Short heels make elite sprinters super speedy
Friday, October 30, 2009 - 05:42
in Physics & Chemistry
When 100 m sprinters launches themselves from the starting blocks, the race can be won or lost in the first few strides. Acceleration through the first few strides is the key to winning gold. So when Stephen Piazza was approached by an American football star, who sprints in his position of wide receiver, to find out how he could improve his technique and training regime, Piazza decided to focus on the athlete's ankles to try to discover what gives elite sprinters the edge over ordinary mortals and publishes his findings on 30 October 2009 in The Journal of Experimental Biology at http://jeb.biologists.org...