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What is overspeed training?
March 25th, 2010
What is Overspeed?
Overspeed is when athletes move the whole body, or parts of the body, with speeds higher than the normal competitive speed.
Speed training basically consists of athletes trying to maintain the highest speed possible for as long as it is possible. By repeating this over and over again, the athlete will, eventually be able to extend the barrier and surpass his/ her record.
The athlete accelerates to gaining the maximum speed and then tries to maintain this speed for 30-50 yards. Even top world sprinters cannot run their fastest for even such short distance as 100 meters. Usually the athlete is gaining speed up to first third of the distance, then in the second part they are at their top speed level and in the last third they are a little slower than during the previous phase. Read the rest of this entry »
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