my interpretation of this: 1) The most explosives starts 2) Second fastest in your team 3) The one who's comfortable in the curve 4) yeah basically the GOAT in ya team
I think I’m gonna show my coach this video, we got good sprinter but our times are terrible cuz of the things you explain in the video, he don’t watch us so he don’t know who’s good at what
In my opinion it’s 1st leg is the best starter, 2nd leg is the slowest on the team, 3rd leg is 200M runner who can run the curve and finally the anchor leg is obviously the fastest
nahh the second usually needed the second fastest in your team bro. you looked at them like they're slow but it is important to have speed momentum in that area, hence why people always put the second fastest sprinter in the second leg since it's a straight course too
2nd leg is the longest leg, theres absolutely no way im putting my slowest guy on there. I actually like the idea of putting your fastest guy on this 2nd leg and 2nd fastest on anchor. But those two can be interchanggeable
Haha. I’ve seen those team those “he almost caught them, if only the race was 10 meters longer for sure he’d have caught up”. If you’re going to hide your slowest guy, hide him on the 3rd leg by putting him deep in the exchange zone and putting the last leg high in their exchange zone.
Speed order 3, 1, 4, 2. Its not complicated. and please believe me, good teams lose or under perform by not practicing enough on hands-off & timing. I was on a lazy good team.
if ever there is a 400m runner on the 4x1 squad, its because he's probably one of, if not the best 400 runner on the team. And a great 400 runner, is a great overall sprinter
I used to agree and theoretically it's true, but the problem is with the mental side. Your second fastest sprinter won't be as used to winning races/being the one chased and might bottle it. Watch GB at the 2021 Olympics and 2023 World Championships and the last runner bottles the medal, a more experienced sprinter wouldn't.
