8th Grade Track & Field Project-Event Skills

  • TRACK AND FIELD UNIT

     

    EVENT SKILLS & KEY POINTS

     

    LONG JUMP:

    - Approach, use good running form - Arm swing chin to hips

    - Take off from one foot

    - Throw arms & body weight forward while in air.

    - Land on both fee, upper body momentum going forward - Do not want to fall back

    - Jump distance measured from end of runway to heal or further thing back in sand

     

    SHOT PUT:

    -Shot placed in fingers

    - Turn sideways

    - Assume balanced ready position w/ shot placed against neck

    -Slide or Hop/turn/pivot to place shot

    -Follow through in direction of placement – do not step over line/out of ring

     

    HIGH JUMP:

    - Use “J”Approach: Run towards mat curving sideways w/inside leg parallel to the bar/mat 

    - Take off from outside foot, kicking inside leg and arm up.

    - Eyes to the Sky and arch back as body crosses bar

    - Kick bottom of shoes to sky

    - Landing: land on shoulder blades/back first, not butt!

     

    HURDLES:

    Safety Key…..always approach and jump hurdle from “bottom ground bar towards you”

    - Just before hurdle, kick dominant leg up and over hurdle

    - Non dominant leg should be lifted/tucked and pulled across hurdle after dominant leg

    - Snap dominant front foot to ground as quickly as possible,

    - Regain balance, continue to next hurdle. 

     

    RELAYS:

     PE Relays:  400 Meter Relay and 800 Meter Relay

    Suggested Handoff technique:

    -Carry baton in right hand – receive baton in left hand, palm up behind body

    –After receiving, switch baton to right for next exchange.

     

    JAVELIN:  The One-Step Throw

    If you are practicing for the first time, then you should probably start from this type of throwing method. This is one of the basic forms of throwing javelin. 

    • Hold the javelin at a height above your head firmly and position it parallel to the ground.

    • Put your both feet tightly close to each other, facing them in the direction of the throw.

    • Put the palm under the javelin.

    • Pull javelin back with shoulder as far as possible. Javelin should still parallel to the ground and facing towards target.

    • This position is popularly known as T position.

    • If you are a right handed thrower, then step forward with your left foot and throw it violently in the forward direction.

    • Without pulling down towards the shoulders, the throwing hand position should be kept high throughout the throw.