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If you are looking to open a sporting or track-and-field store or equipping a track and field club or team, you should strive to provide all the high-performance track and field equipment athletes need. Not only will customers want top-of-the-line shoes and apparel, they will want durable gear and training equipment.
 
Coaches, trainers and athletes will patronize a business that offers a wide range of equipment used in track and field, such as plyometric training gear and throwing and jumping equipment. You will need to find manufacturers and distributors that will allow you to address your customer’s needs and help them find the best track and field gear for their specific sport and training level. 

For your business to be successful, you will have to: 
  1. Be knowledgeable about brands, styles, new technology and applications of a wide variety of track and field equipment.
  2. Offer a wide range of track and field gear for all the sports represented in track and field meets.
  3. Update your inventory with the newest and most innovative products to generate long-term patronage from coaches, trainers, athletes and athletic facility managers.

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High performance track and field clothing is essential to maximize performance on the field


Athletes need durable and high-performance track and field clothing and shoes to perform at their best. Offering a great selection of top brands is vital to a successful track and field store or business.

I recommend: Nike has a variety of men’s and women’s track and field apparel and shoes. Adidas is another company known for their high quality shoes for track and field. They also have a line of apparel designed for running and field competition. Team Sportswear makes custom and discount track and field uniforms that you can design yourself online.

Provide a broad selection of track and field equipment


There is a wide variety of track-field equipment, including throwing equipment, sprinting and hurdling apparatus, and gear for jumping (long jump, high jump and pole vaulting). Make sure to carry a large range of the top brands for your customers to choose from.

I recommend: One of the leading track and field retailers, M-F Athletic, offers a wide selection of the top brands of throwing equipment, including hammers, kettle bells, shot puts, javelins and discuses. They also supply jumping equipment—including pole vaults, pads, crossbars and pits & shelters—sprinting and hurdling gear, and bleachers and judging stands. Turbojav makes a series of mini-javelins and discuses for training and Special Olympic competitions. UCS designs and manufactures track equipment, including hurdles, pole vaulting gear and plyo-boxes.

Offer a variety of track and field training equipment for local training facilities


Training is a significant part of becoming an elite and competitive athlete. Athletic facility managers and track and field coaches and trainers will want a selection of top brands of acceleration, agility & speed ladders, training hurdles, jump ropes, medicine balls, plyometric boxes, strength shoes and banana steps.

I recommend: Vertimax is one of the most popular and top rated plyometric training systems, which helps to develop an athlete’s vertical jump and first step quickness. JUMPUSA.com carries plyometric boxes of all sizes, medicine balls and resistance bands. Sports Speed, Etc. has a number of agility and speed training equipment, such as acceleration, agility, and speed ladders, training hurdles and training manuals for coaches and trainers.

Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

  • If you are are planning to buy track and field equipment for a facility or meet, be sure to purchase timing and measuring equipment. Measuring tape and wheels, stopwatches, marking tools and display clocks are valuable gear to gauge an athlete's performance and make your meets run smoothly.
  • Athletic facility equipment is also essential to track and field meets. To make a bare track into one that is ready for competition, facilitators will need bleachers, judging stands, measuring and timing equipment, communication gear, displays, lane markers and competitor numbers.

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