How to Run the 400 Meter Race

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  • If you want to run a faster 400m race, watch this entire video. I guarantee it's the most informative and entertaining 400 video you've ever seen. In your whole life.
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  • @ashleycontreras6468
    @ashleycontreras6468 Před 6 lety +5947

    Literally watching this right right before my 400m race...

    • @laharltheoverlord3419
      @laharltheoverlord3419 Před 5 lety +189

      Noob Slayer I literally ran the 400m today but I signed up for 100 & 200m, though the coach didn’t like me doing 100 & 200 so he forced me to do 400 and I got 1:13 around 8 out of 8th place 10th heat. Feels bad man, it was my first time feeling actual pain during a race as my body is not used to distance running

    • @christophersanz574
      @christophersanz574 Před 5 lety +124

      Laharl The Overlord it’s a 400 m dash not a distance race

    • @valeriaaranza8459
      @valeriaaranza8459 Před 5 lety +5

      Ashley Contreras same

    • @laharltheoverlord3419
      @laharltheoverlord3419 Před 5 lety +42

      Christopher Sanz lol some people consider it distance and some don’t but to me it’s pretty darn tiring so I usually address it as distance running

    • @letemflyhunting2645
      @letemflyhunting2645 Před 5 lety +16

      Noob Slayer i first ran it no practice but 100 and 200 i got 2nd with 56 seconds im a freshman...

  • @TyCunningham
    @TyCunningham Před 5 lety +3352

    My heart started pumping fast watching this.

  • @toktok9999
    @toktok9999 Před 9 lety +1782

    "you don't coach the last 100 hundred"
    ironically so true

    • @dragodrags5071
      @dragodrags5071 Před 4 lety +4

      @Maximus AOK LMFAO that sucks balls.. you should quit

    • @nykia31
      @nykia31 Před 4 lety +88

      It's 100% mental toughness at that point.

    • @kyleg4453
      @kyleg4453 Před 4 lety +10

      Maximus AOK for a freshman that’s pretty solid

    • @Farzil_Allu
      @Farzil_Allu Před 4 lety +24

      @Cxsh AOK -_- bro.. dont listen to those who motivate you...
      In athletics you can always improve your time... so work hard and prove those haters wrong..
      ALL THE BEST

    • @luisgalvan740
      @luisgalvan740 Před 4 lety +1

      3k AOK yea that’s good I run a 57 as a freshman but because I did a lot of training. And I mean sprints and cross training

  • @chloeethier7542
    @chloeethier7542 Před 6 lety +619

    Upside down smile face on the wall top left

  • @ofcitsania
    @ofcitsania Před 5 lety +2331

    Me: *passes someone in race* (they don’t know)
    Crowd: SHES PASSING YOU!
    The Person: *speeds up and beats me*

    • @larry8939
      @larry8939 Před 5 lety +105

      @Ayee Ania I hate when that happens

    • @nateanderson8256
      @nateanderson8256 Před 5 lety +125

      in my last race i was about to pass someone with like 10 meters left and then a ton of people started cheering and he sped up and beat me

    • @teevee7678
      @teevee7678 Před 5 lety +3

      Larry LMAOO

    • @Urappitude
      @Urappitude Před 5 lety +4

      Foreal

    • @stephaniesanchez667
      @stephaniesanchez667 Před 4 lety +10

      I hate when ppl do that!

  • @devinswanson9227
    @devinswanson9227 Před 6 lety +1992

    I ran an all out 400 and won solely due to the fact that the guy in first tripped over his own legs.

  • @MrToweleySlowMo
    @MrToweleySlowMo Před 7 lety +2681

    "you dont believe in god, make something up" 😂😂😂😂

  • @windy2542
    @windy2542 Před 5 lety +3208

    50m: Sprint
    200: Stride
    150: Reaccelerate and keep form
    Don’t try to sprint the 400, you’ll die at 175

    • @efury1869
      @efury1869 Před 5 lety +35

      Stride means?

    • @stoney139
      @stoney139 Před 5 lety +218

      Back in the day (early 60s) when I was in the best shape of my life, I sprinted the 400 relay and never died. Too stupid I guess!!! Best time was 45.sometin, but we were too stupid to realize that was a smoking time. Hell, Nobody else knew either, we were just a bunch of fools in the military that liked to run so we joined the unit track team and had a bunch of fun. However, I do agree with having a plan.

    • @williamchen1040
      @williamchen1040 Před 4 lety +123

      @@stoney139 45 oh my God

    • @Jessica-gg8mr
      @Jessica-gg8mr Před 4 lety +13

      @@efury1869 Where your arms are while running. They're either close to you or spaced out just a little bit.

    • @auzaiez2861
      @auzaiez2861 Před 4 lety +2

      XD

  • @JayB2
    @JayB2 Před 6 lety +2177

    Secret to running a fast 400m? Conditioning, Conditioning, *CONDITIONING!* And just when u thought u did enough conditioning, go back & do some more because trust me u didnt.

