Championship Speed and Power Drills: Hurdles

with Jarius Cooper, Arkansas State University Assistant Coach; USA Track & Field Level 1 Certified Instructor, four-year letter winner and SEC All-Academic Team Member while competing at the University of Florida; In 2014, Cooper guided Sharika Nelvis to a collegiate DI National Championship in the Women's 60-meter hurdles and the outdoor 100-meter hurdles Get over 30 exercises to add to your training routine to address speed and power needs for the sprint-hurdler Incorporate hurdle mobility into workouts and help increase your athletes' hip mobility and range of motion Teach starting block clearance for the hurdler in a safe and progressive manner Jarius Cooper stresses the importance of the "sprint" in the sprint hurdles as the essential component for running faster times in all hurdle events. Coach Cooper's approach to developing speed and power in the hurdles is a fundamental foundation that must be built upon for successful hurdling. Cooper's mantra of "control time on the ground, not control time in the air" is a prerequisite for successful sprint hurdling. Using a combination of warm-ups, hurdle mobility drills, agilities, power elements (jumping sequences), hurdle drills, block starts, and bounds, Cooper provides the critical elements for continued speed and power development in both off-season and in-season training. In all, more than 30 drills/sequences are demonstrated throughout the video.