In this video we take a look at the Female Athletes who had the best sprinting Form ever and rank the Top 15 in order. Music: HORUSIII x HICAP - We Do It No
Say that again, because this needs to be understood. FloJo had the best technique of men AND women…everyone should be striving to completely dissect everything about what FloJo did, and I pray her coach leaves some type of knowledge on what he did to get her there before he passes away. FloJo tried to explain all the contradictions in what he taught her in 1987, and she said it thoroughly confused her until she saw the results. He’s had some of the biggest champions in the game, and I think he never taught everyone EVERYTHING he taught her, is because he’s honoring her legacy. But, in reality, he’s gotta be the most genius coach in sprint history.
@@ronald8792 what do you mean? You’re saying Bob Kersee was stripped of medals for doping? Huh? He was a coach! Furthermore, not only did he coach FloJo, but he coached TONS of the best stars in history and many Olympic gold medalists & world record holders, including: FloJo, Sydney McLaughlin, Allyson Felix, Gail Devers, Keni Harrison, Natasha Hastings, Dawn Harper…the list goes on! He’s coached some of the absolute best I the business, but, she had to be doping, and the only one to Dope, at that? SMH
@@stevie586 Bob doesn't like to coach athletes that dont take steroids because they cant handle the rigorous training. Bob is a drug dealer and was sued by Flo Jo's mother after her death for neglect. She basically sued him for not properly warning her of the side effects of steroids. Do some research before responding.
I don't know who else should have made the list, but I had just commented on another vid that Flo Jo, and Elaine Thompson Herah were the most astetically pleasing sprinters I've ever seen. Great Video.
EVELYN ASHFORD!!! Most athletes that revered & those of us that admired her said she just looks like she just glides or floats because she was thought to be so smooth and dominant. She was the standard before FLO JO you know!
OMG, I knew something was missing. Evelyn Ashford is probably the most dominant female in history, despite what Shelly Anne has done. She was also very clearly and undoubtedly CLEAN, and uninhibited, much like the likes of Shelly Anne, AND Tori Bowie, who should also be on this list! Tori’s technique was insane.
@@stevie586 yes although there doesn’t seem to be any clear footage from her 1983 WR of 10.79 that race & her WR of 10.76 both display her floating/gliding like strides that we were all amazed by back then Evelyn was one of the few athletes that had a natural non mechanical looking technique that’s become the norm, nor was she muscular from weight training, she really had coachable raw talent.
@@coreypeavy yup! I think Evelyn and Tori Bowie were more alike than anything…although the old Shelly Ann and Evelyn were so similar and that they just adapted. Man…I absolutely adored Evelyn…she knew how to win…no matter what it was she had to do or how her form looked on any given day, she knew what to do! I saw both of those world records of her, and I not only was amazed by her long powerful strides (and oddly, she leaned forward, which we know to be ineffective today, but who runs that fast leaning forward, and how fast could she’ve gone if she knew then what we know now?), but did you notice in her 10.77 she was having some type of neurological problems? She nearly collapsed after that race because her legs almost gave out right from under her after the race. That happened to her a few times around that time-frame, and I find it amazing someone is having some type of physical problem and is that darn good!
Shelly's consistency with her form last season was really scary and it shows she's really mastered her craft. Her average final for the year was 10.67, only 4 other women have ever gone faster than 10.67. And when you look at the splits you can see she's able to execute her race almost exactly the same each time almost like 10.6 is just muscle memory. She's definitely raised the bar for all sprinters MALE AND FEMALE. Splits 6.86+3.79=10.65 6.83+3.79=10.62 6.86+3.81=10.67 6.85+3.89=10.74 ( Coming off hamstring issues she still splits faster than any other woman over 60m. )
You are definitely correct here, and for those who don’t know, it is “muscle memory”. Training does what it does, and in performance, folks are basically in auto-pilot, relying upon what their body is trained to do. Shelly has completely mastered the craft. FloJo is the true genius, however, because she has the best form efficiency of all, even better than Bolt’s in many ways, and she was simply way ahead of her time. Shelly is definitely next as far as technique, because, she’s simply genius with execution.