    • @findme-oe8sg
      @findme-oe8sg Před 6 lety +64

      I love this comment so much because it's so true

    • @chelseachandler8588
      @chelseachandler8588 Před 6 lety +65

      What's conditioning? Sorry if I sound stupid

    • @JayB2
      @JayB2 Před 6 lety +31

      @Jeremiah Daniel, Exactly! And when i ran track it was my least favorite part of the sport. lol

    • @Hensley_Jb
      @Hensley_Jb Před 5 lety

      Tru

    • @lucaprior3068
      @lucaprior3068 Před 5 lety +1

      facts

  • @marygilder6024
    @marygilder6024 Před 5 lety +120

    400 times
    BEFORE:54.8
    NOW:51.32 thank you so much because that's over 3 seconds

  • @jklindsey-5473
    @jklindsey-5473 Před 5 lety +1144

    This video may be years old but after watching it last night I figured I would give it a shot. INSTANTLY I ran 6 seconds faster on my 400 meter dash. Im so hyped. Thank you so much for the tips

    • @jklindsey-5473
      @jklindsey-5473 Před 5 lety +38

      @michelle rivera-marceleno manage your breath. A lot of people get winded really early and it puts them out and causes them to slow down

    • @jklindsey-5473
      @jklindsey-5473 Před 5 lety +26

      @michelle rivera-marceleno try running with your chest more out to open up your lungs and keep your shoulders square and just breathe the way that makes you more confortable most people breathe in the nose and out the mouth

    • @jklindsey-5473
      @jklindsey-5473 Před 5 lety +4

      @michelle rivera-marceleno No problem Good luck!

    • @lundoren5240
      @lundoren5240 Před 4 lety +7

      Jklindsey - what was your time?

    • @stephennziemi8379
      @stephennziemi8379 Před 4 lety +12

      michelle rivera-marceleno we waiting for your time : 👁👄👁

  • @fishgal4697
    @fishgal4697 Před 7 lety +829

    thanks my coach has never mentioned a plan for 400m, i feel a lot better about my upcoming race now

    • @jambocj1127
      @jambocj1127 Před 6 lety +1

      Jacqueline Griffith I

    • @daniellebautista1012
      @daniellebautista1012 Před 5 lety +2

      Did you do good?

    • @thehayman7352
      @thehayman7352 Před 5 lety +27

      “Run till you booty hurt”

    • @BebekLangitt
      @BebekLangitt Před 5 lety +5

      You have a bad coach

    • @stoney139
      @stoney139 Před 5 lety +2

      Jacqueline Griffith : Then he is not a coach!!! Make your own plan. Does your coach push a solid conditioning plan???

  • @sword_demon3994
    @sword_demon3994 Před 6 lety +754

    100 stride
    200 slowly speed up
    300 sprint
    400 run like there’s a hot girl in front of you
    Finish line pass out

  • @StuffUser101
    @StuffUser101 Před 8 lety +576

    1:49 is where he starts. You're welcome.

    • @usainphelps1491
      @usainphelps1491 Před 8 lety +47

      He starts at with the first 5 steps. Wtf if 1:46? Your 400m PR?

    • @donovandeponte8187
      @donovandeponte8187 Před 7 lety +8

      goddamn, that was savage

    • @manicgaming9126
      @manicgaming9126 Před 7 lety +10

      that roast was fucking powerful my nigga and painfully relevant

    • @StuffUser101
      @StuffUser101 Před 7 lety +2

      Exactly, which is why I pointed out the 1:49 minute mark, i.e. where he addresses the first 5 steps. And that is at *1:49*, not 1:46. Read.

    • @flightthegoatreacts3991
      @flightthegoatreacts3991 Před 6 lety +14

      After 1 year have you healed from that burn?

  • @williamkaye656
    @williamkaye656 Před 5 lety +775

    How to run the 400m
    50-100m sprint
    100-200m sprint with a bit more oof
    200-300m sprint with big oof
    300-400m KICK AND CHUNGUS OOF

  • @crixtaraafi5740
    @crixtaraafi5740 Před 9 lety +227

    Best 400m race plan ever! I just prd from a 53.5 to a 52.6! God bless this dude!

  • @darthinvaderzimm
    @darthinvaderzimm Před 4 lety +42

    Just watching this is giving me extreme anxiety from running track last semester

  • @MsKchaney
    @MsKchaney Před 3 lety +337

    As a college and high school coach for many years and a former 45-second 400 runner myself, I couldn't possibly agree more with what was presented in this video. This is right on the money from start to finish, and is the same strategy I ran and the same strategy I coach. Excellent, accurate, and entertaining, thanks for putting this out there!!!

    • @CompleteTrack
      @CompleteTrack  Před 3 lety +29

      Thank you for the kind words Ryan!

