Welcome to Track and Field Events. Our mission is to create the largest collection of track and field resource articles written by a variety today's successful coaches and elite athletes who are willing to share their experience and knowledge. Track and field is the most exciting and challenging sport in the world. One of the most appealing aspects of the sport is the ability for all types of athletes to participate and excel. But to be successful the athlete must possess a combination of mental and physical strengths as well as dedication for proper training.

Through proper training, athletes hopefully develop proper technique and become successful in their events. As an athlete or coach, finding reliable information on proper track and field techniques and methods can often be difficult. So Track and Field Events is making it easier. We are going to the experts for information, experienced coaches and elite athletes in the sport. Our primary objective is to create a valuable collection of resources that will continually be updated with new articles in hopes that you will return periodically throughout your track and field career. Track and Field Events is a totally free on-line resource that will always be free to coaches, athletes and fans in the track and field community.

Triple Jump Technique

How To Do The Triple JumpThe triple jump involves a short sprint, a hop, a skip, and then a giant leap at the end. In order to be a successful triple jumper any athlete needs to be quick, agile, strong, and highly co-ordinated. If you want to improve your triple jump technique, then consider some [...]

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Shot Put Technique

How To Throw A Shot Put Throwing a shot requires a lot more than just physical strength, and you will need to develop your shot put technique in order to improve your overall ability in the discipline. As such, consider these basic tips if you want to improve your ability. Make sure that you always [...]

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Pole Vault Technique

The pole vault is certainly considered one of the most technically challenging track and field events. Technique is certainly critical to your success, and while other factors such as strength, agility, and speed will play a massive part, without a decent pole vault technique, you will never be able to achieve what others have done. [...]

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How To Improve Your Discus Technique

The discus is one of the oldest events at the Olympic Games and is one of the oldest forms of athletic competition in history. It is certainly a very technical discipline, and as such proficient discus technique is required alongside agility, strength, and speed in order to gain success. There are lots of different elements [...]

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Shot Put History

Shot put is one of the modern track and field events that is held at athletic events including the Olympics and shot put history goes back thousands of years. The sport although it is still a popular sport has a very long history that dates back thousands of years. When doing shot put, there is [...]

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Long Jump History

Long jump history dates all the way back to the ancient Greek Olympic games where it formed part of the pentathlon. At this time it was the only jumping event that was included in the games and as such it is one of the oldest and most important of the track and field events. The [...]

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Pole Vault History

Pole vaulting is an impressive track and field event, which is also part of the Olympics track and field portion. It is done by an athlete running and using a pole made from fiberglass or carbon fiber to propel themselves up and over a target onto a mat on the other side. Pole vault history [...]

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Hammer Throwing Technique

One of the lesser-known track and field events is the hammer throw, and alongside a great deal of strength and power you will also require a good hammer throwing technique in order to achieve anything in the discipline. When looking to train in order to throw the hammer, consider some of these practical tips. You [...]

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Triple Jump History

One popular event in track and field is the hop, step and jump. This is when an athlete runs to full speed along a runway and then comes to a stop and will then complete a hop, one step and a jump right in to a sandpit. The triple jump history goes back thousands of [...]

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Hammer Throw History

One of the big throwing events in track and field is hammer throwing. This event was developed centuries ago in Scotland, Ireland and England. It was traced back to the Tailteann games which was held in Tara, Ireland around the 2000 D. C., and this event does tell of the Celtic hero of that time [...]

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