@Ronnie Johnson I AM NOT JEALOUS DEMON. I AM A REALIST. FLO JO WAS A CHEAT AND THEY FOUND ALL THE EVIDENCE THEY NEEDED TO FIND HER GUILTY. ONLY THING MISSING WAS FLO BECAUSE ALL THAT TESTOSTERONE BLEW HER LITTLE HEART TO BITS. NOW WOMEN CAN'T EVEN BEAT A RECORD THAT WAS NOT LEGAL.
Soo soo happy you have FLO-JO as 1st place in form. No matter what people say she is the WR holder and obviously has the best form I've seen from any human, male or female, in sprints. She is truly a beautiful sight to see when she performs. Many ppl don't understand the importance or her perfecting that form.
Amen. Every time we talk about Flo Jo the troll haters come out from under their rocks to whine about steroids, with zero proof of course. Even IF Flo Jo was on roids, then everyone else was too. Marion Jones was even caught. All top athletes now are on PEDs and even back then I wouldn't be surprised. Either way Flo Jo was just leagues better than everyone else.
I watched FloJo, races in Seoul and remember Raelene Boyle's insightful commentary. She said that FloJo had the ability to swing out her lower leg and that increased her stride length. That is a unique ability that I have not seen replicated by anyone else.
@@ajollypanda4175 Try sitting on a chair and forcibly extending your right knee so your right lower leg kicks out in front of you. Then repeat with your left knee. This is what FloJo did when running whilst in the air! It is very hard to do.
@@RK-um9tu Which female sprinters were NOT on drugs at that time? State sponsored doping by East Germany, Russia & Bulgaria (Dreshler, Gladish, Koch, Goer, Veronova, Nuneva), Canadian & American coaches supplying drugs to their athletes (Williams, Ashford) & Jamaican sprinters (Ottey) caught later in their careers with PED's. They were all on something and they mostly had similar degrees of musculature. What separated FloJo from the others was her technique and contact time with the ground (foot strike).
Totally agree. Flo Jo's form was flawless. I'm a fan of hers to date. And I remembered watching video of Flo Jo incorporating computer technology with her strides while practicing the 100- and 200-meter sprints. There were stories that Flo Jo practiced sprinting as early as 1am in the morning after working two jobs. Bless her heart. Very few athletes have that type of focus.
Del Ponte and Pinto, sometimes. Salwa Nasar though it's 400m. It's hurdles but I like Amusan's sprint hurdling technique. Aleia Hobbs indoors recently. Neita potentially. Candace Hill had it very young.
You were spot on with Elaine Thompson Hera. Once she is 100% healthy and she can run like she did her 10.54, she will extend her race record, but this time I hope she can do it with a smile like Flo Jo
Great video...my only suggestion would be to highlight the runner you are talking about. I found myself rewinding a lot because I only found out the runner you were talking about because they won the race. I wanted to see their form and sprint technique when the race started.
I totally agree with FloJo rated where you did. Lower bodywise, Sha'Carri probably 2nd but she is slightly awkward upper body. If she cleans it up, that leg turnover and high knees will take her far.
ShaCarri has a technique like no other…she and Jeter’s mechanics are precisely what everyone else should try to duplicate right now. FloJo, her technique was so advanced, 30 years of analysis still don’t show us everything she was thinking and doing. But anyhow, ShaCarri and Jeter’s technique screams “I will catch you”. Hobbs, Marion, and Elaine all have the interesting technique in that their knees don’t look as high as they could get them up, but, they’re very efficient.
Sha' Carri's torso and legs are shorter as well. She's barely 5 feet while Flo Jo was 5 feet 7 inches. Thus; She won't be able to duplicate her racing style/form. Presently; Elaine T-H comes closer.
@@ronniejohnson196 The similarity is in the closing with very high knees and excellent lower extremity mechanics, probably as good or better than anyone else - this is what gives that little body the explosiveness not to mention leg turnover pace.
Elaine and FloJo have very similar running form. Most importantly, they both maintain(ed) relaxation through the finish line. Elaine was injured last season, so hopefully she can bounce back soon.
