Video: How to Do More Running Drills to Increase Speed & Efficiency

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Athletic skips are an efficient running drill that requires a runner to lift the knees and drive force into the ground to increase speed. Learn a running drill with tips from a professional fitness trainer in this free video on running.

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Hi, I'm Les Whitley. Like to show you a few more running drills that you can use to maximize your speed as well as your efficiency in your runs. Either going from the start or maximizing your end speed, either way you have to have a lot of drills that get you going in the directions that you need. Simple drills at helping you put force in the ground. It's just a nice easy skip. It's different than traditional skip, worth making more of an athletic position. Traditional skip is nice and easy you think light on your feet. The athletic skip you want knees up driving force in the ground. Nice efficient running posture, so that when you bring those toes up you actually have purpose to when your foot comes back down. Again, force into the ground, knees up, using those arms to drive through. Almost a march but still light on the feet, using the arms to help bring the knees up as you drive force them into the ground. The other is a nice starting drill. It's basically a falling start. To get yourself in a good acceleration position where you have good body lean, your hips and knees should be in line. Driving back forcefully into the ground. Imagine you're a tree falling forward. The only thing that's going to stop your face from hitting the ground is your foot coming out acting as a stabilizer. So as your hands in a good nice relaxed position fall forward then hit your start. That knee comes up and that acceleration position, toe pulled up ready to drive back into the ground, to not only prevent you from falling on your face, but also keeps you at a nice good body lean position, ready to accelerate and finish the race.

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How to Do More Running Drills to Increase Speed & Efficiency

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