Hurdle Technique The Lead Leg

Get the Hurdling Master Class https://outperformsports.com/product/... The way you address the hurdle with the lead leg will have a major impact on how fast you run. In this video lesson you’ll learn the correct lead leg technique with drills and tips to help make it stick. Many coaches and hurdlers think that the lead leg should be straight and “snap down” after clearing the hurdle. Snapping the lead leg down causes many issues which hurt your technique and result in slower times. The ideal hurdling technique is actually leading with the knee and having a bent lead leg. In this lesson - Coach Karim shares a great warm up drill that also helps develop proper motor patterns when it comes to the lead leg movement. Coach Brown talks about some of the most common errors with the lead leg and how to prevent them. Coach Brown demonstrates proper lead leg technique on the track and ties it into a rhythmic hurdling drill.