Well presented 🎁 list of top athletes 👏🏿 . I would add to this list; Merlin Ottey of Jamaica for her stride & increased power past the 60m mark. Also 'Gwen Torrence' of usa also had a similar reeling in the competition from behind power-faze, as also did 'Heiki Dreskler' of the old Soviet Union... For pure dynamic-aesthetics i believe 'Juliet Cuthbert' was beautiful to watch along the back straight of the 'second leg' in the 4×100m women's relay
I agree that Flo Jo is #1, but #2 IMO is Carmelita Jeter. Jeter is the female sprinter who runs “most like” a male sprinter, in the sense of being able to keep the pelvis neutral and centered under her, instead of having her hips anteriorly rotate (like Fraser-Pryce) and “fall out the back”. Possibly due to a lack of glute/hamstring strength, many women have great difficulty preventing their lower back from arching. Keeping a flat back and neutral pelvis, however, aides in allowing more time for the leg cycle to be spent on the front side (“front-side mechanics”), and helps to limit time spent on the back side.
honestly the best technique of all is marion jones, regardless of what has happened with other problems, she made a perfect angle in the arms and legs, secondly carmelita jeter also an amazing technique and then the rest 😊
FloJo's technique probably has to be considered the best because of the dramatic results it had once she adjusted it. When Al Joyner became her only coach she started to look stronger through her core with maybe even a slight forward lean & a more pronounced stride, almost like a long jumper. She definitely looked stronger over the final 20 meters than before. They said at the time he was working her lower body strength & if I had to guess Id say there was a fair bit of additional plyometrics & core strengthening involved.
Some of these runners may have impressive techniques but came along when PEDs were widely used so their forms may not have been great if they were on a level playing field. But, for the sake of this video, it was very interesting to compare the running techniques. For runners that have been able to alter their natural style/technique into something better, hats off to them because that is much easier said than done. It takes a huge amount of hard work and discipline.
Clean, smooth running style belongs to Flo Jo.. She is the only woman to hold 2 athletics world records for more than 35 years. There are people in our world who can do admirable things without any doping. Thanks to FloJo. REST IN PEACE❤ She the best forever❤
Poeple can argue as much as they like about steroids and wind guages and I don't know what is the best form for a given physique or which physique has the best sprinting potential, but, to me, FloJo's form looked amazing.
Doesn't get any for the alleged medications involved as well. Shellyann is all natural and can run well into her forties if She wants to, and would still be a force to be reckoned with.
@@Alp560 To watch Flo Jo race and be totally Honest is to admit that no drug could do that. Moreover if it could after 35 Years where's the tape/film/video???
Whenever I watch Shelly Ann Frasier Pryce run, it appears as if she is struggling. She has some funny facial expressions. Not being mean, it's just what I see. I love Flo Jo, Elaine, Marion, and Sha'Carrie's form.
I agree Flo-Jo at #1 and ETH at 2 but she has not been the same since changing coaches. But I will say this...we are currently in a new golden era for womens track which is loaded with amazing young talent distributed all over the world hitting or breaking times not seen in decades. SAFP changed her technique to run more relaxed vs straining as much as she used to and she is running her best times even as she is past the normal prime age for sprinters. I forget the interview where both her and ETH talk about running relaxed....sounded a lot like Flo-Jo in interviews from the 1980s. Flo-Jo or more accurately her college coach at the time the legendary Bobby K was way ahead of his time with the idea to run relaxed at high speed which she struggled with at first as it is counter intuitive to run relaxed when someone is telling you to run as fast as you can. Flo-Jo was always a pretty runner but went to another level because of her college coach Bobby K who guided her to a 200m NCAA title. It was a combo of the right runner with the right coach which made this happen. I have been watching track since I was kid starting with the 72 olympics and no runner has topped her form. FloJo's form was hardly ever described with scientific terms..it was too artistic for that.... more like magic...she floated across the track with a zen like relaxation. I remember in the 88 games..the last cold war games and the announcers would comment about how she looked the most relaxed in the stadium ..before...during and after the race. Everyone else was tensing up. Focus on the face ..not only did she not strain....she was freaking smiling at WR pace well before hitting the line. When it comes to form there was Flo-Jo and then everyone else is a distant second. She is still studied to this day. Her form is more art than science. Smooth as butter. If you want a more detailed assessment of her form this is a great youtube video. Flo-Jo vs Bolt skills comparison ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PPbsJ-JogAg.html This is a bit long at 19 mins. Flo-Jo with Reggie Jackson - at the 5min-9min mark she talks about her struggles with Bobby K’s running relaxed technique ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ygV6P8UJE9w.html
Flo Jo was all Class the Greatest Running technique ever No one else has replicated that style of running because it Belonged to Flo and Flo alone The idiots who said she was a steroid abuser are jealous because they dont want to believe that she could be this great the girls running today look like their on some thing and they run with such aggression like the men
Hmmm many missed here. Juliet Cuthbert a close second to Flojo with technique - just sublime during her best form in 1992 (even in ‘88 you can see it). Gail Devers horizontal force at her best deserves a mention. Merlene Ottey in 1997, who had the best for form of her career that year should be on the list. Dawn Sowell in 1989 was stunning. 46 strides during her 10.78. While Marion Jones was on the list, she is too rigid and it didn’t flow or look pretty on the eye (not that doesn’t mean great mechanics) but this seems to be subjective as well.