    • @pystykorva9793
      @pystykorva9793 Před 9 měsíci

      U not usain bolt bro

    • @djungelskogL0v3r
      @djungelskogL0v3r Před 3 měsíci +1

      how the fuck do you run a 45 second 400

    • @MsKchaney
      @MsKchaney Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@djungelskogL0v3r Haha, I’ve asked myself the same thing! Have a great coach + be disciplined to train like a beast for many years + find elite competition + get comfortable with pain + race just about exactly as he described! It’s a complex recipe for it all to come together.

    • @MsKchaney
      @MsKchaney Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@pystykorva9793 I certainly wasn’t Usain Bolt in the short sprints, but believe it or not his best 400 time was 45!

  • @flynnmiller7687
    @flynnmiller7687 Před 5 lety +254

    I don't exist and I improved by 10 seconds

  • @josephj9500
    @josephj9500 Před 9 lety +146

    You don't coach the last 100. Best line of the video!

    • @almondbutter2685
      @almondbutter2685 Před 5 lety +13

      Also, "If you don't believe in God, make somethin' up"

  • @CIF-pm7tk
    @CIF-pm7tk Před 3 lety +77

    I ran the 400 for 14 years, i had amazing coaches that taught me to attack! attack the curves and stride that back stretch attack the curve and accelerate out of the last curve and you should have a coach at the 200 m mark giving you time or a shout or mark of your 200 time. that last hundred is all conditioning, drive and heart! we ran so many 600's. made me want to hurt people i was so angry. the best I ran was 48.3. 28 years ago. good luck to all of you ATTACKING THAT 400

  • @abbeyrausch5800
    @abbeyrausch5800 Před 9 lety +126

    I'm glad you didn't make it boring like all the other 400m videos this actually kept me watching till the end

  • @westgardner7871
    @westgardner7871 Před 6 lety +56

    Just jumped from a 53.18 to a 52.25 in one race with this strategy! Thanks so much!

  • @dahliac4860
    @dahliac4860 Před 5 lety +66

    Before I knew how to run the 400, I was running 61-62 pretty consistently, but I finally learned how to do it and I won a state championship with a 56.15. Awesome advice!!

  • @TheAce0703
    @TheAce0703 Před 8 lety +349

    This is a great video, but I think there was too little emphasis on the float phase. As I've gotten better at the 400, I've realized the importance of the float. This coach mentioned it as running " Just on the brink of insanity" which for me translates to around 90-95% effort on the back stretch, but it's important to know that you aren't actively trying to accelerate here. Instead, you are maintaining the speed you'd worked so hard to create in the first place!
    Just trying to clear something up and pass on some information that has helped me, good luck!

  • @tresgarcia6641
    @tresgarcia6641 Před 5 lety +103

    Thanks this helped a lot I went from a 56.6 sec 400 to a 51.4 sec 400

  • @barnabasbaliraine4172
    @barnabasbaliraine4172 Před 5 lety +31

    My Coach is always at the 200 too and that's when he yells "NOW" so I can accelerate

  • @SpookTroop-
    @SpookTroop- Před 3 lety +16

    The last 100 is the most painful thing in the world😭😂

    • @CompleteTrack
      @CompleteTrack  Před 3 lety +3

      It's going to hurt whether you run it right or run it wrong, but it hurts less when you're happy about your time....and you'll be less likely to puke.

  • @mattmillare
    @mattmillare Před 2 lety +12

    I watched this video repeatedly 3 years ago my senior year of HS in study hall everytime. Managed to make states for the 400 because of this. I’ve now finished my adult education and I come back to this, reminiscent of the best year of my life. Thank you for this video.

  • @brandonmartinez8217
    @brandonmartinez8217 Před 6 lety +77

    That 200m part is so crucial. One time when I was at a track meet I was doing a 400m, I was in third and the guy in second just stopped to catch his breath at 300m.

  • @JacobGrass
    @JacobGrass Před 2 lety +88

    From my experience in hs track, warming up your legs when your on the starting line was MAJOR in getting a good opening. Most people tend to stand and do nothing when waiting on the line and you can use that to your advantage. Just simply shaking your legs around and having blood pumping makes your body prepared and that adrenaline starting to flow early on.

  • @DP-ds2pz
    @DP-ds2pz Před 7 lety +225

    Cheers for this, went from a 1:20 to a 1.04. This plan worked to perfection, went out hard and that immediately put me in front of 6 out of the other 7 runners, I made a mistake in slowing down too much down the straight, so another runner took advantage of this and I was placed second, so I'd strongly advise you to remember not too decrease your pace too much. Then around the turn,I reaccelerated like Latif suggests, and I made up a 10m gap by the time I was coming down the stretch. Kill the turn, attack that as hard as you can. Last 80-100is all mental. If you want it bad enough, if u can withstand the pain, you will win.

