[11] P.E - Athletics in Relation to Health-Related Fitness

• Athletics - composed of sports involving running, walking, jumping, and throwing; group of sports divided mainly in what is known as track and field
• Running Events

  • 100-meter Dash
  • 200-meter Dash
  • 400-meter Dash
  • 800-meter Run
  • 1500-meter Run
  • 3000-meter Run
  • 5000-meter Run
  • 4 x 100-meter Relay
  • 4 x 400-meter Relay
  • 110-meter High Hurdles
  • 100-meter Hurdles
  • 400-meter Low Hurdles
  • 3000-meter Steeplechase
  • Marathon and Walkathon
• Jumping Events

  • Long Jump
  • Triple Jump
  • High Jump
  • Pole Vault
• Throwing Events

  • Shot Put
  • Discus Throw
  • Javelin Throw
  • Hammer Throw
• Sprint - sprinters are innately gifted with a larger number of fast-twitch muscle fibers
• Hurdles - a runner sprints and leaps over a series of hurdles, which are set on a track with specific distance apart
• Relay - involves 4 runners per team
• High Jump - athlete must run in the start and must jump over a bar without knocking it over
• Fosbury Flop Technique - involves an approach from almost straight ahead, then twisting on takeoff and going over the head first with the back to the bar
• Long Jump - least complicated; formerly called broad jumping
• Most popular long-jumping style is hitch-kick
• Pole Vault - may be the toughest to master of all field events; quite similar to high jump
• Triple Jump - similar to long jump; known as hop, step, and jump
• Discus - a plate-like or round disc, typically made of plastic with a metal rim
• Javelin - something like a spear, introduced in the Olympics of 708 BC
• Hammer Throw - thrower throws a metal ball attached to a handle and a straight wire about 3 feet long