I'm from Jamaica. It's the belt of the Jamaican parent that makes them so fast

Fastest Kid-Jamaica Fastest Man and human-Jamaica Fastest Woman-Jamaica 2nd Fastest Man in the world-Jamaica(Yohan Blake) DAAAMN Fastest Car-Jamaica

In Jamaica there is a mini junior olympics every year, it is called Boys and Girls Champs!

i thought i was because we had to outrun our parents when we did bad....

I'm jamaican and I'm the fastest kid in my school lol I'm not suprised

In the UK over the last 30 years we have had numerous sprinters world class sprinters who if not born in the UK came to the UK at a very young age, among them Linford Christie, Dina Asha-Smith. Its the same in Canada where they is another Jamaican diaspora - who have produced Donovan Bailey and Atlee Mahorn among others. So its nothing to do with Jamaican soil, nor even the Boys and Girls Champs.

how is this channel so small wtf is this, youtube must be broken again

Diet while growing up is a big factor in certain athletics, but I never looked into running. I do know certain genes help take in certain nutrients that are better for some athletic sports.

why are Jamaicans so fast? Because they train hard.

No it’s just Jamaicans have good training and they eat a lot of natural food that benefits you.

Jamaican pride and training is at the top of Jamaican athletes success.

its the food lmaooo yam, sweet potato, green banana, plantain, dumplin

We are just used to high-level competition so we train hard from a young age to be on top at all times

This shows me why I run so fast

Kenya has the best distance runners too.

We Jamaicans are just a different breed entirely

Not gonna mention the fact that some west Africans that had the sickle cell trait (which is sickle shaped blood cells) actually made them more immune to malaria, and also makes fast twitch muscles stronger... but it also may cause blood clots due to its odd shape

Yes we run for everything especially when mamma sey come pickney run go the shop go buy me something and hurry run come back and also someof us run to school since we didnt have so much access to public transportation plus additional training thats why we run fast lol

I like the soil and yams theory .... it’s makes sense

Before watching, all the foods they have.

I've been running from i was in basic school ! 3 years old , and every year since then i'm 20 years today.. upcoming athlete . mostly because yea the food and the love for running

the heart thing has to be true because most persons I know including myself can relate to it being enlarged

Jamaica also loves track and sprinting the most out of all the sports! I’d argue..

He showed sweet potato instead of yam.

I was born in Jamaica living there for 10 year moved to Canada I was the fastest in my school now I'm 13

I am Jamaican it’s because we have experience form running from the leather belt

Did he just say 10 million MOVED from Africa? 🤦🏾‍♂️

It mostly stems from government spending to improve the lives of our athletes, in Trinidad the government invested in a cycling velodrome and our cycling athletes have been doing us proud on an international stage.

The Jamaican doping system is second to none. Of the five fastest Jamaicans of all time, Bolt, Mullings, Nesta Carter, Blake and Powell, all except Bolt were caught doping.

I have a Jamacian mom and a american dad, but I run really fast. Most of my mums side is Jamacian. I just wanted to watch this for an explanation ,-,

It has nothing to do with any of the myths put forward in this video. Jamaica, just like other sports powerhouses like China and Russia that pump out astonishing gymnasts one after the other, starts training potential sprinters from a very young age. It starts out with kids as young as 6 years when every primary school on the island has a "sports day". You're divided into "houses" (mostly named after colors), and for every year in primary school there's fierce racing competition between the houses. This is where the first racing potentials are recognized and encouraged. The real work starts when the kids then move on to high school and have to compete in Boys & Girls Champs (short for championships). This is equivalent to college football in the US, with the only difference that it's a fierce and merciless competition at the high school level. You start high school at about 12 or 13 in Jamaica, which continues to about the age of 18, and during that time the best sprinters are trained and drilled with military precision. The highlight of their training is the yearly Boys & Girls Champs which is broadcast nationally and followed with twice the enthusiasm Americans have for college football or basketball. It is as this stage that the older kids, aged 17 or 18, get introduced to the world as they embark on their first international competitions. At this tender age they're already far more advanced in their technique and training that their American and other international colleagues, who start their serious training at the college level. So sorry, it has nothing to do with magical yams or mythical genes. If other countries employed the same training regime, they'd also be getting the same results as Jamaica. Just as how Russia starts training their ballet dancers and gymnasts at the age of 6.

jamican dad and half nevis half english mum, very fast for a kid my age

Sprinting is not an aerobic activity.

