Sentence examples for shortest strides from inspiring English sources

This morphological continuum roughly follows the stride length differences in these taxa (Alexander and Jayes, 1983; Alexander and Maloiy, 1984), where cursorial mammals have the relatively shortest strides and non-cursors have intermediate relative stride lengths compared to cursors and primates.

Quarterbacks held the ball closer to their heads, stood more upright, took shorter strides.

She said she decided to take shorter strides after watching the men struggle to maintain a glide in the 5,000 on Saturday.

I usually add a little speed work but it will only be very short – strides for 100m x 4 then walk back would be a typical example.

His nickname, "Scooter," was given to him in 1939 by a minor league teammate in response to the short strides Rizzuto took when running the bases.

Gambetta and Lindsay tried to teach Reyes to run in a new way, with shorter strides that would theoretically ease the strain on his hamstrings.

Footwork is key to tennis, and taking short strides as you are approaching the ball sets in place the underpinnings of everything that might lead to a good shot.

But when it comes to pioneers of soft-egg culture here in Westchester County, some fingers might point to Dan Barber, the chef at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, in Pocantico Hills, where an early signature dish called This Morning's Egg required that the chef first collect the egg out from under the pampered pastured hen, a few short strides from his kitchen.

Mr. Willey advocates introducing barefoot or minimal shoes into running routines only gradually (as he has himself), using them at first to run as little as 50 yards, because runners need to gradually adapt to taking shorter strides, landing on the forefoot, and strengthening the foot and leg muscles required to do so.

What the author Mr. McDougall observed with the Mexican tribe of runners wearing primitive footwear — if any at all — was that they took shorter strides and tended to land more gently on their forefoot, and were spared the Achilles' tendon and knee injuries that hobble runners elsewhere.

In Table 3, short strides have a tendency for under detection, while long strides are prone for over detection.