Tips on Track & Field

Series Summary

The sport of track and field dates back thousands of years. Back before there were any modern conveniences this sport was thriving. Man has sought to run faster, jump higher and be stronger than his counterparts and there has always proven to be a few to rise above the rest. In many cases the differences between the winner and loser were tiny but there has always been the cream of the crop. Are you the cream? Will you rise above all the rest, above the thousands of others competing for the same ultimate goal? It's a good thing Expert Village is here to give you the edge!

Here we go! This free video clip series is here to help get you started on your way to gold. Our expert, Jabari Pride, is a world champion track and field athlete and he is here to show you how to get a leg up on your competition. No pun intended. He will show you a series of warm ups, stretches and drills you will need to master in order to beat your competition and leave them in the dust. These drills will help you run faster, jump higher and out last and out compete your opponents. So take a look and embrace these techniques. They will help in you when you least expect it.

Video Transcript

"Hi. My name is Jabari Pride and you're watching ExpertVillage.com. Today we are going to go over some of the basics on running track. I went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I was a division one All-American after track, sorry after college I competed at the U.S. National In-Doors. I qualified and made the U.S. Word Team, competed at Budapest in 2004 in sprinting. Today we are going to go over a brief of track and field. You know, when it originated and kind of like a slight progression of that. Then we are going to go over and talk about some, just safety; things you should think about in safety. You don't want to pull a muscle, it hurts and stuff like that. We are going to talk about equipment. What you should wear and what you shouldn't wear. You know, the dos and don't of that. Then we are going to go into, just, warming up; how to warm up for track correctly. You know we're watching ExpertVillage.com. Once again I'm Jabari Pride and I hope you learn something from this."