It not only could be all those things it certainly is. And more. The things we don't know might be more influential.

i think its genes and the slave trade allowing with the fact running is a more economic sport to maintain and facilitate and because of this more training was applied in this area . nb not discrediting good training but even in building muscle there are genetic advantages that some ppl can have to give them that extra push

ALL those explanations except one have no baring on our sprinting success. Let me explain why we are so fast. Jamaicans are no faster than anyone anywhere else, we are just better at finding the great athletes. Wee ones at basic schools have a championship and the selection begins there. They then go on to primary schools where the schools all have intra house championships. The successful ones then go on to a national schools championship. High schools have the same system. The result is that we always find the very best that are available. We are the only country with this comprehensive a selection process and therein lies the secret to our success.

Yam, Saltfish, Dumplings ( Boiled, please…) Festival, Ackee and Callaloo for breakfast. Oh, boiled green banana! And when Breadfruit is ripened and Mango is ready…you steady and you go! Innate, innit! 🇯🇲🙏🏽🇯🇲🙏🏽

I believe it is a combo of running from the belt and amazing fresh island air with fabulous cuisine (sea food, vegetables, and so many tropical fruits and beautiful music). Big Ups people. 👍👍

What kinda yam was that though

Because when Mama get that whip u gotta run

There was another video on the reasoning and I thing that video has a stronger point. As genetics, health, and environment can be huge factors, culture is a definitely the biggest factor. Why dont we see more black tennis players, it is because black people in the US are more culturally drawn to basketball and football. Listen to any hip hop song and the top sports mentioned is 1. Basketball, 2. Football, 3. Boxing. Coincidentally those are the sport with a large black participation. Jamaica's sport culture revolves around sprinting. Sprinting is bigger than soccer which is rare for a Caribbean country.

I am jamaican I'm super fast

I’m half Jamaican and I was always the quickest in primary school but then in high school I wasn’t so quick until I went through puberty. But for some reason I’ve always been really strong compared to everyone

Along with genetics the fact that being a successful sprinter is a way out of poverty which helps the motivation, the most important part of a runners improvement.

Donovan Bailey, Lynford Christie, and so on...Jamaicans

I am of Jamaican descent I wish I had that fast gene...lol

2:35 hair still fresh af

Jamaicans are fast because their food is cleaner as apposed to American poison food.. Their diet is vegetable and fruit heavy as apposed to the American meat heavy diet. Their muscles are carrying a lighter body mass than an over meat eaten body mass American. They don't have worry about digging through poison food trying to figure our if the labels are lieing to them or not while shopping either. Their home grown gardens are not being sprayed by chem trail vegetation contaminants either.

Not all said here is true the only thing I’ll agree with is the food we eat the main reason we are fast is our rigorous track and field programs we have from primary level to pro and the hours of training the athletes put in.

Don't forget Donovan Bailey who I think is the 6th fastest man ever, who competes for Canada, but is a Jamaican. Also, you totally forgot the women. The 2nd and 3rd fastest women ever are Jamaicans, Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.

Why do other nations want to come with these lame reasons why we are the most talented. It has nothing to do with the food or the soil. You can give a Japanese man Sweet potoes all you want they will never be fast as blacks. Don't matter if they are from America or Jamaica it's the same people. We are just gifted.

practice makes parfect. not jamaica makes perfect. do your best , and u become champ.

To answer your question a mongoose we run wid dung yah. English- We are trained to run with mongoose.

It's genetics, Jamaica was the last island of the Caribbeans where the slave boats landed so only the strongest survived the journey. Also, that mixed with local Arawak indians (high red blood cell count due to living at high altitude) mixed in with some British, Chinese and a few other ethnicities for a length of time has given them natural genetic strengths along with the natural body building foods which grow e.g. Yam, plantain, breadfruit, fish etc.. They are very well built for explosive speed. descent

this became a white guy savior video real quick

No it's the racing techniques. Watch the run...it differs from otherr...movement is putting your centre towards the front than the back

Rice and Peas, the speed is because of Ackee and Saltfish. I've studied its scientific. The Scott Bonnet in the Jerk also give you speed. I did my research in the London schooling of science it's true.

Always taking credit.

