Same idea sideways. Adds the hip without adding speed.

• Lead with the near leg, knee up and over
• Hips stay square to the front
• Do not rotate to get around
• Both directions, same quality

First running pattern, and the easier rhythm. Teach it before the 1 step.

• Two contacts between each hurdle
• Arms at ninety with a strong pump
• Knees driven up, not swung through
• Standard three foot spacing

One contact between hurdles. Turnover and fast heel recovery.

• Quick and light — feet should be a blur
• Knocking hurdles means the heel is too slow
• Stay tall, do not sit down into it
• Short runs, full recovery

Landing before jumping. Absorbing force correctly comes before repeating it.

• Stick the landing before the next hurdle
• Land on the balls of the feet
• Knees and hips bent like the takeoff position
• No wobble means ready to move on

Continuous now. Clear it and go, no reset.

• Jump just high enough to clear
• Ground contact as short as possible
• Land ready for the next one
• Height is not the target

The pull-push cycle with a height requirement. The hurdle stops the pattern shrinking.

• Heel to hip to clear, then extend, then sweep back
• Foot lands under the hip
• Do not reach over the hurdle
• Same shape as on the floor, just higher

A-skip that cannot be cheated. The hurdle enforces the knee height.

• Knee up and over, not around
• Toe pulled up toward the shin
• Arms full range
• If they clip hurdles, go back to walkovers

Gaps widen down the run, then sprint off the end. Stride length grows the way it should out of a start.

• Spacing increases each hurdle
• Do not reach for the next one — push
• Sprint twenty yards off the last hurdle
• Mechanics over the first steps is the point

Even spacing at top speed. The most advanced thing on this page.

• Tape a run-in so they arrive on rhythm
• Same form at wider spacing means more vertical force
• Film from the side — do not coach overstride
• Shorter spacing at higher speed beats reaching