take off is the most suitable foot in front of the starting block in sprints and hurdles. I just asked Wei En to push you from behind. Without any precautions, you took the lead.

It’s still the right foot that goes out.”

"This subconscious reaction is the best response of your nervous system in its natural state, and sprinting, to a large extent, competes with neurological instincts and physical instincts."

Su Bingtian lowered his head and thought, while Wei En looked at him expectantly.

The 100 meters is an extreme sport.

In just about 10 seconds, athletes need to complete technical movements at different stages such as starting, accelerating, running and sprinting, and pressing the line. This requires athletes not only to have strong muscle strength for support, but also to perform daily exercises.

During a day's training, you will develop your own running rhythm and condense it into muscle memory until it is transformed into an almost instinctive reaction.

Because of this, changing the starting foot is far more difficult than ordinary people imagine.

At this time, the members and coaches of the sprint team stopped what they were doing and looked at Su Bingtian.

Under the gaze of everyone, Su Bingtian hesitantly asked Randy a question: "If I change my starting foot, how long will it take to get back to my current level?"

After hearing Wei En's translation, Randy said bluntly: "Sorry, I can't give you an accurate time, maybe half a year, maybe a year, maybe two years..."

"Su, what I want to tell you is that you and Zhang actually already have the conditions needed to hit the 10-second mark, but you didn't know how to take advantage of these conditions before."

"Zhang, he has found a way to improve his strength through special strength training and increase his stride length while maintaining the current stride frequency. But you are different. It is difficult to increase your stride length. At present,

In other words, continuing to increase your cadence is the best option."

"But your muscle memory has been finalized, and the amount of force your body needs to exert at each stage is basically fixed. If you want to improve, finding another way may be a better choice."

Randy talked a lot, but Su Bingtian didn't say anything. Wei En thought for a while, walked to him, put his arm around his shoulders and encouraged him: "Brother Tian, ​​we have a Chinese saying called [no breaking, no building]. Of course."

, in fact, even if you don’t change your starting position, you may not be unable to continue to improve, I believe you can do it!”

Su Bingtian just smiled bitterly. In fact, when Randy said it, his heart was already moved.

Just changing the starting foot is indeed a very risky decision for his career. Although Liu Xiang has learned from the past, Su Bingtian knows that changing his starting foot and Liu Xiang's changing starting foot are completely different concepts.

Liu Xiang changed his starting foot mainly to change the "eight steps to the hurdles" to the "seven steps to the hurdles". In order not to affect the mature technique of attacking the hurdles, he changed the starting foot so that the starting foot can still be used when attacking the hurdles.

It's the right foot.

For Liu Xiang, in fact, the only real change was the first six steps of attacking the first hurdle, but Su Bingtian was completely different.

For Su Bingtian, if his stride length does not change and he still runs the entire distance in 48 steps, then changing the starting foot means that throughout the 100 meters, his actions will be the opposite of what he did in the past.

of.

In the sprint field where the smallest difference can determine the outcome of the game, if Su Bingtian decides to change the starting foot, then he will need to fight against the "instinct" that has been formed, and he will need to fully master the entire rhythm, technical movements, and training system.

Change of orientation.

Learn everything from scratch, re-create a new running rhythm, a new "instinct", let alone hit the 10-second mark that represents the world's first-class level, even if he wants to return to his current 10.05~10.10

The level is also extremely difficult.

"Give me some time and let me think about it." Su Bingtian said hello to Yuan Guoqiang and left the track and field with worries.

After Su Bingtian left, Wei En did not continue to persuade him because he knew Su Bingtian's character.

He is——Su Bingtian!

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Just as Wei En thought, during the morning training the next day, Su Bingtian made a decision - to change the starting foot!

Because of his decision, Su Bingtian's original winter training plan had to be greatly adjusted, which gave Yuan Guoqiang a headache.

Fortunately, after Liu Xiang's coach Sun Haiping learned about this incident, he made a special call from Shanghai to exchange his thoughts with Yuan Guoqiang.

Of course, Randy Huntington, who made this suggestion, did not stay away from the matter. He had done some research on this when he was coaching in the United States, so he also put forward many practical and effective suggestions for Su Bingtian's winter training plan.

Not long after the new winter training plan was formulated, the time came to November 20. The members of the Chinese National Track and Field Team's men's 4x100-meter relay team officially ended the first phase of winter training and began to pack their bags and head to their next destination.

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United States, Florida, Bradenton, IMG Sports Academy.

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