BENARD Chris

General
TECHNIQUE CHANGE
Speaking in 2020 he said that he had made changes to his technique that had improved his performance level and helped to prevent injury. "Over the last two years, I've been really posture and hip stability-oriented in my off-season with my trainers and everything. And once I finally taught my body to kind of get that closer to second nature, I could feel way less impact on my joints and on my back, and way less injuries. Until I was strong enough to run without sitting on my hips, I would be more susceptible to sinking through my phases because my hips were behind my centre of gravity. But now I'm kind of training myself to where it's second nature, where before I didn't realise it was even a problem. I couldn't explain exactly why I was losing power or not jumping as far until I figured that out. It was like, 'Oh, like, you're not going to be able to jump any further if you're still sitting on your hips, if you're not completely underneath yourself'. At this level it's little things like that that most people wouldn't even be able to realise that are going to make you jump further." (trackandfieldnews.com, 01 Nov 2020)