Sprint StartsWayne ClarkMF Athletics

Setting up the Blocks• Knees on the line• Sit tall

Setting up the Blocks• Knees on line• Foot flexed

Setting up the Blocks-Back Pedal

• Line heal up to front block• One foot length back from front pedal

Ceremony of Backing into the Blocks

Setting Hands• Hands just outside shoulder• Fingers together• Up on fingertips

Setting Hands•Fingers together•Up on fingertips

Elbows-Not Locked

90/120• Hips higher than shoulders• Shoulders over the line

Drive Head Forward

Arm Swing•Drive elbows

Starts on a line

Pedal Angles

Driving out of the Blocks