BUENAVISTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

CANGAWA, BUANAVISTA, BOHOL

MODULE FOR P.E. 3 WEEK 1
MODULE 1S

I. Topic: Athletics

II. Learning Outcomes

After this lesson, the students will be able to:

1. Learn the history, rules, strategies and the players of athletics.

2. Develop the fundamental skills through participation, and

3. Develop desirable, social attitudes among students towards the game.

III. Overview

This subject deals with the fundamentals of the individual and dual games such as athletics,
badminton, table tennis, and tennis. It is also includes the facilities and equipment, the basic skill
mechanics and rules of the different sports.

IV. Lesson Content

Difficult words

Agile – marked by ready ability to move with quick easy grace

Lap - an environment of great ease, comfort, and wealth.

Steeplechase – a footrace of usually 3000 meters over hurdles and a water jump.

Stadium – a large usually roofless building with tiers of seats for spectators at sports events.

Terrain - the physical features of a tract of land.

Grasp- to take or seize eagerly.

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 ATHLETICS

Introduction

Athletics is a sport in which athletes compete running, walking, jumping and throwing
events. Track events consist of running and walking races of various distances. Field events
are contests in jumping or throwing. Athletics is one of the most popular sports in the world.
About 200 nations belong to the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF), the
governing body of athletics.

HISTORY

Running, jumping, and throwing have been sporting activities since the beginning of history.
These skills were used both in hunting and in war. The ancient Greeks, Persians and
Romans used running as part of their military training. In addition, competitive human
instincts led to contests to determine who could run the fastest and jump or throw the
farthest.

The only event of the first recorded Olympic Games (Traditionally 776 B. C.) Was footrace
of approximately 205 yard (185meters) .Soon long jumping and javelin throwing were
added. These events developed naturally from hunting and war.

Others, like the hammer throw, triple jump, and hurdles races grew out of the ancient
Games fairs, and field days of the Ireland England, and Scotland, where men and women
would vie to determine who was the fastest, strongest, and most agile.

There are few records of sports in the Dark Ages, but in England as early as the 12th
century accounts can be found of a variety of sports being practiced by the general
population including most of the events that gradually developed into modern track and field
over the countries.

Foot racing, both sprinting and distance running, were widely popular in England in the latter
half of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century. Many of the competitions were
match races between professionals, and betting, were widespread. At the same time,
school and university activities began to develop from informal sports days to more
organized competition

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There are a number of reasons for this remarkable progress in athletics. They include
increased competition, especially in Europe, as well as improved training methods,
equipment, and techniques. Traditionally, athletics have been an amateur sport. However,
the rules have been broadening to allow athletes to receive large sums of money for
endorsing athletic shoes or other products and for appearing in invitation events. The
opportunity to earn money has increased the level of competition.

Improved training methods help today’s athletes perform well. Training with weights gives
athletes greater strength for throwing Jumping, and even running. New equipment has
raised performance levels. In the high jump, for example, the use of Fosbury Flop adds
about 15 centimetres to most jumps. The style was named after American high jumper Dick
Fosbury, who introduced it in the late 1960's.

Synthetic tracks, which have more spring, cut a runner’s time by as much as one second
per lap. The use of fiberglass vaulting poles instead of wooden ones helped increase the
performance levels of the athletes.

Current athletics champions reflect the international popularity of the sport. The biggest
names in men's athletics in the 1980's included hurdler Edwin Moses and sprinter Carl
Lewis of the United States, distance runners Said Aouita of Morocco and Sebastian Coe of
Great Britain, pole vaulted Sergey Bubka of the Soviet Union, and Decathlon Athlete Daley
Thompson of Great Britain.

In women's event sprinter Marita Koch and sprinter and long jumper Heike Drechsler of east
Germany, sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner and long jumper and heptathlon competitor
Jackie-Joyner- Kersee of the united states were major figures in the 1980’s.

Likewise, the Asia s Fastest Woman for almost a decade is the pride of thePhilippines
having Lydia de Vega as one of the finest athletes after the sensational events of Mona
Sulayman who had laid laurels for the country in the Olympics.

V. REFERENCES
INDIVIDUAL DUAL SPORTS P.E. 3
Doris D. Tulio, Ph. D.
Aida D. Daig
Corazon M. Reyes
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VI. ACTIVITY GUIDE

Direction: Read the course content and answer the following questions;
1. What are the most popular sports in the world?
2. How many nations belong to the International Amateur Athletic Federation?
3. What skills were used in hunting and in war?
4. What makes the athletes that they can perform well?
5. What sports that widely popular in England in the latter half of the 18 th century and the first
half of the 19th century?

Note: Post your answer in our FB group on/before September 13, 2021.

All students must be follow the instruction in submitting your answer to prevent
copying follow the hours given above so that there’s no problems. To thus who will
not following instruction there’s a grade deduction.

Prepared by:

MARJELY V. TORREGOSA
Instructor