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Practice Spacings and Heights

The founder's practice distances and barrier heights, as stated.

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Spacings

The 7s and 14s are paced with the founder's own feet.

SetupSpacingBasis
The 7 (7-14-21)about 8 ftseven founder heel-to-toe paces, cone every seven
The 14about 16 ftfourteen founder paces
The 21not stated--
Pop-through cut stepabout 4 ft from the hurdleset distance
Marching pop-through startabout 7 ft from the hurdleno momentum
Low and closeabout 15 ftversus a typical 30-ft interval
Stretch outward15, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28 ft and oncoexisting exposures
Women's race (founder)about 28 ftnormal hurdle spacing
Practice spacings the founder states
Coach notes
  • Seven founder paces are roughly eight feet. To reproduce the 7s with a tape, use about 8 feet; the founder's own method is pacing and dropping a cone.
SourcesKU-015AO; WALK · b7; WALK · b8; WALK · b9; KU-015AD; KU-015V
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Heights

Height is dosed by the time of year.At the 7s: "That's not as important as what we're trying to get out of it."

HeightWhere it appears
33 innamed with 39 in as the barriers the lane line drill does not train
39 innamed with 33 in; also men's drill and speed-drill height in the overload block
42 inmen's college and pro height; raced over in the overload block
36 in (men)the men's height used when speeding athletes up
30 in (women)the women's height used when speeding athletes up
one notch = 3 infence slider far side, Grand Holloways, working-set home
Barrier heights named by the founder
Coach notes
  • Which height belongs to which athlete at which age is not stated in the walkthrough.

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  • Unresolved Hurdle heights by part of the season and by athlete.
SourcesWALK · b12; FIT · 20260810-112804-CDX; WALK · b5; WALK · b13

Related

  • 7-14-21 -- Three phases, three themes. One-step overs for power, electric overs for speed.
  • Every Practice Gives Everything -- There is no earned-right gate. Low-close and wide-fast hurdling happen in every practice.
  • The Complete Equation -- Discounted hurdles train most of the Electric equation. Race height, race spacing, and above-race height complete it.

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