triple jump Flashcards
The goal in triple jump is to ____________________.
jump the longest distance combining all three phases
This is an athletic sport of the track and field discipline, in which athletes get to take two steps before making the final jump. The first two steps are also referred to as step. The objective of this board is to over as much distance as possible in the tree leaps.
Triple Jump
a triple jump field consists of:
- runway path
- marker start the jump from
- sand pit about 14 ft away from takeoff line
The origins of the triple jump are obscure, but it may be related to the ancient children’s game _________.
hopscotch
Triple jump has been a modern Olympic
event since the first game in _______; at those games, hops were used, but one hop was used at the Olympics thereafter
1886
The standing triple jump was contested only in the ______ and ______ Olympics.
1900
1904
The _________ is one of the important parts of an athlete’s jump. The athlete sprint down a runway to takeoff mark, from which the triple jump is measured.
approach
The __________ is commonly either a piece of wood or similar material embedded in the runway, or a rectangle painted in the runway surface. In modern championships
a strip of plasticine, tape, or modeling clay is attached to the far edge of the board to record athletes overstepping or “scratching” the mark, defined by the trailing edge of the board.
takeoff mark
The ______ begins with the athlete jumping
from the take-off board on one leg, which for descriptive purposes, will be the right leg.
hop
The step landing forms the take-off of the final phase, which is the ________,
where the athlete utilizes the backward force from the left leg to take off again.
jump
When landing in the sand-filled pit, the jumper should aim to avoid sitting back on landing or placing either hand behind the
feet. The sandpit usually begins _____ from the take-off board for male international competition or ____ from the board for
international female and club-level male competition. Each phase of the triple jump should get progressively higher, and there
should be a regular rhythm to the three landings.
13m
11m
A “_______” is also known as a “scratch” or
missed jump, occurs when the jumper
oversteps the takeoff mark, misses the pit
entirely, does not use the correct sequence of foot throughout phases, or does not perform the attempt in the allotted amount of time (usually about 90
secs.).
foul
used to launch themselves
take-off board
used to remove any dirt/rocks
pit rakes
used to measure distance
measuring equipment
