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Race Faster with Spikes 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Most authorities agree that racing in track shoes with spikes provides runners with at least some advantage over those wearing flats. This is particularly true when competing at distances of 400M and ...
Jump Right In 24 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Not so fast! Most student athletes want to literally jump right into the event when they join the high jump team. But before any athlete approaches the pit, they must first learn the proper high jump ...
Exchange Technique for the 4 x 100 Relay 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
The persistence of two relay baton-passing techniques - the upsweep and the downsweep - indicates that coaches have found advantages and disadvantages to both. The upsweep exchange unquestionably off...
Per Person 19 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Weight lifting – applicable to all track and field events, or is most helpful in shot put, javelin, hammer, and discus training? Yes, it would make sense for weightlifting to be very beneficial for th...
Scottish Boys Sprint Records 18 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Scottish Athletics, Ltd., the governing body for athletics in Scotland, lists Andrew Lees as the current Scottish under-15 boys' record holder in the 100m (11.28) and 200m (22.88). Both records were s...
The Test of Time 17 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
The discusthrow is one of the original track and field events from the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece. Men would wind their arms back behind their bodies and try to throw stone disc's as far as they ...
Running in Socks 16 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Track shoes made for training, or as we like to call them, sneakers, have cushion that gets pounded down and loses it strength and stability. You need your training track shoes to hold their structure...
Keep Track 15 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Get new track shoes every season if you're on a team, every six months if you run recreation-ally, and every three hundred miles (approximately three months) if you train or race a lot. Some track sh...
Am I Missing Something? 14 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
You wouldn't go ice skating without skates nor swimming without a suit, would you? Then why would you run without the correct track and field equipment? Yes, track and field is a sport with relatively...
Connect 13 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Drills are an extremely useful and productive tool in triple jump training as they are for any jump, throw, or hurdle event. Many triple jump drills are similar to long jump or sprinting drills. A tri...
