The increased stress of competitions can cause athletes to react both physically and mentally in a manner that can negatively affect their performance abilities. They may become tense, their heart rates race, they break into a cold sweat, they worry ab...

I think the key to running in any race well is to stretch your leg muscles first, especially the front and back part of the thigh for sprinters. Then take a warm up jog around the track, focus on getting your legs to feel loose. On the back stretch of ...

When you begin a run, you should feel neither starved nor stuffed. You don't want to eat immediately before running because it may lead to cramping. Running on an empty stomach may cause you to run out of energy. You best bet is to eat a light snack or...

To determine the approximate placement of the feet, tell your sprinters to put both knees on the track as close to the starting line without touching the starting line. Knees are bent at 90 degrees. Get down on all fours extending the body over the sta...

70-85% of your maximum speedWhenever you are running relativly fast or kind of fast, you are doing a tempo run, however not good enough to do always and just improve. Soccer players, when running around the field run like this a lot, but do they improv...

The annual incidence of injury in regularly training recreational runners is estimated to range between 37 and 56%. Unfortunately, for those of us who enjoy running, the likelihood of getting injured is quite high. Running injuries are often an interac...

Sprinting
The sprints include the following track events: 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 4 x 100 meter relay and the 4 x 400 metre relay. Although the sprints are events in themselves, the ability to sprint is an important weapon in an athle...