Track & Field

From discus throwing to hurdles and high jumps, learn about track and field strategies, competitions, and training. Follow tips from experts for both players and coaches so you can go the distance.

  • A competitor grips his discus during the 1997 World Championships. Note how his fingertips extend over the side of the discus. He'll spread out his fingers before beginning the throw.
    Step-By-Step Discus Throw Technique
  • Ashton Eaton broke the decathlon world record at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.
    How to Compete at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Track and Field
  • Carl Lewis of the USA accelerates down the runway of the long jump during the 1984 Summer Olympics
    Illustrated Step-by-Step Long Jump Technique
  • Athlete throwing javelin
    Beginner's Track and Field: Learning the Javelin Throw
  • Carl Lewis running the long jump
    Beginner's Track and Field: Learning the Long Jump
  • Women's 200m race
    Track and Field Running Events
  • Athlete doing a shot put at Osterbro Stadium in Copenhagen.
    Beginner's Track and Field: Learning the Shot Put
  • Steve Ovett wins Gold in the 800 meter final at the 1980 Olympics
    Olympic Distance Running Rules
  • High jumper clearing the bar
    Beginner's Track and Field: How to Do the High Jump
  • Olympic High Jump
    Official Rules for the Olympic High Jump
  • American discus athlete Alfred Adolf Oerter Jr.
    Olympic Discus Throw Rules
  • A male pole vault athlete hoists himself through the air to clear the bar.
    Beginner's Track and Field: How to Do the Pole Vault
  • World class athlete Edwin Moses of the USA in action as he clears a hurdle during his qualifying heat in the 400 meter race during the United States Olympic Trials
    Learn the Olympic Hurdle Rules
  • Track and Field Events: Hurdling Events, Relays and Multi-Sport Events
  • Athlete in mid air doing pole vault
    Rules for the Olympic Pole Vault Competition
  • Female athlete doing high jump
    Track and Field Jump and Throw Events
  • "Marble Statue of a Discus-thrower," aka Discobolus
    A History of the Discus Throw in Track and Field
  • Chuhei Nambu Competes in 1932 Olympics
    An Illustrated History of the Triple Jump
  • Sally Pearson of Australia competing in the hurdles at the 2012 London Olympics
    What Are Olympic Hurdles?
  • Hicham El Guerrouj
    World Records for Men's Fastest Mile Times
  • Usain Bolt holding up Gold Medal
    100 Meter Men's Olympic Medalists
  • Olympics: Day 10, Men's 800m sprint winner David Rudisha
    Men's 800-Meter World Records, Recognized by the IAAF
  • A sign on a farm trailer hangs over dry, cracked mud at the edge of a farm near Buttonwillow, California.
    The Effects of Drought
  • 4x400 Meter Relay
    4 x 400 Meter Relay Tips
  • Smoke billowing out of a smokestack
    Top Environmental Issues of the Decade, 2000-2009
  • Relay Runner
    Drills for 4 x 100 Relay Teams
  • African American male High jumper clearing the high jump bar, athletic track event
    High Jump Drills: Coaching Beginning High Jumpers
  • A child watering a tree
    The History of Earth Day
  • Lightning , Tornado Alley , USA
    Why Is Lightning Dangerous?
  • Sequence of high jumper crossing bar
    High Jump Takeoff Technique
  • Athlete high jumping in an arena
    High Jump Approach Technique
  • Olympic Relays
    Olympic Sprint and Relay Rules
  • Relay runner passing baton
    Strategies for the 4 x 100 Relay Race
  • Woman plotting storm
    The Science Behind Tsunami Detection
  • Will Claye competes at the 2012 Olympics
    Will Claye's Triple Jump Tips
  • Svetlana Masterkova
    The Women's Mile World Records
  • High jumper
    Illustrated High Jump Technique
  • David Rudisha led the 2012 Olympic 800-meter final from start to finish and set a world record of 1:40.91.
    What is Olympic Distance Running?
  • Mary Decker Falling in 3000 Meter Race
    The Olympic Distance Running Controversy of 1984
  • 234806 Subscription download 19 Jun 1996 19 Jun 1996: Mike Powell in action during the Long Jump Final at the US Olympic Team Trials held at Olympic Stadium at Atlanta, Georgia.
    World Champion Mike Powell's Step-By-Step Long Jump Tips
  • Track and field athlete holding shot put
    How to Do the Shot Put Glide Technique
  • Harvey Glance's 400-Meter Coaching Tips
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