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Track and Field
Track and Field
Weather
If there are extreme weather conditions, the referee
has the power to change the location of the
competition.
Kind of Starts
Types of Crouched Starts
There are three main types of crouched starts.
BULLET START
- The first type of sprint start is called a bullet or bunch start.
- The toes of the back foot are about level with the heel of
the front foot .
- Both of the feet are placed well behind the starting line.
The toe to toe distance is said to be 25 to 30 centimeters.
- In this start, your feet are closest together, compared to
the other starts. Because your feet are close together,
your legs and body are "bunched" together.
- That is why it is called the bunched, or bullet start.
MEDIUM START
- The second type of sprint start is called
medium start. In this the knee of the back leg
is opposite the front foot.
- The toe to toe distance said to be 40 to 55
centimeters. - - In this start, the feet are
closer together than the elongated start but
farther apart than the bullet start.
- Its in the middle. That's why it is called the
medium start, because it is in between the
other two.
ELONGATED START
- The third type of sprint start is called the
elongated start.
- The sprinter has their knee of the back leg
level, or slightly behind the front foot's heel.
- The toe to toe distance is 60 to 70
centimeters.
- In this start, your feet are spread out farther
than the other two. Your back leg is stretched
or elongated, behind you.
Running Event
Short Distance or Sprints
A sprint is a short running race.
In a track and field competition there
are generally three different sprint
distances: