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Individual Sports

These are events played with specific target

Athletics is also called

Individual Sports

Athlethics come from the Greek word Athlos which means to?

Contest

Oldest sport

Athlethics

Other term for athletics

Track & Field

Track Event

Event in athletics that requires the athlete to run or walk around a track

Sprints/Short distance track events

-short distances and are one of the oldest track events
-reaching & sustaining their quickest possible running speed

distances for short distance?

100m
200m
400m

Jamaican athelete that holds the world record for the 100-metre race

Usain Bolt

What’s Usain bolts time for 100m race?

9.58 seconds

Middle distance track events

-Runner start from a standing position
-Requires athletes to have good aerobic ability and speed endurance

Distances for Middle distance track events

800m
1500m

Long Distance track events distance

3000m
5000m
15000m

Relay Track events

-Teams race against other teams
-Teams are made up of four runners of the same gender

Field Events

Events that take place on a field or similar area as opposed to those on the running track

Long Jump

Which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoffpoint

High Jump

Competitors must jump unaided

Pole Vault

Known as pole jumping

Triple Jump

referred to as the hop,step and jump or the hop, skip and jump

Shot put

field event involving ‘‘putting’’ means to push rather than to throw using a heavy spherical ball ‘‘the shot’’

Javelin throw

The javelin (a spear) about 2.5m in lenght is thrown

Discus throw

Also known as disc throw, a field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc called a discus/craesean plate

Dual sports

events played with opposite opponent with a minimum of 1 and maximum of 3 players on both sides

Badminton was first originated in?

India

Badminton was first known as

Poona

Other name of badminton

Battledore & Shuttlecock

Battledore was an OLD word for?

Racket

IBF meaning

International Badminton Federation

Playing area for singles

17ft x 44ft

Playing area for duos

20ft x 44ft

Length of the net

20ft

Shuttlecock made up of how many feathers?

16 feathers

Shuttlecock is fixed in a base called?

Cork

Types of shuttlecock

Feathered Shuttlecock
Plastic Shuttlecock

A lightweight and usually weights below 100g

Racket

Racket parts

Handle - intended for grip
Stringed area- player hits the shuttle
Head - bounds the stringed area
Shaft - connects the handle to the head
Frame - name given to the head, throat, shadft and handle
Throat - connects the head and the shaft

Swinging motion performed before you take a shot in badminton

Stroke

2 types of strokes

Forehand stroke
Backhand stroke

Shot

technique by players to win a point in a rally or a game

Drive your opponent away from the net

Clear shot

Attacking the shot and forces the shuttle sharply downwards into the opponents court

Smash

Drive

Flat shot kept as low as possible and is second only to the smash as an attacking shot

Drop shot

Any shot that drops immediately after crossing the net

Serve/Service

Stroke used to put the shuttlecock into play at the start of each rally