SPRINTING EVENTS? SEEMS INTERESTING 🏃🏻‍♀️

 Hi Assalamualaikum fellow friends. Have you heard about athletics before? 100 meters , 200 meters & 400 meters sprinting events? I bet that some of you are familiar with it because we have been exposed to it since elementary school. 

The History: 📜

1. 100 meter event.

• Been introduced to the Olympic Game on 1896.
• Held in Athen's, Greece.
• The first name was Stadion.
• Using starting block at 1902.

    2. 200 meter event. 

• It was added in 1900. While women (👩🏻‍🦱)  in 1928.
• Using rope to separate the lane.
• Started using synthetic track in 1956.

    3. 400 meter event.

• One of the original event at Ancient Olympic was dianios race that equivalent with 100 meter. 
• Started since 1896. 

The Equipments: ⏲

📍 Spike shoes.

📍 Starting block.

📍Running suits.

📍 Stopwatch.

The Techniques: 👍🏻

 Using Starting Block

A) Bullet Start/Bunch.

• The toes of rear foot are approximately level with the heel of the front foot, and booth feet are placed well back from the starting line. 

B) Medium Start.

• The knee of rear leg is placed opposite a point in the front half of the front. 

C) Elongated Start.

• The knee of the rear leg is level with or slightly behind the heel of the front foot. 

Example of Bullet Start.

Drills

This drills can be performed to increase your speed and improve your techniques. 

i) Butt kicking.

ii) Toe tapping.

iii) Knee raising.

iv) Front kick kangaroo jump.

v) Speed foot step.

vi) Long stride lunges.

vii) Frog jump.

The Track Layout: 🗺

Google image: Track layout.

The Rules & Regulations: 📂

1) Rule 143.

• Clothing [clear, non-transparent, same color front and back]
• Shoes [spike, not exceed 11 spikes]
• Athlete bibs [2 bibs]

2) Rule 160.

• Track measurement running [Running track = 400m / lane width = 1.2mm].

3) Rule 161.

• Starting block [2 foot plate adjustable, foot plate should be sloped].

4) Rule 162.

•  The start [on your mark, Set, Go].

5) Rule 163.

• The race [keep allocated lane from start to finish].

6) Rule 164.

• The finish [torso reach vertical plane of nearest edge of the finish line].

7) Rule 165.

• Timing [hand timing, time keeper should be in line with the finish].
• Photo finish [automatically determine and record the finish time also able to produce printed image].

That's all what I can share, I hope you guys know a little bit more about sprinting events. Hope this will help. Please spread to others okay 🦋