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Force Absorption Drills

February 4, 2022 by

In this post Coach Kyle Edwards shares a series force abortion drills.

The clip is taken from his teaching course Feed the Cats: Rocket Fuel for Sprinters 

Coach Edwards points out that sprinting is really just a series of single-leg depth jumps.

In the videos he explains four force absorption drills

  1. Jumps (aka Cat Jumps) – three variations
  2. Single depth jumps
  3. Long Depth Jumps
  4. Assisted plypos

In each he stresses the key point of not letting your heels hit the ground

To learn more about the great course that this clip was taken from click here

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