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Glen Mills, coach of triple Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt, has identified three major things to fix in the sprinter’s starting for the forthcoming season.
Bolt erupted on the world stage in 2008, winning an unprecedented Olympic sprint treble in world record times in Beijing.
Bolt won gold in the 100m and 200m (in 9.69 seconds and 19.30 seconds) and then ran the third leg of Jamaica’s 4x100m relay team, which also set a world record.
But Mills said the towering sprinter can find even more speed if he sharpens his skills out of the starting blocks.
Mills said that Bolt, who blasted his way to ten sub-10 second performances last season, will get even better after he is finished working with him.
“We have identified three major things with his starting that we feel we can correct this coming season,” Mills said. “I feel that within the next two seasons he is going to become one of the fastest starters you’ve ever seen at six foot five inches (1.96cm) tall.
“We can certainly guarantee that nobody is going to leave him in the blocks anymore,” he added.
Mills says the 22-year-old sprint phenomenon can go faster, but he is not prepared to pinpoint a set time.
“I don’t know how fast Bolt can go, but I know he can go faster,” the veteran sprint coach said. “I know he can much faster because we’re just beginning.”