Me and Linford Christie

Who says that training for downhill skiing always needs to be performed in snow?

The exercise in this video was considerably easier than I thought it would be, so load should be added, for example, by attaching a long band to the athlete’s waist.

Then the athlete walks backward up the hill until the band is as tight as possible. The band should allow for about 20-30 metres of jumping.
 
As the athlete starts jumping down the hill (s)he is being pulled by the band and
is challenged to work very hard eccentrically to maintain balance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6hHVz5Hi5s&feature=player_embedded

There is a reason that I did not become an olympic sprinter. You can probably count the fast twitch fibres in my quads on one hand!

Here is one of my all time favourite sprinters doing plyometrics to a 10 out of 10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=q33pqu-zRas

To Your Success,
Karsten