St.

Francis College
ALLEN, NORTHERN SAMAR

LEARNING MODULE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

MODULE 4

Track and field Sports: Athletics

WEEK – 5 -6
GRADE LEVEL: 11

NAME: ______________________________________________________________________

LEARNING COMPETENCY:

 Undertakes physical activity and physical fitness assessments related to the individual
sports.
 Organizes sports event for a target health issue or concern.

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I. CONCEPT

Track and field athletics are the oldest forms of organized sport, having developed out of the
most basic human activities – running, walking, jumping, and throwing. Athletics have become
the most truly international of sports with nearly every country in the world engaging in some
form of competition.

II. EXAMPLES AND DISCUSSION

Athletics is composed of sports involving walking, running, jumping, and throwing. It is actually
a group of sports, or events divided mainly in what is known as” track and field”. Running,
jumping, and throwing are all military and hunting skills. As these skills became identified as
javelin throw, hammer throw, hurdles and triple jumps were invented. Eventually, the rules were
refined from the original Olympic games, through the dark ages, then during eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries. With increase of competition came the improvement of equipment and
facilities also played a hand in the evolution of the sport, such as the development of synthetic
track, rubber shoes, poles for the pole vault and soon.

Track events are different kind of races, from the 50-meter print to the distance races that
require endurance. Events that are variation of running races include jumping over barriers such
as hurdles and steeplechases. There is an event involving group running called relay, while there
are also walking races, where the racer must not elevate off the ground, and the leg touching the
ground in front must not be bent for a moment.

Field events are comprised of jumping and throwing events. These are usually held inside or
beside the track oval, or in areas specially designed for it.

The jumps consist of the long jump, the triple jump, the high jump and the pole vault. The long
jump is performed with a single jump, landing on a pit of sand that is designed for that purpose.
The distance is measured at the nearest mark where the athlete landed. The triple jump also
makes use the pit of sand for landing. The combination for the triple jump is the hop- step – jump
the athlete lands on both feet. For the high jump and the pole vault, the landing surface is a pad
cushioned with rubber foam. For both events, a crossbar held up on either side by post (uprights)
must be cleared. The jumpers must not knock of the crossbar, and knocking of the crossbar
eliminates the jumper. The contest involves jumping at higher heights than the crossbar.

The throws consist of throwing the hammer, discus, javelin, shot put. The object of the game is
to throw as far as the athletes can. The discuss and hammer throw involves a spinning move that
might be dangerous to spectators; thus it is performed I a cage to protect spectators. All three
throws (hammer, shot put and discus) are thrown from inside a circle. The javelin is thrown from
a run prior to a foul line. The discus is usually made of wooden disc with metal rim. The hammer
is a steel wire with a metal ball and a handle.

III. EXERCISES

1. What is the hardest track event? Why?

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IV. EVALUATION

Answer the following questions.

1. What is the importance of track and field in athletics?

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2. Give atleast five benefits of track and field to a person.
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V. RESOURCE

FIT FOR LIFE (PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH TEXTBOOK)

Ryan C. Gialogo, Richardson C. Gialogo, and the Phoenix Publishing House Inc.