Upper Body Mobility Power and Strength for Baseball

Run a Marathon – Things You Have To Know

For those who are planning to participate in running a marathon, here are some things that you would need to know to make sure that your mind and body are well prepared. 1. To prevent poor performance, make sure that you are properly prepared.

Walt Drenth Becomes Director of MSU’s Cross-Country and Track & Field Programs

Michigan State University’s cross-county and track & field programs have taken a really positive step forward with the appointment of Walt Drenth as the director. Just as Tom Izzo has led the Spartan basketball program back to national prominence, and new first-year coach Mark Dantonio has already dramatically improved Michigan State’s football fortunes with a bowl appearance, Walt Drenth will create a winning tradition among Spartan runners.

How to Choose the Proper Discus

Choosing the right discus can be hard. This article gives high school girls and boys a way to know how to choose.

Rule Change for Discus Throwing

The rules for discus throwing have changed so that now high schoolers have the same requirements as collegiate athletes. It used to be that high school and college discus throwing were a lot different from each other.

Improving Hand And Arm Action To Sprint Or Run Faster

There is a difference between sprinting and running fast. No matter what, you will do either better if your sprint actions improve. Over the years I have listen to people talk about getting faster at either one through workouts but sprint action is not a part of that plan. A lot of conditioning and a lot of strength work is but the actual part of learning to improve ones actions is an afterthought or it is said that it can’t be improve because of genetics or it is said that just by you will improve.

Arthur Lydiard, the World’s Greatest Middle Distance Coach, on How to Train Effectively

As a lifelong runner, master’s and senior competitor in track, I have read hundreds of stories on techniques addressing specific aspects of training. It was not until I bought and read Running, The Lydiard Way that training philosophy became more important than individual workouts to achieve specific results. Lydiard’s work is a textbook not only on his philosophy of running but also on the physiology of exercise.

Dorsiflex And Its Purpose In Running And Sprinting

The term dorsiflex is often used as a coaching cue when teaching sprint actions. It is believed that doing this simple act will assist you in sprinting faster. If done properly it will allow you to sprint faster. But often it is done improperly. A few questions to ask yourself when thinking about this action are; how much do you dorsiflex, is more dorsiflex better, when do you dorsiflex, and last when do you stop dorsiflexing?

How to Tally Cross-Country

Although the number of top runners and a few other things can vary, a typical cross-country race is described in the following.

Secret Track and Field Training Stretch Exercise

This is a secret technique I did in my Track Star days which I have never made mention of or ever bothered to tell anyone about. Now I cannot say if it helped me to stay undefeated for 4-consecutive seasons or not, indeed all I can say is it is yet one more component of a serious athlete.

Steve Prefontaine Biography

Want to know more about one of the greatest distance runners of all time?

Millrose Games Celebrates 100th Birthday as Track’s Most Prestigious Indoor Event

I guess you would have to be a runner to appreciate the Millrose Games, which celebrated its 100th running during the weekend at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Track and field has fallen on hard times in the United States lately and that is why the 100th running of the Millrose is so significant. Only the 2007 Millrose Games, as Dick Patrick wrote in USA Today on Thursday (2-1-07), “has survived the demise of a once vibrant indoor circuit that the USA monopolized.” Patrick has it right.

800 Meter Glory Days and Midlife Crisis Come Early

Diving towards the ribbon strung across the red reslite track the world is yours, as you taste the ultimate victory. The 800-meter is a race that most super star athletes have a love hate relationship with. It is the most agonizing and grueling race there is for most.