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Running Tips 3-point start tutorial
✅What is a 3-point start?
👉A 3-point start is basically a crouch start performed with only one hand (and therefore “3 points” – one hand and two feet) in contact on the ground. The other hand is held up off the ground, and back behind and above the hip.
👉It is an excellent activity to use when transitioning young track & field athletes from a standing sprint start to a crouch start.
👉A 3-point start is generally not a starting technique that is allowed in competition. The IAAF “Rules of Competition” states that when an athlete is in the ‘On Your Marks’ position: “Both hands and at least one knee shall be in contact with the ground . . .” and at the ‘Set’ command the athlete shall retain this contact of their hands with the ground. It is, therefore, a starting technique primarily used in practice.
✅How does a 3-point start help young athletes?
👉It is the initial position of the hands that can assist the athlete. When in a full crouch start, with both hands on the ground, many beginners either don’t know what to do with their hands or can’t process which hand/arm drives forward and which one drives back. The arm position used in a 3-point start – one arm placed forward and one arm placed back – solves this for the athlete.
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