Electric Hurdles
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INTENT and the Named Steps

Through, Punch, Getaway, Sprint. Each step is named for what it must do, and each one sets up the next hurdle.

Founder method
Teach this lesson T Trackside cues
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The Name Is the Command

INTENT governs the step.Each step's name is the response it must produce.

“Through Step gets through, Punch Step punches the track, and Getaway Step gets away.”
SourcesKU-015N
Coach notes
  • INTENT is a capitalized system principle.
  • The founder proposes that centimeter-scale angle differences produced by intent accumulate across ten hurdles. The size of that effect is unmeasured.
SourcesKU-015N; GLOSS
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The Loop

Through. Punch. Getaway. Sprint.Then the next Through Step.

Through Stepcut stepabbreviated stiff strikethat sends the athletethrough the hurdlePunch Steplead-leg touchdownbent, stiff lead legpunches the trackGetaway Steptrail-leg strikedown and back behind thecenter of mass, awayfrom the hurdleSprint Stepthe one full cycleenough force anddistance to set up thenext Through Steploops into the next hurdle
Through Step, Punch Step, Getaway Step, Sprint Step, then the next Through Step.
Every step creates the next hurdle problem
Through.
Response
Send yourself through the hurdle
Meaning
Through Step, the intent name for the cut step
SourcesKU-015O
Punch the track.
Response
Stiff, bent lead leg strikes hard
Meaning
Punch Step
SourcesKU-015P
Get away.
Response
Strike down and back and leave the hurdle
Meaning
Getaway Step
SourcesKU-015M
Coach notes
  • Punch, Getaway and Sprint are not isolated contacts. Their accumulated intent puts the athlete close enough to the next hurdle that the abbreviated Through Step can solve it.
  • The founder's illustration: about an inch from the first contact, four inches from the Getaway Step, five from the Sprint Step. Nine inches of deliberate proximity creates the next hurdle problem. These are explanatory numbers, not prescriptions.
SourcesKU-015T; KU-015S; KU-015M; KU-015P; KU-015O
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When the Sprint Step Fails

The Sprint Step is the only step allowed to open into a full sprint cycle.A lackluster Sprint Step leaves the athlete too far from the next hurdle.Then the cut step has to cover ground, and stops being a cut step.

Coach notes
  • Weak upstream contacts pass the distance problem downstream. The Through Step expands toward a sprint cycle and loses its stiffness, abbreviated cycle, quick exit and slight backward strike.
  • Most cut-step faults are diagnosed one or two contacts earlier.
SourcesKU-015S; KU-015T

Related

  • The Cut Step -- At hurdle speed there is no time for a full cycle. The cut step is an abbreviated, stiff strike from the hip.
  • The Lead Leg -- Thigh to chest, bent knee, heel under the hamstring. Then punch down and back out of the angle.
  • The Trail Leg -- Heel to butt in the Chicken Wing, toe to the side in the Chicken Paw, then down the moment it clears.
  • H1 to H2 -- Still an acceleration interval. Strike hard, restore the front side, dribble the last two contacts into the next Tyson.

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