What Is Overspeed Training?
WHAT IS OVERSPEED?
Overspeed is when athletes move the whole body, or parts of the body, with speeds higher than the normal competitive speed.
Speed training basically consists of athletes trying to maintain the highest speed possible for as long as it is possible. By repeating this over and over again, the athlete will, eventually be able to extend the barrier and surpass his/ her record.
The athlete accelerates to gaining the maximum speed and then tries to maintain this speed for 30-50 yards. Even top world sprinters cannot run their fastest for even such short distance as 100 meters. Usually the athlete is gaining speed up to first third of the distance, then in the second part they are at their top speed level and in the last third they are a little slower than during the previous phase.
This fact is due to the complicated biochemical and physiological processes of the human body. This is a rule, we cannot change the time in which the athletes are capable of producing maximum intensity work, but, what we can change is the production, what they can deliver, for this physiologically limited period of time of maximum intensity work. This will be possible only if we can provide the kind of practice for the athlete where they have to move with the highest possible or even faster than that.
If the athlete is not in his best condition when the coach is trying to get him to run these maximum speed pieces, the athlete will be running with a speed lower than his best, which means such practice is a waste of time. So, in order for the athletes to improve their speed, they need to run faster than they are normally capable to. And there are various ways they can train to attain that.
OVERSPEED WORKOUT
Overspeed workout requires an athlete to run optimally as much as 8-13% faster than they are capable of running unassisted. The overspeed workout will activate an athlete’s muscle motor units in synchronized work, and will recruit new motor units within the same muscle. This means an athlete who is capable of running the 40-yard dash in 5.0 seconds will now be able to practice running that distance in an overspeed situation in 4.5 seconds. With six weeks of proper training that same athlete can shave between 0.2 to 0.5 seconds off of their normal 40-yard time.
HOW DOES OVERSPEED TRAINING WORK?
Systematic use of overspeed training methods increase unassisted speed by
- recruiting more muscle (in particular fast-twitch muscle fibre)
- improving stride length and frequency
In physical terms, the increase in speed generated by overspeed training methods has a lasting effect on muscles’ ability to generate force, particularly during the foot stride and drive phase of sprinting. Put simply, muscles become more powerful and faster at contracting.
From a neural perspective, overspeed training helps the brain to “learn” to fire faster and control more muscle to achieve greater speeds. Think of the nervous system as the software of your body. If it is slow and inefficient, your movements will be slow and inefficient.
In one phrase, overspeed training starts from the logical premise that providing an athlete with the conditions to move quicker than normal must improve speed.
For more information on overspeed training and overspeed training methods visit the links below:
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