Running flows through our blog its just natural for anyone of us to run fast

My illuminati agent said I'm from Jamaica basically coz my ancestor s were Jamaicans . Should I start running?

Cause we black 🖤🖤🖤❤️❤️💛💛💚💚🖤🖤😂

Fam we just different

I descend from the most worthless at sports like sprinting people, south Asians. I am so jealous of west and central African descended people and in particular Afro-Jamaicans who tend to have the most amount of people with the genetic gifts for extreme speed. It’s simply amazing.

Cuz we built different, that’s why

It’s because of the mawga daag

Me growing up personally mi was always e fastest runner up until round 7 grade then my friends just grew taller than me

These reasons are the same reasons Usain Bolt gave

Great work trying to solve how we are so fast

Why meh ah so fast? Cuz Jah make ah meh like dis!

why am I reading all these comments in a Jamaican accent? haha

I think it could simply be that Bolt and others are all possibly descended from Nilotic people, which are some of the tallest and fastest people on Earth. He does look to be of Nilote descent.

The reason why where so fast because the ability to run is in out Blood it run through our veins if you watch boys and girl alethic championships you will know

Jamaica is a hilly country, and most Jamaican kids walk miles to school from a young age... And with youth on their side often run. No pressures, just fun. Early Diet rich in protien, carbs and yams...and natural... All add up to a strong muscle. development at a young age. These kids arent raised on processed foods and fast foods. Then there is the incubator that is High school Champs. Mini Olympics which took on a whole new vibe when it combined Boys and Girls champs. This coincided with more endormensts and professionalisation of Athletics, and Athletes encouraged to go for Dollars vs scholarships previously. Yes the West African Genes are stong, but that is in the whole Caribbean and Americas.... So is only a very small part of it.

the reasion jamaica is people are fast is becasue they are a running country just like europe and south america are soccer countrys

am a Jamaican that lives in Jamaica

I’m born In America but I’m mostly Jamaican /Pershin Sooooooooooo I like my genes

Regular beatings, from our parents. Lol. We had to run.

Four words. Fast twitch muscle fibers

I believe is something to do with the genetic and the environment their came from the foods their eat

African-American women and men have dominated not just sprints but different sports. 🇺🇸

1. Genetics 2. Diet 3. Training 4. Technique 5. Mindset (Breakdown) 1: - Development of good metabolic "economy/efficiency" based on somatotype and lower limb characteristics. - Relatively high hemoglobin and hematocrit. - Favorable skeletal-muscle-fiber composition and oxidative enzyme profile - Fast Twitch Muscles - Longer Limbs - Greatly Developed Fascia 2. Natural Jamaican Holistic Cuisine which supports digestoon, energy And The limfatic system. 3. Development of a high maximal oxygen uptake as a result of extensive walking and running at an early age. 4. - Perfect Posture - Trained Lower Body - Trained Fascia - Mid Sole Running - Foot Strike Underneath Your Body 5. Desire to win the race for their country, family or to achieve anything by herself.

I’ll tell you are secret. ..... ... .... Little more..... Little more.... We learned how to run from our mama’s belt

Lemme tell you why. I'm Jamaican I would know. The "most rebellious "slaves"" were brought to Jamaica cuz the slavery there was the hardest and roughest. So when a Jamaican runs that's their ancestors running to freedom with them..making them so fast.

It is the Yam and dumplings!

i had to look this up after shacari got blew out the water 😒

becoz they do there best.

its now 2020 and you'd be cancelled for discussing different genes and how they contribute to different physical attributes

It's just their time to shine now bcos they were eating yams and trainning on the same soil when we were dominating the sprints,100,200 and their doping system is a sham anyway.

Yeah we fast as fuck 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲😎😎

this is injustice

These guys can steal your money almost as a romanian

I'm wasting my time

It’s the food compared to American Food

I don't think it's about Gene it's all about their love for game.

IT COULD BE DOPING

Facts we being born a Jamaican is simply the best!!! Who vex?😁😂😂 I care zero I'm just speaking the damn facts 💯💯💯👊🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲😍🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲😍🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲😍

This isn't a Jamaican ting. This is a west African thing under slavery.

Because we a run from we Yiye deh a we knee.

We jamaicans are fast mon reaalll quickly fast its our high butt muscles Nd long limbs

“All the slow ones are in jail”