What is the purpose of dead leg drills? By Coach Mike

Progress! Learning new technical sprinting drills when your just starting out can be very challenging when you’re new to a speed training program. With structure, consistency, reps, rhythm and coaching feedback, Luke developed good basic grasp on a couple of “Dead Leg” drills that we did today. Dead Leg Drills are great for top speed mechanics because they isolate one side at a time. Variations of these drills can help develop horizontal/forward force and efficient overall front-end mechanics. The reps in these video are not perfect but certainly show that a complex drill requiring unilateral coordination can be taught and developed. Excellent work today Luke!

Coaching Points: Stay tall but slightly forward. Stay loose throughout the shoulder girdle and use more arm swing to generate force. Toes up (dorsi flexion) on the recovery phase then snap the foot down and feel your foot pulling the ground behind you.