PaceSetter Book

Speed Activities 6

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6.2.2.3 High Skips or Leaps

Purpose : To develop rear foot and leg drive.

Action : The young athlete should perform this drill on the balls of the feet. The rear leg should drive so that the body is lifted off the ground with the assistance of the drive backwards of the opposite arm. Their free leg is raised to a point so that the thigh is parallel with the ground and the leg performing the drive is alternated every step.

6.2.2.4 Back Flicks

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Purpose : To develop correct leg action (thigh high, heel high and toe up) following a drive off the rear leg.

Action : The young athlete should perform this drill on the balls of the feet, keeping the arms driving throughout and at high speed. Their knee is driven upwards, the heel flicked backwards towards the buttocks and the thigh raised to a high position.

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