Track and Field

A parent’s guide to youth track and field: events and implement weights by age, starts and spikes, health for growing athletes and…

How to get through a track meet: event limits, re-warming between events, fueling and hydration across a long day, heat safety, lightning…

Sprint, hurdle, jump and throw training basics, what the research says about plyometrics and strength, and how to plan an indoor and…

How track and field athletes recover after training and meets: refuelling, two-day championships and combined events, sleep, what recovery tools really do,…

Track and field rules explained: false starts, lanes, hurdle heights, relay zones, attempts in the jumps and throws, wind and implement weights…

A map of track and field organizations: World Athletics, the Diamond League, USATF, high school, college, AAU and USATF Junior Olympics, the…

What sprinters, jumpers, throwers and combined-event athletes eat, according to the expert statements, plus REDs, iron and vitamin D, youth rules and…

The best wearables for track and field: sprint timing gates, GPS watches, heart rate straps, a jump sensor and recovery trackers, with…

Track and field gear by event: spikes for sprints, jumps and distance, throwing shoes, legal spike rules, starting blocks, practice implements and…

Track and field injuries event by event (hamstrings, Achilles, shins, jumper’s knee, throwers’ shoulder and elbow, pole vault safety, concussion), what lowers…

Track and field for every level, from youth meets to the Olympics: how the events work, the most common track and field…