Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: Difference between revisions

 

==Technique and running style==

 

Under the guidance of her coach Stephen Francis, and later Reynaldo Walcott, Fraser-Pryce honed her technique to become one of the most decorated track athletes of all time.<ref name="Fab5"/><ref name="olympicchannel.com"/> She stated that none of her technique came naturally, and that when she began competing, she ran with an exaggerated forward lean: "I had a really bad running posture, like I ran, literally, dropping on my face. Stephen saw all of this and, as a coach, he analyzed and he took a year to actually go through my core needs."<ref name="Sprintfactory">{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2012/05/04/151956595/a-need-for-speed-inside-jamaicas-sprint-factory |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921172941/https://www.npr.org/2012/05/04/151956595/a-need-for-speed-inside-jamaicas-sprint-factory |archive-date=21 September 2020 |title=A Need For Speed: Inside Jamaica's Sprint Factory |date=4 May 2012 |website=NPR |access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="knocking"/> By 2008, she had improved her posture and sharpened her start, including her first stride, the placement of her arms and the different phases of the sprint.<ref name="knocking"/> Over time, she became more confident in her technique: "You feel all of your phases, like a sixth sense. So I focus on nailing each phase properly, and if I’m able to, then I know that’s history.”<ref name="knocking">{{cite web |url=https://news.nike.com/news/shelly-ann-fraser-pryce |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921173351/https://news.nike.com/news/shelly-ann-fraser-pryce |archive-date=21 September 2020 |title=Knocking at the Door |date=21 June 2016 |website=Nike News |access-date=28 May 2020}}</ref>