| （Department of Physical Education，Fuzhou University，Fuzhou 350002，China） Abstract: Having analyzed several characteristics of the development of US high school track and field, the author concluded that the development of US high school track and field is provided with the following characteristics: training and competition are integrated with the education system; excellent teenage athletes come out of millions of competitors; during comprehensive and diversified training and competition over a long period of time, the athletes gradually become eminent in a specific event; excellent teenage track and field athletes are cultivated via training and competition extensively developed. The author also discussed helpful inspirations of these characteristics for the development of track and field in China.
Key words: track and field；high school student；United States |
