How Matt Boling's Improved Start Is Taking Him To The Next Level

hey guys it's olivia and today i'm going to be breaking down how matthew bowling won his very first u20 pan american championship in the 100 meters such a great race he had a double which we'll talk about in a little bit but right now let's go ahead and look at how he runs this hundred so here we are in the starting blocks lane five matthew bowling in the middle of the track representing the usa i want to first look at his initial movements and this is so critical so we're gonna watch this in very slow motion so here we are at set the gun goes off and it looks like we have a false start on the very inside but if you look very closely of matthew bowling his very first movement actually comes from his head instead of his legs so that actually takes time away from him being explosive out of the blocks that way so let's look at look at that again in very slow motion rewind look at it again head first then body we'll play one more time that way you guys can see it very closely head then body so as a sprinter you want to move your legs first your head should never be the first movement that you make so it's one thing that matthew can focus on as he moves forward in his promising track career but other than that he looks really good here all right let's go ahead look at his first couple steps and right now it might be kind of hard to see but his arm his left arm actually is very extended that is great that shows that he's very powerful his arm right here is very close to his body but i want us to focus on this foot here you can see his foot is actually dorsiflex which means he has a lot of ankle mobility he's able to use that power that he's getting from the blocks into his ankles to help him prepare and power him down the track forward which is great we want low heels which we can definitely see that he's doing here so that's a great first thing to look at in his start so let's go ahead look on at him head on and he's very low compared to the rest of the field that is great he's building that momentum coming from the blocks this back foot is facing out which is amazing that means he's not butt kicking but he's able to recover and move his hips quicker in between his steps so let's go ahead further down the track and he's still in his drive phase which is great and right now he's looking solid we're about 10 meters down the dragons you can see we have a couple people starting to stand up but matthew bowling is slowly moving himself out of that dry phase so he's not butt kicking he's using aggression and right here is an amazing shot of that ankle you can see he's on his toes he's not flat-footed so that means he's not spending too much time on the ground and he's able to be quick and pounce down the track so this is a great thing for matthew bowling that helps him with that top end speed that he has moving down we're about 20 to 30 meters in and right here again we have that another dorsiflex that foot is facing back which means he's not butt kicking his arms are engaged and what i love about him is he's really showing those facial expressions down the track you'll see that he's very aggressive and that's amazing again dorsiflex foot foot's looking back so he's not butt kicking this is going to help him prepare all the way down the track sharp angles and at this point he's starting to slowly move away from the field as we go ahead he's being very powerful crosses the finish line and first i don't think he knew he won it took a couple moments for the clock to show up on the screen what he actually ran he won the 100 meters at 10.11 that's a legal time that's a personal best for him the 200 meters he ran at 20.31 he also was part of history in this meet at the pan am u20 game so for u20 they broke the pan am records which is amazing in the 4 by 100 meter relay and the 4 by 400 meter relay as well so he had a stellar performance at this championships so if you're looking for more telestrations on matthew bowling and the other illustrations we have on this website definitely look underneath the training tab so you can check them out

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Length: 4min 14sec (254 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 12 2021