In motorsport, we now meet at the first bend! In athletics, it’s a bit the same thing. They allow athletes to make up for lost time on the track lap. Provided they are negotiated well. And that requires a very specific technique. Even more so when you have no point of reference. That’s the challenge for sprinters with visual impairments. How do you maintain your speed, your line and know when to pick up speed when you can’t see where you are in the bend?
The experience of sensations
There are then two categories: those who have a guide and the others. For the former, the idea is to be as compact as possible with the helper to take the best trajectory. For the others, there may be landmarks, when the visual impairment is not total. On condition of being in corridors 1 or 2. But each time, the idea is to attack the turn with the pelvis high, the shoulders straight and sharp knee lifts.
Behind, the sensations do the rest to maintain its trajectory. And thus be able to deliver a clean sprint in the straight lines.