    • @NikhalDore
      @NikhalDore Před rokem +11

      damn a whole 16 second difference you slow slow

    • @starrcos
      @starrcos Před rokem +50

      @@NikhalDore at least he made that change to improve his running, right

    • @auburnfan4life589
      @auburnfan4life589 Před rokem +27

      ​@@NikhalDore why you hating

    • @krypticx8584
      @krypticx8584 Před rokem +29

      @@NikhalDore bro hating 6 years later

    • @notrichrd4412
      @notrichrd4412 Před rokem +1

      @@NikhalDorewhat would be a good time then?

  • @BillyBob-tr5cv
    @BillyBob-tr5cv Před 7 lety +237

    I'm 16 and I'm a freaken thrower. I did throwing, because I have extremely bad anxiety in running in front of people. My coach made us run 400m, because we did bad our last meet and I was hitting 68's and 69's and freaken he put me in a 4x4 and I'm just like, "TF IM A THROWER!"

    • @mikaylah4710
      @mikaylah4710 Před 5 lety +8

      Omgg i run 100m hurdles and my coach put me on the 400! I have NEVER evrn ran a 200 what makes u think im gonna do good? Any advice?my race is tmrw.

    • @gracedruger5280
      @gracedruger5280 Před 5 lety +8

      Mikaylah watch the video lol

    • @silvervenom3779
      @silvervenom3779 Před 5 lety +1

      Mikaylah how did u do

    • @xDEADPOOL24x
      @xDEADPOOL24x Před 5 lety +5

      Lmao my coach made me do a 400 and I got a 52 for my first one ever and bow Im in the 4x4. I lowkey love it already

    • @Sam-ps8zz
      @Sam-ps8zz Před 5 lety +1

      @@xDEADPOOL24x thats nothing i got my first 400 at 55.38 immediately AFTER running a 10.89 100m and 25.66 200m

  • @drewstephenson6608
    @drewstephenson6608 Před 6 lety +38

    I applied this and went from running a 57 to a 54

  • @MrSteakable
    @MrSteakable Před 8 lety +832

    Im a 4 year old girl and before I watched this video I ran a 85.5 and after this video I ran a 31.3

  • @megan7638
    @megan7638 Před 7 lety +94

    I just wanted to sincerely thank you for this video! I know a lot of the comments here are fake (and funny), but your race strategy really did help me. I'm a female HS distance runner (probably upper JV), and my previous 400 PR was 74 something. When I recently found out we had an upcoming 400 time trial, I panicked and searched CZcams for help and found your video. I found it incredibly helpful, and I told all my distance friends about your strategy (they thought your advice for the last 100 was hilarious). After watching your video, I was able to drop 3 seconds at the time trial! Thank you so so much!!

  • @brookestadtherr2443
    @brookestadtherr2443 Před 5 lety +46

    I’m running a 4x400 tomorrow for the first time ever and I’m super nervous! I also have to run another 400, a 200, and 100m🥴

    • @Ray-km8zp
      @Ray-km8zp Před 5 lety +3

      Brooke Stadtherr goid luck

  • @mixvikings8789
    @mixvikings8789 Před 8 lety +94

    Fr I told my friend who runs 400s this and he tried it and dropped his time by 2 seconds

  • @swekkedpvp5221
    @swekkedpvp5221 Před 8 lety +577

    I'm still in the womb and my mom runs a 10.38 100m

    • @RatusMax
      @RatusMax Před 7 lety +91

      Damn, connecting babies to the internet before they are born..technology has gone a long way. So have you been born yet it's been 6 months. I am expecting some time to pass since you can already think with a brain.

    • @JO-hu2ix
      @JO-hu2ix Před 7 lety +4

      SwekkedPvP lol

    • @rheanair9420
      @rheanair9420 Před 6 lety +2

      yeah right.

    • @rory718
      @rory718 Před 5 lety +6

      Rhea Nair have you ever heard of a joke

    • @Benhall01
      @Benhall01 Před 5 lety +3

      Rory O’D r/whoosh

  • @ljamison912
    @ljamison912 Před 2 lety +5

    My daughter is a 5th grader that runs against 6th graders. She made it to the district championship with a 1.14. The 6th graders were running 1.09. I told we need to watch a view on how to run the 400. Your view came up. We watched it and studied it. At the championship meet she ran 1.09 and recieved 3rd place. Also she set a school record for 5th graders. Thank you!

  • @blessingomoniyi
    @blessingomoniyi Před 6 lety +121

    I hated the 400 til I got good at it... lol

    • @caitlincarr6071
      @caitlincarr6071 Před 5 lety +1

      omg same

    • @parkeroverton5725
      @parkeroverton5725 Před 5 lety

      Blessing Omoniyi facts

    • @bored4427
      @bored4427 Před 5 lety +1

      I'm not even good at it, ran 59 on a 133m track indoors, and it's my favorite event. And I have to run it in a week or two without much training because I had the flu how epic

    • @kameroncoleman9293
      @kameroncoleman9293 Před 4 lety

      me running 56 one time and automatically gassing it

    • @kkkkkkkkk694
      @kkkkkkkkk694 Před 3 lety

      I always loved 400 as I was the champ in it.

