How Do You Run The Relay In Track?
• Before race day, train with your relay team. Practice hand-offs and work out together on a regular basis. More than any other event in track, relay teams will benefit from a sense of teamwork and camaraderie. • Figure out who’s running during each part of the relay. Your coach will probably assign each of you to one part of it anyway, but just make sure this happens some time before the race so you can focus on your part when it’s close to race time. • Warm up and stretch if you haven’t already. • Go to the part of the track where you will begin your leg of the relay. • If you are starting the relay, simply relax and wait for the gun to go off. If you are running another leg, wait, but stay loose and relaxed. • When it comes time to hand off the relay, if you are the one handing it off, put your arm out at a 90 degree angle to your body with your arm outstretched and palm pointing down. Look toward the approaching runner and start to run as he or she approaches. Let the approaching r
