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To all runners, I wonder if somebody could help me understand the importance of foot landing impact, specially when I run. When my foot strike the ground, whats the proper way for me to practice. I tried heel-toe and it hurts. I tried what they call forefoot where in you land on your foot flat below your knees absorbing the whole weight of the body and it seems okey. What's the right way?
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Ah, foot strike. Just for the record, this is one of those topics where, if you ask ten different experts, you may well get ten different answers citing ten different studies claim to have found "the best" foot strike. So, I'd recommend you take any advice you get with a grain of salt and try different things out to see what works best for you. That said, I can give you my opinion.
When we walk, we tend to land on our heel first & roll through the rest of our foot. Sprinters, on the other hand, tend to run on the balls of their feet and keep the rest of their foot off the ground. So it makes sense that, when you're running at a moderate pace, you're going to land somewhere between these two extremes. Landing on your heel is something you definitely want to avoid - people tend to have this problem when they overstride, or try to run faster by making their strides too long. When you land on your heel, it normally means that your foot is landing in front of your center of gravity, which puts a lot of extra strain on your knees and can lead to injury (it sounds like you tried this & found that it hurts). Many people believe that runners should try to land flat in the middle of their feet, which for some people works really well. However, you will definitely find runners that land a little more toward the ball end of their midfoot, and runners that land a little more toward the heel, and that's what works for them.
I would advise you to shoot for landing flat in the middle of your foot; if you aim for that, you will probably naturally adjust slightly forward or back from that in a way that's comfortable. If you still experience discomfort, try having a coach watch you run (or better yet, videotape), and give you some more specific feedback. (That's about the best I can do without actually having seen you run.)
Best of luck! :)
Ah, foot strike. Just for the record, this is one of those topics where, if you ask ten different experts, you may well get ten different answers citing ten different studies claim to have found "the best" foot strike. So, I'd recommend you take any advice you get with a grain of salt and try different things out to see what works best for you. That said, I can give you my opinion.
When we walk, we tend to land on our heel first & roll through the rest of our foot. Sprinters, on the other hand, tend to run on the balls of their feet and keep the rest of their foot off the ground. So it makes sense that, when you're running at a moderate pace, you're going to land somewhere between these two extremes. Landing on your heel is something you definitely want to avoid - people tend to have this problem when they overstride, or try to run faster by making their strides too long. When you land on your heel, it normally means that your foot is landing in front of your center of gravity, which puts a lot of extra strain on your knees and can lead to injury (it sounds like you tried this & found that it hurts). Many people believe that runners should try to land flat in the middle of their feet, which for some people works really well. However, you will definitely find runners that land a little more toward the ball end of their midfoot, and runners that land a little more toward the heel, and that's what works for them.
I would advise you to shoot for landing flat in the middle of your foot; if you aim for that, you will probably naturally adjust slightly forward or back from that in a way that's comfortable. If you still experience discomfort, try having a coach watch you run (or better yet, videotape), and give you some more specific feedback. (That's about the best I can do without actually having seen you run.)
Best of luck! :)
Where can I learn what the baseball signals mean?
crunkin413
I'll be watching baseball and all of a sudden they would should the manager doing some crazy signals to the players and then I would be like WTF? But the players know what the hell he is saying. It is like a sign language. Where can I learn this language because I would love to implement something like this in a soccer game. Or does every team have a different bunch of signals. Someone please clearify this for me.
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It is a code. Most of the signals are BS, and only a few acutally mean anything. He could be swiping his hands all over the place, but the runner will only be looking for him to touch his right ear which might mean to steal second or a hit and run or something like that. It is different for all teams really because they decide which signals to use. You can use it in a soccer game, but the field is pretty big, and the game is to fast paced for everyone to really understand and implement any strategies quick enough. Only really to be used on throw-ins, corners, goal kicks, and whenever a team starts off w/ the ball (i.e. after a goal, or at the beginning of a half).
It is a code. Most of the signals are BS, and only a few acutally mean anything. He could be swiping his hands all over the place, but the runner will only be looking for him to touch his right ear which might mean to steal second or a hit and run or something like that. It is different for all teams really because they decide which signals to use. You can use it in a soccer game, but the field is pretty big, and the game is to fast paced for everyone to really understand and implement any strategies quick enough. Only really to be used on throw-ins, corners, goal kicks, and whenever a team starts off w/ the ball (i.e. after a goal, or at the beginning of a half).
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