I watched a lot of videos, almost the whole women sprint history available here, and in my humble opinion there's only one who owns the throne. No sir, it's not Ashford, certainly not Flo Jo, nor it is Tori Bowie. It's Merlene Ottey, the most graceful woman sprinter who ever walked the lane. No big muscles, no shemale look, just pure speed and gracefulness. One and only Merlene Ottey, no one else even close.
I think some of your assessments are incorrect, while some others are DEAD ON. A few of your assessments are based solely on the examples you’ve shown, rather than the bulk of races from some of these athletes. For instance, Baptiste doesn’t usually tie up in the end…she even gained on Jeter in one race! Ahoure doesn’t often hold on well. ShaCarri’s form is crazy next level…her form should be closer to the best and especially not down below some of the folks you have ahead of her. I also think your assessment of Shelly is true only based upon the older Shelly (who was uninhibited), and not the version we’ve been seeing the past 7 years, or so. In reality, Fraser is third or fourth to FloJo in terms of race execution and technique. I think FloJo, Marion Jones, Jeter, and SAFP, then, Elaine and ShaCarri. I say FloJo and Jones because they’re both 200M champions and were both basically unbeatable under any circumstances in their prime. I didn’t put Elaine there because Elaine has the best technique and can run 100/200M, but she only wins and has great execution once in a while. ShaCarri is with Elaine in the most advanced technique, but, she’s not yet mastered it too be very consistent and a sure shot. SAFP is very consistent, so, we have to pride her in her technique, as that’s what’s leading to the consistency. I also like your analysis of Allyson Felix…she is on this list higher up because she was not very “fast”…she was just very “strong”, and used her strength and technique to run much faster than she otherwise would’ve run. Great video, nonetheless!
As far i know, hands should be open when sprinting. A lot of sprinters have a fist, or a half fist when running. Surely this is incorrect, as open hands mean more relaxation. Can someone comment here, tell me why a lot of sprinters do not open their hands when running. ? Roy b, CapeTown, south Africa 🇿🇦
I can never get over flo jo smiling mid races…I think the psychological aspect is often overlooked. People preach being relaxed but its so much easier said than done.
Ashford had terrible technique. There was another video showing both Flo Jo and Ashford next to each other, with the camera directly in front of them, and Ashford is moving like a boat in high seas.
Not sure I agree with the ranking, least of all because SFP's current form is underrated and will probably cement her as the greatest sprinter of all time in terms of wins.
Campbell-Brown did everything that the textbooks says not to though, so why she on this list? Start from her spike plate going completely horizontal and beyond.
Some great sprinters on here. However some of these sprinters reputations are questionable, Marion Jones for example. But I understand you’re talking about technique, rather than the practice of doping. But if you are discussing technique, then I’m surprised your list hasn’t included, for me anyway, the greatest technician ever, The Great Marlene Ottey. Had it not been for some questionable east european doping practices, she’d had taken many more golds than she did. Sublime sprinter.
