Kwame safo Boateng - How we won 4x100 meters relay

Kwame safo Boateng - The 4 × 100 meter relay also known as sprint relay. Is an athletics track event, run in the lanes on one lap of the track, completing four runners every 100 meters. The first runner should start in the same stagger for the individual 400-meter run. A relay baton is performed by each runner. In terms of speed the men 4X100m is always faster than the 100m race. Just take a look at the scenario, “In the 2012 Olympics Usain Bolt clocked 9.63 to finish the 100m sprint. The time taken by the four sprints of Jamaican 4X100m was 36.84s. Evidently the average time taken by each athlete to finish 1000 m was 9.21 sec- much faster than Bolt's 9.63s. Was it one of his teammates running faster than Bolt? The solution is everyone except the starter was running faster than Bolt. Even Bolt clocked less time than his 100m run.”

Kwame Safo Boateng said, “When I’m in highschool, I used to be a track team captain and a relay-record holder in the 4X100 meter dash. My success in athletics was supported by a sincere thirst for competition.” According to Kwame safo Boateng, The 4 x 100 relay race is simply the maximum amount of a skill event as a speed event. A team with four runners can out-race a team with four better runners by beating the faster team within the exchange zones. The key to this Relay event is how much quantity time the baton spends in those exchange zones. The goal for boys high school teams should be to spend no more than 2.2 seconds in each exchange zone. The goal for girls high school teams should be to spend 2.6 seconds.

The first runner in the 4 x 100 relay begins the race in starting blocks. The following three runners receive the baton via exchanges. The exchange zones are 20 meters long and are antecede by a 10-meter acceleration zone. The receiver starts running within the acceleration zone but the baton can only be passed within the exchange zone. It’s the position of the baton, not either runner’s foot, that determines whether the baton is passed legally or not.

In the 4 x 100 relay, as in any Relay event, every second counts, so runners don't switch hands when carrying the baton. Therefore, if the initial runner holds the baton in the right hand, the second runner will receive the baton – and can run with it – hold in the left hand, the third will receive and carry the baton in the right hand and the final runner will hold it in the left hand.

A strong 4 x 100 meter relay team will have interchangeable spare parts. At the bottom, a coach must have either a runner trained to handle any position in the relay, or two runners, one of whom is trained to receive a baton in the right hand, and one who must receive it. Have been trained to receive. In this way, if a starting runner is injured, an option may fill that specific spot, rather than replace some other starting runner.

How to win 4 x100m Relay?

First decide your strategies, such as,each runner should use the exchange zone in the same way. Coaches should not try to “cheat” a faster runner-up or a slower runner back. The goal should be to pass the baton as quickly as possible - certainly in the first half of the zone - the relative speed of the two runners does not matter. By aiming to pass the baton quickly, you leave more space in the zone in the event the passer can’t deliver the baton to the receiver on the first attempt.

Each runner uses half of the lane during the exchange. For example, the runner carrying the baton in the right hand will use the left half of the lane, while the receiver, who accepts the baton in the left hand, will use the right hand side of the lane. In this way, the arms of the runner are tilted upward for an easy exchange. Furthermore, by remaining in different parts of the lane, the passer-by can never step on the foot of the receiver, even if their time is up.

About Kwame Safo Boateng

Kwame Safo Boateng grew up in Northern Virginia. His hobbies are video games, film, reading, programming, as well as learning new operating systems and running. When I’m not programming, I like to watch independent films. As I am a fitness freak, I spend 2 hours exercising. Basically i do running, stretching, walking and some balance exercises. It helps me to build strength, flexibility and balance.