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This article on weight sleds will build on the concepts of the earlier sled article regarding using a velocity and kinematic approach to improving acceleration, while introducing some novel concepts such as potentiation and using split timing. It is important to note the goal of the article is not to promote or dispel dogma and myths, but to create an applied formula to develop acceleration from 5-60m.

A near household training implement, familiar to any sprint coach, is a sled. The sled is one of many means of introducing external load via which the sprinter must exert against in order to achieve locomotion.