Bad Wigins wrote:
In swimming you tag the wall and the next swimmer goes.
Shuttle relay!
Bad Wigins wrote:
In swimming you tag the wall and the next swimmer goes.
Shuttle relay!
We're moving to the outdoor season--time to bump this classic thread.
I think everybody got the message Gramps.
Anyway this is not the classic thread. The OP tells us that.
I vaguely remember the original. Lots of good posts IIRC but that was a bunch of years ago.
Lots of folks are starting to practice the 4x1 now, so seems like a good time to bump the thread.
It's that time...
lease2 wrote:
It's that time...
Maybe not yet, Sparky.
almost done with our first week of outdoor.... maybe get some stick work in next week!
fastest 3 months of the year. LOVE IT
etk7 wrote:
Oof.
Look, I realize it's not easy when you're making an exchange at 20+ miles per hour, especially on a curve. But why worsen the odds by running in the middle of the lane, right in front of each other?
Welp, looks like it's that time of year again...
Wieder mal.
Okay, this might be a more controversial take: All else (starting ability, curve running skill, etc.) being equal--but how often is that true?--the fastest runner on the 4x100 squad should lead off and the slowest should anchor.
In a good baton exchange, the outgoing runner is in the last ten meters of the passing zone. So the anchor runner will carry the baton for less than 100 meters, and leadoff will carry it for more than 100 meters. You want your fastest person to carry the baton for the greatest distance, and your slowest runner to carry it for the shortest distance.
I think the 2nd leg(back straight away) is the longest leg.
Depending on your squad, you would want your 400 runner on the back straight.
1st leg, best starter
2nd leg, longest leg, top 400
3rd leg, turn, 200 runner
4th leg, anchor, top 100m(get the baton early in the exchange, 295m)
Upvote this post when your teams win relay invites, championships
Ivyguy wrote:
Okay, this might be a more controversial take: All else (starting ability, curve running skill, etc.) being equal--but how often is that true?--the fastest runner on the 4x100 squad should lead off and the slowest should anchor.
In a good baton exchange, the outgoing runner is in the last ten meters of the passing zone. So the anchor runner will carry the baton for less than 100 meters, and leadoff will carry it for more than 100 meters. You want your fastest person to carry the baton for the greatest distance, and your slowest runner to carry it for the shortest distance.
If you want your fastest person to carry the baton for the greatest distance then they should run the 2nd or 3rd legs.
My team is already thinking 4x100, so here ya go.
since 12 years ago, the 4x100 has gotten even less popular. Nobody really cares who wins it. Even these college teams who make it to the NCAA finals to get hyped up by Dwight Stones, none of their classmates will ever know
not a team sport. It's just not. Nope. Denial is pointless
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