What exactly happens?

Okay.

So usually the coach and athlete come.

And so then I, they hire me, and I come to their track for two days, and I work with them and, you know, the other athlete.

Usually there's more than one athlete.

And the coach tells me, you know, what they wanna work on.

So say they wanna work on sprint and start.

Uh, do you agree that it's trickling down and, and, uh, uh, and, and, and it puts you in much more light for you to, uh, I, I guess with com- with, you know, with CompuSport? Uh, did I spit this question out right? Uh, in other words-

And do you film them and some of these biomechanics? Tell us what this biomechanic, how does that work and how do you apply it?

So biomechanics is basically the way that the muscles and bones work together to produce movement and force, because that's what it takes to move yourself.

And how you move your body, the body angles, how long you spend on the ground, how long you spend in the air, those kinds of things are important.

Yeah.

certain behaviors when you're running can are a red flag for Achilles injury or knee injury or hamstring injury.

So from filming, I film and then I overlay the model and we talk about, so we talk about what we're going to pick to start to improve their performance.

But also if I see a red flag with them with injury potential, I tell their coach, I say, listen, this is happening and we're going to, I think you should really address this before they get any stronger.

So knowing if you have a talent or not, it's kind of helpful, I think.

And Dr. Murphy, some of the best athletes you've dealt with, what are some common characteristics or traits that you see in them that maybe other people can emulate, especially youth athletes coming up? What are some of the common traits? things that you see from the great ones that you've worked with?

They're willing to learn.

They're willing to change.

They want to get better.

They know it's going to be painful.

They can handle pain.

Constructive criticism.

You know, from your perspective, working with the top athletes in certain areas, just what's your what's your general philosophy on, say, a nine or 10 year old? And then maybe going up to a teenager, you know, in terms of should they just have fun playing multiple sports? Should they start specializing if they see they're gifted in one area? Or what's your thoughts on that?

What inspired you to write The Science of Speed?

Well, I had written, I'd co-authored a previous book called Mechanics of Sprinting and Hurdling.

And it was very science-y.

It almost read like a textbook.

And I got some feedback from coaches saying some of them, it was too much.

They couldn't get through it.

They couldn't get to the meat of what they wanted to know.

so what at what age did you you know realize whoa my dad did something pretty amazing