r/trackandfield • u/LogicalPurchaseFTW • 2d ago

How to Interpret Acceleration?

Hello beautiful people,

If am looking at race analyses for 100-metre sprints with all the 10-metre splits, what is the best proxy for judging an athletes capacity to accelerate quickly? Would it be the first 10 meters, 20 meters, 30 meters, or 40 meters?

Thank you!

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u/appiate0 2d ago

10 and 20 are my initial thoughts, but it will vary according to athlete. Look for the spot where they hit their maximum velocity and transition into maintenance phase, and then identify how long it took them to get to that spot