3º ESO - PE Workbook - IES Joan Miró – Physical Education Department

TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETICS - WORKSHEET

NAME: GROUP: DATE:

1. What are the origins of modern athletics? Who was Pierre de Coubertin? Look for
information about him and write a brief biography explaining why he is so important in
athletics history.

2. What are the different places in which athletics take place? Explain where each one of
the different athletics events takes place.

3. What are the 3 phases of the hurdles clearance? What is the movement of the lead
leg? How does the trail leg pass the hurdle? What is the touchdown?
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3. True or false. Explain your answer.

HURDLES
- In a hurdles race, you can touch the hurdle but if it falls down you are disqualified:

- In a 400 m. hurdles race, athletes cannot change the track they are running through:

- Jumping high is a good way of passing a hurdle:

- When you lift the lead leg the first thing you raise is the knee and then the foot:

- There are 10 hurdles placed in all hurdles races keeping the same distance between them:

LONG JUMP

- The approach should be running as fast as possible from the beginning to the take off:

- In the take off it is more important jumping long than jumping high:

- During the landing you have to move both legs forward so your heels are the first part
touching the sandpit.
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4. What do you think are the most common mistakes for beginners when they practice
long jump?

5. Why sprinters are usually very good long jumpers? Look for famous athletes that have
won both: sprinting races and long jump events.

6. Watch these two videos in YouTube; observe the different phases of the hurdle
clearance. How many strides they do between hurdles? Compare and describe the
differences in the way of passing the hurdles of the athletes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2snLA3j1Sis or type “Athletics Men's 110m Hurdles Final -
Full Replay -- London 2012 Olympic Games”. You only need to watch the race from minute
3:00 to 3:30.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M99AfnmEXhU or type “Athletics Men's 400m Hurdles
Gold Final - Full Replay -- London 2012 Olympic Games”. You only need to watch the race
from minute 3:45 to 4:45.
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7. Watch this video about long jump and answer the questions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v9p5jBN_Hg or write in the YouTube bar: “Improve
your Long Jump Technique”.

- What are the most important things in the run up?

- How do you move the free knee during the take off?

- What are the two different techniques in the flight?