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Yes acceleration is one of the most important aspects of running (linear extensive) that will come from wall iso holds, load and lifts,
Depends entirely on the athlete's physiology. Hip dominant, fascia driven athletes will be slowed down by some of these activities, whereas knee dominant, muscle driven athletes will thrive. Phoenix Spicer and Jaidyn Stephenson have completely different sources of acceleration power to someone who is built like Will.
It's a particular bug bear of mine in Australian sports science - there was an English coach who was laughed at for years for his theories on this but the discipline is starting to come around and work on how to improve fascia stiffness and to work with athlete's physiology, not cookie cuttering a plan to them.