http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nbjhpcZ9_g
This is a video of Usain Bolt in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, breaking the World Record in the 100 metres running at an incredible time of 9.58s leaving Tyson Gay behind in 2nd place.
Friday, 30 March 2012
Thursday, 29 March 2012
This post is going to be about the man, the machine, the legend, Usain Bolt, a Jamaican sprinter and five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. Usain St. Leo Bolt was born 21 August 1986 in Sherwood Content, a town in Trelawny in Jamaica.
Bolt is the World record and Olympic record holder in the track events 100 metres, 200 metres, and the 4x100 metre relay along with his Jamaican relay team.
Bolt is now known as the offical fastest man in the world, crushing people Tyson Gay's records in the 100 and 200 metre events.
Usain is a towering 6foot 5inches and weighs a total of 92kgs.
His personal bests and records are as follows:
100 metres: 9.58 s (WR, Berlin 2009)
150 m: 14.35 s (WB, Manchester 2009)
200 m: 19.19 s (WR, Berlin 2009)
400 m: 45.28 s (Kingston 2007)
Bolt is the World record and Olympic record holder in the track events 100 metres, 200 metres, and the 4x100 metre relay along with his Jamaican relay team.
Bolt is now known as the offical fastest man in the world, crushing people Tyson Gay's records in the 100 and 200 metre events.
Usain is a towering 6foot 5inches and weighs a total of 92kgs.
His personal bests and records are as follows:
100 metres: 9.58 s (WR, Berlin 2009)
150 m: 14.35 s (WB, Manchester 2009)
200 m: 19.19 s (WR, Berlin 2009)
400 m: 45.28 s (Kingston 2007)
Monday, 26 March 2012
This post I am about to do is on a sprinting start and the technique to bursting out of those blocks as quickly as you can.
You must begin in your blocks in a crouched position, with your back knee on the ground and all your weight resting on your fingertips. When the 'set' is called by the offical you bring your hips up so that your body is in an upright position. Be alert for the 'B' in the 'BANG' and burst out of the blocks at that point. Your reaction time is vital at the start of the race.
From your first 10-15 metres of the race, your aim is to stay low, pumping your legs powerfully, keeping your eyes and head down towards the ground and accelerating powerfully.
When you reach about 20 metres in the race you should gradually begin to bring your body into an upright position.
By 30 metres you should be running at your full speed.
You must begin in your blocks in a crouched position, with your back knee on the ground and all your weight resting on your fingertips. When the 'set' is called by the offical you bring your hips up so that your body is in an upright position. Be alert for the 'B' in the 'BANG' and burst out of the blocks at that point. Your reaction time is vital at the start of the race.
From your first 10-15 metres of the race, your aim is to stay low, pumping your legs powerfully, keeping your eyes and head down towards the ground and accelerating powerfully.
When you reach about 20 metres in the race you should gradually begin to bring your body into an upright position.
By 30 metres you should be running at your full speed.
Friday, 2 March 2012
Sprints or Sprinting, is a form of running at a persons fastest pace. They are usually short running events that are in track and field and athletics. Sprints are normally short distance, and never exceed longer than 400metres. The main sprinting events in any track or field event in the Olympics are the 100, 200 and 400metre. These three events are held during the Summer Olympics and Outdoor World Championships. Professional sprinters begin a race in a crouched position in the starting blocks, where they soon lean forward then burst out of the blocks and gradually move into an upright position as the race progresses forward momentum is gained. To perfect your sprinting ability and technique, it takes alot of time and effort and hard training to earn good track times and to win gold medals in high standard races.
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