Coaching Championship Sprint Relays

with Clyde Hart,
Baylor University Head Coach from 1963 -2019;
2017 USA Track & Field Legend Coach Award;
2009 World Athletic Coach of the Year Award;
2005 Big XII Women's Indoor Coach of the Year;
2x USA Track & Field Nike Coach of the Year (2004, 2006);
2x NCAA National Indoor Coach of the Year (1989, 1996);
2001 USTFCCCA Hall of Fame inductee;
4x Southwest Conference Indoor Coach of the Year;
member of the Baylor Wall of Honor, Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, the USA Track & Field Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame;
Hart coached nine Olympians to 13 Olympic Gold medals, one silver and three bronze medals + this included winning the 400 meter in three straight Olympic games. While at Baylor, Hart coached 34 national champions (14 individual and 20 relays) and 566 All-Americans. Hart-coached athletes include Michael Johnson, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson and Sanya Richards-Ross!

Create successful relay teams with average sprinters! Legendary Coach Clyde Hart shares his secrets to flawless relay technique.

Coach Hart describes why his techniques and strategies have been so successful and how you can implement his methods with your team. These methods can be applied at any level; youth, high school, college, or elite.

Hart shares his ideas in a simple lecture series, sharing why his techniques and strategies have been so successful. Hart takes these philosophies to the track and shows you how to take average sprinters and develop championship relay teams with proper technique. Hart highlights several of his techniques using demonstrators to teach his major points of emphasis.

• Moving the baton around the track
• Placement of the relay runners
• Team workouts
• Block and block placement
• Starts
• The exchangev
• Baton drills

Coach Hart teaches--in detail--his methods of getting the baton around the track the fastest and safest way possible. He explains and demonstrates his snatch system of exchange and the peek-a-boo exchange. He offers drills to teach athletes how to react and handle the baton while at top speed. Proper runner placement plays a significant role in relay success. Hart provides the criteria for each leg of the relay to help build a successful team by putting the right people in the right positions.

In breaking down the 4x100 relay, Coach Hart emphasizes that whatever method is used-sell it to your athletes. He explains a step-by-step method for passing the baton through the zone, and includes a discussion on the acceleration zone, the marks needed for the outgoing runner so that he is at top speed when receiving the baton and the placement of the hands.

Coach Hart then touches on the 4x200 and 4x400 relay by adding the minor differences needed for these relays. You'll also get Coach Hart's thoughts on the use of the blocks, proper block placement on the track, the start, the exchange, and drills using the baton.

Get the drills and techniques that have made Baylor one of the top relays schools in the nation.

145 minutes (2 DVDs). 2012.