There is a time honored formula for increasing running speed: shorten foot-plant time and increase stride length. Running on a resilient surface such as a rubberized track will accomplish both. NFL combine scouts know this and will deduct .15 of a second off your 40 yard dash times on an artificial turf vs. rubberized track. Unless your sport is track and field, you do not play on a rubberized surface. There is a way however to make your playing surface like a rubberized track. You can put material far more resilient than a rubberized track inside your athletic shoes. Whether your plating surface is dirt, grass, concrete, a wooden floor or an artificial turf field: you will have the same speed (or jumping ability) benefits of playing on a rubberized track. Springbak Springsoles are made from the one of the most resilient materials in the world. Butadiene. Springbak has been issued 4 patents. Springbak holds exclusive patent rights to use butadiene rubber in footwear and insoles. #trackandfield #tracknation springbak.net/about/think

Watch Taiju Goto 🇯🇵 breaking his own U18 400mH world record clocking 48.09s!🤯

NCAA RECORD SHATTERED AT HAYWARD. Jaiden Reid delivered one of the fastest collegiate 200m performances ever to claim the title and set a new NCAA record with 19.63. #NCAATF

Co-hosts @USMNT won’t forget yesterday in a hurry! 🤩 USA’s 4-1 win over Paraguay was the first time they’ve scored four goals in a @FIFAWorldCup match, and their biggest win since the first edition of the tournament in 1930! 👏

7 years after Sha'Carri Richardson's 10.75, Adaejah Hodge becomes 1st collegiate athlete in HISTORY to run a 10.6 100m

Kanyinsola Ajayi and Jaiden Reid brought the heat, pushing each other every step of the way in the 100m semis. Ajayi: 9.94 Reid: 9.95 #NCAATF x 🎥 ESPN

A study on elite sprinters found that athletes didn’t rely on the same combination of step length and step frequency to achieve top speed. Some were more step length reliant and others were more step frequency reliant. I think that’s an important finding because

The @NCAA is taking the global stage 🌎🏐 12 student-athletes are representing their countries in the Volleyball Nations League. #NCAAWVB

#StockholmDL women's 100m ( 0.8) 10.84🇺🇸Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (SB) 10.97🇬🇧Amy Hunt (PB)

19-YEAR-OLD JUMPS 8.14m! 🤯🔥 Luka Bošković 🇷🇸 delivered a huge personal best of 8.14m ( 0.4) at the Serbian Athletics Cup in Kraljevo. The jump improved his previous outdoor best by 20cm and moved him to third on Serbia’s all-time list. 🇷🇸⚡ His 8.14m is the third-best jump in Serbian history and the second-longest by a Serbian athlete in the last 47 years, behind only Lazar Anić’s 8.15m. The national record remains Nenad Stekić’s 8.45m, set in 1975. (Via: dragutintopi/IG)

Gabby Thomas 🇺🇸 storms to a World Lead of 21.70s (0.7) over 200m in Texas! 2. Kayla White 🇺🇸 22.07 3. Favour Ofili 🇳🇬 22.15 4. Cambrea Sturgis 🇺🇸 22.16

Noah Lyles 🇺🇸 goes 9.88s (0.4) to win men's 100m at the Rome Diamond League! 2. Emmanuel Eseme 🇨🇲 9.94 (NR) 3. Letsile Tebogo 🇧🇼 9.95 (SB) 4. Jordan Anthony 🇺🇸 9.96 5. Lamont Marcell Jacobs 9.99

Start lists for the 2026 NCAA DI Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships are now available. 🔗 on.ncaa.com/26otf 🎟️ on.ncaa.com/outdoor-track-fi… #NCAATF

A recent study on highly trained to world class sprinters found that lower body strength qualities were related to coordination patterns during the first few steps of acceleration. That fits how I’ve always looked at training/coaching speed. We want strength, power, and skill

In an interesting portion of her testimony, Pac-12 commissioner Teresa Gould believes that the industry should engage in honest conversations around “student-athlete employment and collective bargaining.” She’s the latest respected administrator to suggest a CBA. Momentum grows.

Time to kick off the VNL 🔥 🇺🇸🆚🇺🇦 ⏰ 10am CT/11am ET 💻 VBTV

8 days to go... Only 8 nations have ever won the #FIFAWorldCup 🏆

1248 players. 48 nations. Locked in. 🔒 The Official Squad Lists for #FIFAWorldCup 2026 are here ⤵️

The World Cup group stage schedule (ET): 11 June - 3 PM, 10 PM 12 June - 3 PM, 9 PM 13 June - 3 PM, 6 PM, 9 PM 14 June - 12 AM, 1 PM, 4 PM, 7 PM, 10 PM 15 June - 12 PM, 3 PM, 6 PM, 9 PM 16 June - 3 PM, 6 PM, 9 PM 17 June - 12 AM, 1 PM, 4 PM, 7 PM, 10 PM 18 June - 12 PM, 3 PM, 6 PM, 9 PM 19 June - 3 PM, 6 PM, 8:30 PM, 11 PM 20 June - 1 PM, 4 PM, 8 PM 21 June - 12 AM, 12 PM, 3 PM, 6 PM, 9 PM 22 June - 1 PM, 5 PM, 8 PM, 11 PM 23 June - 1 PM, 4 PM, 7 PM, 10 PM 24 June - 3 PM, 3 PM, 6 PM, 6 PM, 9 PM, 9 PM 25 June - 4 PM, 4 PM, 7 PM, 7 PM, 10 PM, 10 PM 26 June - 3 PM, 3 PM, 8 PM, 8 PM, 11 PM, 11 PM 27 June - 5 PM, 5 PM, 7:30 PM, 7:30 PM, 10 PM, 10 PM 17 STRAIGHT DAYS OF ABSOLUTE MADNESS 🍿

Gout Gout's 19.67s has been ratified by World Athletics! He is officially the U20 World Record holder in the 200m.

Watch Simon Ehammer 🇨🇭 jump 8.51m to set a new World Lead and Swiss National Record. 🔥 (Via: hypomeeting_goetis/IG)