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Thanks DB2023. My son watched that kid’s video from the other week and practiced it over and over and he isn’t overly faster, but much more consistent and efficient.

Zach Dechant has some good skipping workout videos on Instagram if anyone wants to look them up. You can also get Lee Taft to do remote training for about $1k. If I had a 2024 or younger who struggles with the 60 I’d definitely consider Lee Taft.

Area Code tryout at Fresno State. We ran the 60 yard early in the morning on the baseball field.

Prior to this tryout I asked the Fresno State track coach to attend the tryout and provide running instruction to all the players. After the 1st run, the Track Coach instructed the baseball players in running technique. We ran the 60 yd again and the results showed a 5-10% improvement in the player's times.

All HS have track coaches, please request their assistance. "a different in 1/10 of a second can make a difference in "out or safe" and final result a team victory.

"metrics do not win games" players & coaches win games!!!

Bob

I sent my son to sixty training. It got him from 6.8 to 6.6 in a few weeks. He maxed at 6.5.

Reducing ground contact times does increase speed, however only if you exert the same force into the ground.

Reducing contact time will increase stride frequency which helps speed but only if you keep the stride length. If you just cycle the legs faster but reduce force into the ground you won't get faster.

In short: elite sprinters have shorter ground contact times because they create more force faster and thus need less time to create maximum force.

There are cases when bad mechanics make that worse (for example overstriding which is planting the foot too far ahead of the COG) but in many cases there is a trade off.

The reason a high knee helps is that it gives the foot more time to accelerate backwards before ground contact which reduces breaking force but there are good sprinters without a super high knee lift.