  • @bismofunyuns_1042
    @bismofunyuns_1042 Před 5 lety +14

    I wish I had a coach that actually gave instruction like this. We don’t even have a true sprinters coach so we just wing it.

  • @tvm-growthisunlimited9023

    You're the most informative but funny teacher-coach re the 400M on CZcams right now!

    • @CompleteTrack
      @CompleteTrack  Před 3 lety

      Thank you my friend! Track is a lot more fun when it's not just 'run until it hurts'. That ish isn't fun at all so I try to bring the jokes! -LT

  • @bigdave6952
    @bigdave6952 Před 3 lety +9

    back in 2015 i used his race plan and won a gold medal in this event in my college. Many thanks coach!

  • @sienaisaac604
    @sienaisaac604 Před 3 lety +22

    oh my god i went from a 1:05 to a 1:02 using this video and got 1st! it helped me so much thank you!

  • @MsRayRay000
    @MsRayRay000 Před 9 lety +268

    this video was VERY helpful. Thank you so much, but can you please do one on the 800m?

    • @CompleteTrack
      @CompleteTrack  Před 9 lety +30

      How to run the 800: czcams.com/video/_c7dhdS81Tw/video.html

  • @lolboisss8428
    @lolboisss8428 Před 5 lety +46

    Wow! This helped a lot! I went from a 54.3 to a 50.01! This is really amazing

  • @SuperKamiGuruu
    @SuperKamiGuruu Před 8 lety +402

    As an atheist, I swear I start praying to the all the water I'm gonna drink after the final 100m meters😂😂

    • @weatherman2341
      @weatherman2341 Před 8 lety +25

      I'm atheist too and when I run the last 100 I start going like dear science Give me Water

    • @SuperKamiGuruu
      @SuperKamiGuruu Před 8 lety +1

      +Brandon Palomino Forreal😂😂😂

    • @SuperKamiGuruu
      @SuperKamiGuruu Před 8 lety +8

      +Meoww03 So does Zeus. Praise him and his hefty lightning bolts.

    • @weatherman2341
      @weatherman2341 Před 8 lety +6

      +Meoww03 he is a god not a creature

    • @SuperKamiGuruu
      @SuperKamiGuruu Před 8 lety +9

      +Brendan Jackson He is actually the God of Olympus, mightiest of Gods.
      Don't slander my savior's name by referring to him as "creature".

  • @dennismwangi353
    @dennismwangi353 Před 5 lety +12

    Hey Coach, am 18 years from Kenya And I really loved your coaching. I've always being coming up slow on the first 50m and then rely on ridiculous pushing and top speed to outrun my mates. But you just gave me a new perspective today and I have been preparing with that for my final 400m race tomorrow. Thank you for this piece of info

  • @donovanthach
    @donovanthach Před 8 lety +575

    I am still a sperm and use to run a 400 58 seconds now I run it 50

    • @yofa1
      @yofa1 Před 5 lety +52

      I'm a fucking hydrogen atom and I ran the 400m in 1.6 x 10-35 seconds, beat that skrub

    • @trizzy7599
      @trizzy7599 Před 5 lety +2

      @@yofa1 😂😂😂😂

    • @miller10
      @miller10 Před 4 lety

      Wow so funny. HAHAHA

  • @steelmore
    @steelmore Před 9 lety +36

    Great, helpful information. It's always easy to pick out those runners who haven't been trained to run a 400m. They don't pace well and die on the last turn. My son is a 400m runner and loves the race. Will definitely pass this video on to him.

  • @nissikabongo7162
    @nissikabongo7162 Před 9 lety +28

    Thank you soo much im an 8th grade girl and this actually really helped me in my district meet. I got 2nd but I originally kept on running a 63 but after this vid I ran it in a 60 flat , set my new pr and broke the school.

    • @clibothy
      @clibothy Před rokem +3

      bro i thought you were lying and then i looked up your name 😭😭😭 I know your comment is 7 years old but that's crazy

  • @joelymarieschannel
    @joelymarieschannel Před 7 lety +32

    Been training specifically for 400m and 400mh since January this year after moving from shorter sprints, my first flat 4 was 65.6s without really knowing what I was doing (but I'm defo that person who "doesn't go out very hard because they want to conserve energy and not die at the end") so I want to try this race plan - my coach says I can go 60s which would be a dream! Thanks for this

  • @amritkaurrooprai7149
    @amritkaurrooprai7149 Před 7 lety +69

    Thanks to this, I came 7th out of 40 girls and 22nd out of 80 boys and girls today during my cross country
    Last year I literally came last and it was embarrassing, so this is EXTREMELY HELPFUL EVERYONE!!! I didn't know it would make THAAATTT much of a difference. THANK YOU SO MUCH
    AUMING FOR NO.1 NEXT YEAR!! My mum was so HAPPY
    This is really helpful even in long distance 😁👍🇰🇪 thank you 🤗

    • @chyomama2970
      @chyomama2970 Před 7 lety +5

      Amrit kaur rooprai so are you a boy and a girl?

