Basic skills you need

Skills you need to win in sprints and keirins include throws, rapid accelerations, the ability to ride the track while looking around, the ability to ride fast in the sprinters lane without deviating from the lane and so on.  Every little thing matters in sprinting. The throw is vital, here's a shot from a finish line camera at a recent state championship sprint final.  As you can see, it's a very close finish.  Each of the riders here has thrown and the finish is a line call, very very close.  When races are this close, every little bit matters.

n order of priority, skills needed are :

Fundamendal Basics

Ride the sprinters lane at 30km/h

Ride the blue line at 30km/h

Ride the rails at 30km/h

Ride the same lines at 25km/h

Ride laps looking over right shoulder continuously

Ride laps looking over left shoulder continuously

Ride entry/flying 200 lines

Ride the track out of the saddle in the lane, on the blue and on the rails at 30km/h

Accelerate off the bank out of the saddle

Accelerate in the bend out of the saddle

Ride fast out of the saddle

Track stand on the straights

Track stand on the transitions out of the bends

Watch a following rider continuously riding laps

React to a following rider's acceleration at any point on the track