I want to encourage my son to get into track & field. Seems like a noble sport to get into for high school where he can get healthy, be social, and not be too dangerous. I know zip about it though.
Track and field is a very intense sport
Okay, fair enough. But is there something more specific you can tell me about it? Something more.. knowledgeable?
Track and field requires a heavy amount of skill in running, jumping and throwing
I figured running, obviously, since it sounds pretty self-explanatory in the title. But how exactly does it all work? Where do they do things? How do they compete?
Typically Track and field has running events running in an oval shaped field with obstacles to jump over and a separate area for throwing events
Are there events? Specific challenges during the competition?
hurdling, are won by the athlete with the fastest time. The jumping and throwing events are won by the athlete who achieves the greatest distance or height. Regular jumping events include long jump, triple jump, high jump and pole vault, while the most common throwing events are shot put, javelin, discus and hammer. There are also "combined events" or "multi events", such as the pentathlon consisting of five events, heptathlon consisting of seven events, and decathlon consisting of ten events. In these,
Roberts wished that the track would be well received amongst her peers, saying "I haven't seen one bad review from the single or album samplers – it seems too good to be true. The response from critics has been amazing. It's like being at school and being told ‘well done’ by the teachers but I want my classmates to like it too. I want the people at home to get something from the record. Then I'll be doubly happy."
After the leak of the Madonna track