Lesson 1: Track and Field Events Flashcards
It is also known as track and field or track and field athletics.
Athletics
It is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping.
Athletics
The name is derived from the Greek word _________ meaning ___________
- “Athlon”
- “contest”
Athletics was the original event at the first __________________ where the only event held was the stadium-length foot race or __________.
- Olympics in 776 BC
- “stade”
It is the worldwide governing body for track and field events, and athletics as a whole.
The International Association of Athletics Federations
Associations at the national, state and local level generally follow IAFF rules, though _______________ can exist.
modifications
It is the national governing body for athletics sports such as track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking in the Philippines.
The Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association (PATAFA)
Track and field consists of three types-
running, jumping, and throwing
These make up the track events, the jumping and throwing events-make up the field events.
running activities
These are sprints, hurdles, relays middle, and long distance.
track events
These are the long jump and triple jump.
field events
There are three types of sprint starts:
- Bunch or Bullet start
- Medium start
- Elongated start
A type of sprint start where the toes of the rear foot are approximately level with the heel of the front foot, and both feet are placed well back from the starting line.
Bunch or Bullet start
A type of sprint start where the knee of the rear leg is placed opposite a point in the front half of the front foot.
Medium start
A type of sprint start where the knee of the rear leg is level with or slightly behind the heel of the front foot.
Elongated start
It is also called short distance.
Sprints
It is a short running race.
sprint
In a track and field competition there are generally three different sprint distances:
100m, 200m, and 400m. Indoor is 60 m.
The original Olympic event, the stadium race, was a sprint of around _______.
180m
These races are the 800m, the 1500m, and the 1 mile long runs.
middle distance races
These races require different skills and tactics to win that the sprints.
middle distance races
These races rely more on endurance and pacing than just pure speed.
middle distance races
In these races, the runners don’t stay in a single lane for the entire race.
middle distance races
The 3000m, the 5000m, and the 10,000m races.
long distance races
These races are similar to the middle distance races, but the emphasis is even more on correct pacing and endurance.
long distance races
The event where it has the 4x100 meters and the 4x400 meters.
relay events
They are the only track and field event in which a team of runners directly compete against other teams.
relay events
Typically, a team of this event is made up of four runners of the same sex.
relay events
It is the specified distance.
leg
Each runner completes their specified distance (referred to as a leg) before handing over a baton to a team mate.
relay events
There is usually a designated area where athletes must exchange the ________.
baton
In the _______ relay, each runner covers 100 meters; in the longer, 400 meters.
shorter
Relays in which members run different distances are called _____________.
medley relays
It is the act of running and jumping over an obstacle at speed.
Hurdling
In the sport of athletics, this forms the basis of a number track and field events which are a highly specialized form of obstacle racing.
hurdling
In these events, a series of barriers known as _________ are set at precisely measured heights and distances which each athlete must pass by running over.
hurdles
Not a pure hurdles event, this combines distance running and a different form of hurdling.
steeplechase
The better jumpers are rewarded by leaping into shallower water. The race begins on curved starting line. Runners do not rem lanes.
steeplechase
The whole sequence of jumping events.
- Approach
- Takeoff
- Flight
- Landing
The 3 types of jumping events.
- long jump
- pole vault
- triple jump
The 4 types of throwing events.
- shot put
- discus throw
- hammer throw
- javelin throw
