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Physical Education Lecture | Track And Field (Athletics) | HIGH JUMP

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Physical Education Lecture | Track And Field (Athletics) | HIGH JUMP Track and field is a sport which includes athletic contests established on the skills of running, jumping, and throwing.The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events. Track and field is categorised under the umbrella sport of athletics, which also includes road running, cross country running, and race walking. The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern most practised format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat for landing. In the modern era, athletes run towards the bar and use the Fosbury Flop method of jumping, leaping head first with their back to the bar. Since ancient times, competitors have introduced increasingly effective techniques to arrive at the current form. The discipline is

Physical Education Lecture | Track And Field (Athletics) | Jumps (Pole Vault)

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  Physical Education Lecture | Track And Field (Athletics) | Jumps (Pole Vault) Track and field is a sport which includes athletic contests established on the skills of running, jumping, and throwing.The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events. Track and field is categorised under the umbrella sport of athletics, which also includes road running, cross country running, and race walking. There are two types of field events: jumps and throws. In jumping competitions, athletes are judged on either the length or height of their jumps. The performances of jumping events for distance are measured from a board or marker, and any athlete overstepping this mark is judged to have fouled. In the jumps for height, an athlete must clear their body over a crossbar without knocking the bar off the supporting standards. The majority of jumping events are unaided, although athletes propel themselves vertically