Sprint velocity is the product of stride length and stride frequency: there is no third lever. Each is biologically capped, and the training methods that lift one are different from the methods that lift the other. Max-velocity work (30 m and beyond) is distinct from acceleration work (0–20 m).
The equation
Maximum sprint velocity = stride length × stride frequency. That is the whole equation. If you want to be faster at top speed, one of those two numbers has to go up — and you cannot increase one without watching what happens to the other.
Sprint velocity is the product of stride length and stride frequency: there is no third lever. Each is biologically capped, and the training methods that lift one are different from the methods that lift the other. Max-velocity work (30 m and beyond) is distinct from acceleration work (0–20 m).
The equation
Maximum sprint velocity = stride length × stride frequency. That is the whole equation. If you want to be faster at top speed, one of those two numbers has to go up — and you cannot increase one without watching what happens to the other.
