Check Your Sprinting Knowledge With This Crossword.
Across
- 7. In this position the athlete will be "driving" their knee upward and hip into flexion
- 8. Force is a......
- 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.
- 14. play a large role in hip extension and horizontal force generation during the sprint
- 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
- 18. Begins when your heel lifts off the ground to allow your toes propel you forwards
- 21. Crosses two joint
- 22. is the moment when you foot touches the ground
- 23. Largest quadriceps muscle
- 24. hip extensor; knee flexor/external rotator
- 25. Ankle plantar Flexion
Down
- 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. The left leg will always produce a ________ torque around the spinal column
- 3. How fast you can recycle your legs through both the swing phase and the pull phase
- 4. Dr. Larry Van Such says'To maximize the pull phase what muscles should be strengthened. Clue What extensors?
- 5. Origin Point: Ischial Tuberosity of outside Coxa and Insertion Point: proximal tibia, medial to tibial tuberosity
- 6. Crosses on joint
- 9. Dr. Larry Van Such says'Most athletes don't know about this particular phase.
- 11. Right leg always produces a ______ Torque around the spinal column
- 12. There is a substantial reduction in oxygen uptake when fibers are________lengthened
- 13. Which contraction results in more oxygen consumption
- 15. Hip abductor/internal rotator
- 16. This is the moment the foot has just left the ground
- 19. Origin Point: Greater trochanter. Insertion Point: Quadriceps Tendon
- 20. Hip extensor; knee flexor/internal rotator