Track and Field Basic Facts

Runners take your mark...set GO!Crack (the gun goes off). Blood rushing through your veins,heart pumping at a high rate, breathing getting harder and shorter. Your ready to take off and prove your athletic skills! You SHOULD already know,this is one of the most common scenes any Track and Field athlete encounters right before they compete. All of these different events such as, running, jumping, and throwing have their challenges. You know and understand that it takes the toughest and most devoted athletic person to become ranked number one in the world. So you want a quick fast reaction. Many countries are represented in Track and Field, that's the upper hand on this sport. Its not only diverse as events, its categorized as of different schools, countries, cities, states all over the world. As you all know and probably realize from personal experience, understanding the basics of Track and Field are a bit complicated. Until you get the hang of exactly how it works. That process seems to take forever at times.

This sport has a lot of history but, mostly tradition. Going back into the 1900's the distance of the track was measured in yards. In our time now we considered this event to be called the 200meter dash. Back then it was called, the 200 yard dash. Which made a huge difference. Another event tittle was renamed. In which we all as athletes call the 400 meter dash. Over the time this event was considered to be a middle distance race. Anybody who has run this race knows it takes so much hard work and preparation.

Everyone knows that this event is the most competitive event in Track and Field. The reason being, is that many people have distance but just need speed or even vice versa.This is why Track and Field is such a competitive sport. So not only is this amazing sport a physical type, its also mental and pretty much social. Now your going to imagine yourself taking so much energy out of your own body, just to make it to the finish line before your opponent. Running and sweating telling yourself "I can do it I want that gold medal".Can you PUSH yourself? Can you put your all on the track? The main question I ask you today is... are you up for that COMPETITIVE challenge? You need stragtegies for these type of questions. That's why Im going to help you! From block starts all the way to techniques on foot placement. Now its time to place your feet in these shoes and ... RUN!