    • @amritkaurrooprai7149
      @amritkaurrooprai7149 Před 7 lety +2

      chyo mama No😂😂. I'm a girl and we had cross country. In my school they count us out of our gender division and the whole grade together (i don't know if I explained that we'll) and I did well in both, so....😂😂You're reply made me laugh my bum off 😂

    • @chyomama2970
      @chyomama2970 Před 7 lety

      Amrit kaur rooprai makes sense lol

    • @sarcasticallyevelyn8418
      @sarcasticallyevelyn8418 Před 7 lety

      What grade are you in? Not to be creepy just for reference, like some grades are more experienced and are sometimes faster than others lol

    • @amritkaurrooprai7149
      @amritkaurrooprai7149 Před 7 lety

      sarcasticallyevelyn I'm in 7th grade

  • @melg3016
    @melg3016 Před 9 lety +1

    Best advice on how to run a 400 meter dash. Thank You!! You are a true life saver!!!

  • @krazyjazy7528
    @krazyjazy7528 Před 8 lety +4

    Thank you very much for helping me understand the 400m better! I have a huge track meet in 2 days and this helped me like I said!

  • @xlanslick7874
    @xlanslick7874 Před 8 lety +42

    Thank you coach this will help me tomorrow in my championship track meet. I Ran a 1'02 400 but my coach wants me to break 1 minute for mvp

    • @Jochiii
      @Jochiii Před 7 lety +8

      xLAN Slick 0-50 run hard 50 - 200 check where you are,knees high, body up

    • @Jochiii
      @Jochiii Před 7 lety +2

      xLAN Slick wrong person

  • @Leander_Woodley_Warriors
    @Leander_Woodley_Warriors Před 3 lety +7

    Awesome advice :). My 400m time improved by almost 6 seconds after watching this!

  • @heidiearl1719
    @heidiearl1719 Před 8 lety +6

    Great tips- thanks - just PR'd in the 400m - shaved a full second off my time using this strategy.

  • @fireking6250
    @fireking6250 Před rokem +2

    Thank you for telling me this. I’ve been doing the 400 and I’ve always ran without a plan. I was doing a 400 last night for my track meet and I was in 1st place for the majority of the time but sold it and came in 3rd place in 2nd heat. This is what I was missing the entire time and will help me out for sure. Everyone was complimenting on how good I did in the 400 today at school (the next day after my track meet if you are reading this at a different day) I always pray before my track meet.

  • @tiaracrespo5598
    @tiaracrespo5598 Před 6 lety +16

    I ran my first 400m (not competition just at practice) and it was horrible 😣 but now i have a better understanding of what to do😊👍🏽

  • @callumscott953
    @callumscott953 Před 7 lety +249

    Or you just be Wayde van Niekerk and sprint the entire 400 XD

    • @shakielblair9508
      @shakielblair9508 Před 6 lety +23

      Callum Scott he didn't sprint all of it Noone on earth can sprint out a 400

    • @MrKellz411
      @MrKellz411 Před 6 lety +5

      Shakiel Blair Exactly if someone could they'd go sub 40... Which isn't going down..

    • @06nemox
      @06nemox Před 6 lety +2

      His last 100 was high school girl times.confirmed not possible

    • @ckthedreamchaser3483
      @ckthedreamchaser3483 Před 6 lety +3

      He ran a 12 second last 100m

    • @kawhicantisniffyourleotard878
      @kawhicantisniffyourleotard878 Před 5 lety +1

      MrKellz411 sprinting the whole thing is not equal to not getting tired

  • @savshreds4282
    @savshreds4282 Před 9 lety +1

    I listen to you often, and when I do I drop time. Thank you!

  • @dylangenzler5336
    @dylangenzler5336 Před 2 lety +8

    6 years later but I have a meet on Saturday and this helped a lot, I'm going rewatched this video till my mind automatically knows what to do!! if what everyone says and how it helped so much I hope to God, I can break a minute! thank you for explaining it so in depth. Edit: your plan worked so well I was running a 101.58 today I just ran a 59.73 thank you so much!

