Comparison: The form of a professional and a university sprinter
This latest sports science video compares the biomechanics between a professional sprinter and university athlete at maximal sprint speed.
In a video posted last week by E.M — Sports Science, two sprinter’s biomechanics are analyzed on a treadmill highlighting proper sprint form at maximal speed. In slow-motion, the differences are pretty apparent.
The professional sprinter, shown on the left, has his hips in line with his body while the collegiate athlete, shown on the right, has his lower-back arched and his butt sticking out.
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One of the ways that the professional sprinter can maintain good posture and form even at maximal speed is through a strong core and flexibility in his or her hip flexors.
The video is one of many as part of E.M — Sports Science, run by Eliran Mizelman, an exercise physiologist and a sports scientist at the University of Saskatchewan.
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Now compare to a trio of long distance runners.
In the below video, Kenenisa Bekele, a long distance runner from Ethiopia who holds the world record for both the 5,000m and 10,000m, has his stride, along with Olympian champion Mo Farah and distance great Haile Gebrselassie, slowed down.
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