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Chaska High school Track and Field Sprinter Warm Ups

The Chaska High School Track and Field team starts every practice with warm ups. There are three distinct warm ups and separate warm ups for the team. The purpose of these warm ups is to adequately prepare the bodies of their track athletes. As of the 2024 season, the sprinters changed their warm up routine completely under the guidance of new coach Clay Jackson.

Sprinters Warm Ups

From 2019-2023, the sprinters warm ups consisted of 2 laps around a 400 meter track. Then 4x10 leg swings. After that the boys and girls sprinters would split on each side of the Chaska High School football field to complete their warm ups. The warm ups consisted of dynamic stretches such as: Heel walks, Toe Walks, High Knees, Butt Kickers, Ankle Pulls, Quad Pulls, Lunge and Twists, Side-Lunges, Frankensteins, Street Sweepers, (Scoopers) Single-Leg RDLs, Carioca, Skips for Height, and Skips for Distance. The sprinters would finish off with two 30-30-30 Accelerations. Where you accelerate to 30 yards, sprint 30 yards, and decelerate the last 30 yards.

As of 2024, the warm up has changed for the sprinters. First year coach Clay Jackson designed a complete overhaul for the sprinters warm up. The two laps around the 400 meter track followed by 4x10 leg swings did stay the same. After leg swings the boys and girls warm up together on the football field. The first part of the warm up are stationary stretches. These stretches are: Cat Camels, Kneeling RDLs, Quad Leans, World’s Greatest Stretch, Eagles, Scorpions, and Inverted Leg Swings. Then the group transitions to the goal line where they start their dynamic stretches. These stretches are: Forward Skips, Backward Skips, Side Shuffle into Side Lunge, Skip into Forward Lunge, Skip into Backward Lunge, Skip into Street Sweepers, and Carioca. The sprinters then transition into the final phase of the warm up, these excesses are A-walks, A-skips, A-runs, B-skips, B-runs, A-Cs, Straight leg sprints, 5 yard shuffle into sprint and then two 30 yard accelerations, one out of a 2-point and the other out of a 3-point.