    • @Sprinkles7652
      @Sprinkles7652 Před 2 lety

      I had a race this Saturday too and I wish I knew this stuff

    • @dylangenzler5336
      @dylangenzler5336 Před 2 lety

      @@Sprinkles7652 at least you get time to practice it

  • @kirksingletary3788
    @kirksingletary3788 Před 5 lety +25

    When you've never done a 400 in a meet and you search up how to do it and he says to just pray at the end... (help me)

  • @afrosamurai9524
    @afrosamurai9524 Před 6 lety +10

    Tomorrow is my FIRST EVER TRACK MEET and I came to this video so I wouldn't fail my team. I feel this will help me at least get top 5

  • @cailinmcneil2346
    @cailinmcneil2346 Před 6 lety +1

    i ran my first 400 at time trials yesterday and my coach said my time was a little over a minute and then i watched this and i just cut my time down a LOT. thank you omg this video helped me keep my spot on my varsity track team. Aahhhhh

  • @CoachRoebuck
    @CoachRoebuck Před 9 lety +3

    A well-explained video. Much respect.
    When I coached summer track, my strategy for running the 400m wasn't too far off. I always trained my kids to get out of the first turn at near top speed. Two reasons: #1 - races can be lost at the first 50m. #2: it's easier to set ourselves up on the back stretch at near top speed than to play catch up. During practice, we would train at a reasonably high paces so that the kids have a good idea of what to expect physically. Then, I emphasize that when they hit the 200m mark, just take off, before fatigue kicks in and your body begins to crash, concentrating on the form (in particular the knee) as much as possible.
    I'm happy to say I saw a lot of success given that that game plan. We ran a lot of 600m and 800m during practice. The kids had the energy to have been able to pull off a quality 400m.
    Worth pointing out, I once watched a video where Colin Jackson (UK) gave a strategy for running the 400m: run the first 200m @ 98% of maximum, and try to hold on for the remainder of the race. I believe the idea behind the explanation was to, again, try to maintain an even pace around the track. I had a college track coach who was more direct, in that the key to running the open 400m was to maintain an even pace around the track. No specifics were mentioned. It was up to me to figure that out.
    Again, good video!

  • @jakei1236911
    @jakei1236911 Před 9 lety +37

    my first 400 was awesome i tried sprinting the whole thing at the end i crossed the line and my legs stopped working fell on my face didnt catch my self at all got a 57.2 then went "that's nice i dont know what that means this is my first year doing a sport joiner" (coach) and threw up and slept the rest of the meet hahahaha

  • @bricek5637
    @bricek5637 Před 4 lety +11

    I run half marathons. Before watching this, my time was 1:37:22. Now I can eat a pizza in 8 slices.

  • @RajSingh-bh4gn
    @RajSingh-bh4gn Před 9 lety +2

    Thanks u so much, I have been running 400 for a year now, and still had no idea on how to run it, now that i saw this video I can challenge my self to do everything u said from the arm expanding toward the end, too the mental part that takes place in the 200-300. Keep making these videos there amazing and very helpful, and wish me luck for my meat tomorrow.

  • @17jgarciasolis
    @17jgarciasolis Před 9 lety

    Helpful Tips! Less stress and less butterflies for my first 400m race event! Thanks!

  • @Yaboykhoryxo
    @Yaboykhoryxo Před 5 lety +3

    This actually really opened my eyes to the 400 race. This made me think about how to run my 400

  • @larsgovaerts8850
    @larsgovaerts8850 Před 2 lety +4

    very helpful video. I really learned something from it. and I recognized many parts of my races so far. my death point is usually at 250m. in my next race i will use your strategy, thanks!

  • @DJSt3rling
    @DJSt3rling Před 3 lety +2

    best 400m explanation I've ever heard. Bravo!

  • @geraldhaynes2989
    @geraldhaynes2989 Před 8 lety

    Thank you your good info. Very very useful. I'm was a sprinter myself but probably burned too much in the curve, probably ran 70-80 meters hard rather that the 50 meters. I shared this info with my 13 year old son and he did an amazing job in a meet this past Saturday. He took 3rd place in his first event of the year against competition that may have been training for 1-2 months more. So thanks again.

  • @haneennaseef2397
    @haneennaseef2397 Před 6 lety +17

    I have a track meet on Monday and I'm running the 400m and I'm freaking out.

    • @Jessica-gg8mr
      @Jessica-gg8mr Před 4 lety +2

      Ah mine is in 9 days and I hurt my leg and haven't ran for a few days, at practice, because my coach wouldn't let me, and tomorrow is when I can continue to run and my leg is still going to be in pain even before the meet which makes me nervous.

  • @yanelismolina7229
    @yanelismolina7229 Před 6 lety +8

    This had helped me sooo much! My first ever race is a week from now and I am so scared. If I can’t beet the fastest people on my team, I am just imagining how fast these other people are gonna be in my meets. But this has helped me a lot. I used to just go full on sprinting the whole way through and manage to keep the same paste.

  • @nursesings4God
    @nursesings4God Před 5 lety +1

    I completely agree with you! This is how I used to run the 4x4. This diagram is great and I am going to use it for my kids!

