Carl Lewis and Comany get it done
Back when the United States did things like run fast and win track and field gold medals at the Olympics, Carl Lewis and 3 other men ran a world record relay.
Notice the technique to pass the baton. Hand held low, baton passed smoothly. The receiver does not hold his hand way up high, and the giver does not slap it into his outstretched palm. Note my attached illustration. All I have to say is the US team needs to go back and watch the Carl Lewis era footage and see what they did oh so right. After reviewing the footage it made me rethink the method I describe and that it requires repositioning/gripping the baton so as to hand it off to the next person. The Carl Lewis method, and the current slap down method, puts it in position for the next exchange. I learned, will the US team? I just want to state, I would rant on this even if it wasn't the US team that dropped it, German, Korean, Japanese, Polish, doesn't matter, I am kind of anal on things like good sporting technique in top level sports. Don't even get me started when a wide receiver drops a pass that hits him in the numbers in open field. The one thing he is paid to do. Those sorts of mistakes in routine situations is unacceptable.
Click to viewNotice the technique to pass the baton. Hand held low, baton passed smoothly. The receiver does not hold his hand way up high, and the giver does not slap it into his outstretched palm. Note my attached illustration. All I have to say is the US team needs to go back and watch the Carl Lewis era footage and see what they did oh so right. After reviewing the footage it made me rethink the method I describe and that it requires repositioning/gripping the baton so as to hand it off to the next person. The Carl Lewis method, and the current slap down method, puts it in position for the next exchange. I learned, will the US team? I just want to state, I would rant on this even if it wasn't the US team that dropped it, German, Korean, Japanese, Polish, doesn't matter, I am kind of anal on things like good sporting technique in top level sports. Don't even get me started when a wide receiver drops a pass that hits him in the numbers in open field. The one thing he is paid to do. Those sorts of mistakes in routine situations is unacceptable.