Check Your Sprinting Knowledge With This Crossword.

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Across
  1. 7. In this position the athlete will be "driving" their knee upward and hip into flexion
  2. 8. Force is a......
  3. 10. Do not act much as a plantar flexor force producers, but instead they play a role in keeping the foot a plantar flexed (nuetral-ish) position during the sprint.
  4. 14. play a large role in hip extension and horizontal force generation during the sprint
  5. 17. In this position the athlete will have their knee fully extended. It is believed by some researchers that this is one of the most important positions
  6. 18. Begins when your heel lifts off the ground to allow your toes propel you forwards
  7. 21. Crosses two joint
  8. 22. is the moment when you foot touches the ground
  9. 23. Largest quadriceps muscle
  10. 24. hip extensor; knee flexor/external rotator
  11. 25. Ankle plantar Flexion
Down
  1. 1. Where the foot in contact with the ground is supporting the entire body weight. Michael Johnson says "The most important part of the 40 yard dash".
  2. 2. The left leg will always produce a ________ torque around the spinal column
  3. 3. How fast you can recycle your legs through both the swing phase and the pull phase
  4. 4. Dr. Larry Van Such says'To maximize the pull phase what muscles should be strengthened. Clue What extensors?
  5. 5. Origin Point: Ischial Tuberosity of outside Coxa and Insertion Point: proximal tibia, medial to tibial tuberosity
  6. 6. Crosses on joint
  7. 9. Dr. Larry Van Such says'Most athletes don't know about this particular phase.
  8. 11. Right leg always produces a ______ Torque around the spinal column
  9. 12. There is a substantial reduction in oxygen uptake when fibers are________lengthened
  10. 13. Which contraction results in more oxygen consumption
  11. 15. Hip abductor/internal rotator
  12. 16. This is the moment the foot has just left the ground
  13. 19. Origin Point: Greater trochanter. Insertion Point: Quadriceps Tendon
  14. 20. Hip extensor; knee flexor/internal rotator