  • @helicoptersandmore5519

    Wow a whole 18 minutes to explain a race that's about a minute! This 18 minutes of explaining will help me a lot! Thank you so much!😎🤙🔥

  • @Jonahappleby
    @Jonahappleby Před rokem +3

    I ran the 400 m last year, and I'm doing it again this year, when I saw how fast those other guys were going boosted my adrenaline, and I ran the fastest time I had ever run that race. I finished second place

  • @myleskiyanda
    @myleskiyanda Před 4 lety +6

    This vid helped me freshman year come first in the 400. I even beat a senior. Thank you!

  • @gregoryjschwartz
    @gregoryjschwartz Před 7 lety +1

    This is both hilarious and very useful. Much appreciated.

  • @JackikiMarie
    @JackikiMarie Před 8 lety +1

    I had to fill in for a team mate on my last meet for a 4x400m. Now tomorrow I have to run a 400m (second time for meet) so this video is helping me a lot, Thank you!

  • @TG6_
    @TG6_ Před 4 lety +6

    That tip about running all out your first couple of steps is a good tip by doing that I drop my time by 4 seconds 😂👍🏼

  • @bedfordcountylegend6424
    @bedfordcountylegend6424 Před 9 lety +7

    Awesome video, I'm a sophomore , and last year as a freshman I ran a 54.9 at a big invite, but this year it's still early I know but I'm running 57"s . And like today i had an invite , i got put in the boss heat I ran against kids running 51"s and 52"s , and it felt like the best race I ever ran but it was a 57 . My plan is senior year I want a 49.9 .

  • @1ANDonlykellybaby
    @1ANDonlykellybaby Před 9 lety

    Wow,outstanding video... Just phenomenal!
    Thank you for the very detailed,descriptive breakdown of how to run the 400 meter dash,you are very much appreciated by many. I have been running the 400 for the past 5 years now splitting nearly the same exact time each year, running somewhere between 60-57 seconds. My 200 meter time dropped from 32 seconds to 23.02 and the 100 meter dash from 13.7 to 11.37 over the last 5 years but my 400 meter dash time just wouldn't budge.
    I could never figure out how to run it, i would always go out hard and then just completely die by the last 200 meter dash. i have learned that it takes a completely different mind set to run the 400 meter dash then a 2. You must commit but be smart about it. Thank you so so very much i learned a lot.!!!!!!!

  • @nicholas8240
    @nicholas8240 Před 5 lety

    Thank you, I’m on the track and field team and I’m usually the best at the sprinting events, and now I know the stages on what to do on each section

  • @jackyjess7273
    @jackyjess7273 Před 6 lety +5

    Great video! I am one of those people who get really sick after the 400, yet not any other race since it is one of the longest sprints. This video really helped visualise what the whole race will be like, so I can now have a proper plan. Thank you

  • @ashleyhorn7033
    @ashleyhorn7033 Před 4 lety +3

    wish I had a coach like you when I was in track as a kid!

  • @ryanramsey9147
    @ryanramsey9147 Před 9 lety +1

    Thank you for the tips, I watched this video two weeks prior to my first two meets (next meet is district) and have never lost so far, both of them under a minute (age 13)

  • @2nd.Air.Division.8thUSAAF

    Thank you for the great explanation of your race strategy. I am looking forward to incorporating it into my next runs.

  • @nicolasfierro2143
    @nicolasfierro2143 Před 3 lety +6

    Thank you so much you brought my time from a 12:35 to 12 sec
    Fr though you saved 2 sec off my time thanks

  • @marleewalter1737
    @marleewalter1737 Před 9 lety +61

    Haha "if you don't believe in god make something up" 😂

  • @gianfrancisrin2149
    @gianfrancisrin2149 Před 2 lety

    I watched this yesterday before i run my 400m, i won gold in our invitational track meet. This gave confidence and good mindset, to focus on my own run than my competence.

  • @Noobie_gamer
    @Noobie_gamer Před 6 měsíci +2

    Thank you, this is the most helpful video for the 400 meter that I have seen. I’m pretty fit but my 400 meter time is slow, I didn’t have a plan so that is probably partly why, I’m going to try this as soon as possible, I hope it helps

  • @elenar2589
    @elenar2589 Před 5 lety +27

    I tried this and I went from 52.3 to 96.7

  • @mary-janekhasar6895
    @mary-janekhasar6895 Před 5 lety +26

    Night before my race and I can't sleep ;-;

  • @Official_DozerVR
    @Official_DozerVR Před 3 měsíci +1

    It's my first year in track as a middle schooler 7th grade and my 400 m time went from a 1:27 down to a 1:23 because of this thank you so much.

  • @dennisdoyle5443
    @dennisdoyle5443 Před 8 lety +1

    Thanks Coach for this very informative video. I am a 49 year old Masters competitor( former soccer player) and have taken a fondness(or craziness) for running the 400. I run a 58 and change and am hoping to break 56 before I turn 50 (August). I really like the breakdown you present, and look forward to implementing it into my training. Thanks again for the serious, yet comical approach. Cheers.