The overarm throw is a skill frequently used in a wide range of sports such as cricket‚softball and baseball. The action is also used in athletic activities such as javelin‚ with the overhead serve and smash in tennis‚ volleyball and badminton and passing a netball and basketball.An overarm throw is the action of the arm swinging backwards then upwards‚ as the elbow moves close to ear level‚ leading the throw forward a step is taken with the foot opposite the throwing arm‚ during the throw‚ body rotates
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Essay Track and field is considered as one of the most recognized sporting activity in Jamaica. It is also highly recognized on the international scale as a major sporting activity which is highly favoured among many. Sports can increase a nation’s popularity‚ as it also uplifts the Jamaican population; educationally‚ has enhance the tourism aspects of the country as well as creating better infrastructures. Sporting activities in Jamaica can contribute to the country becoming more renowned. Sporting
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Muscle and joint actions both affect the performance of a discus-athlete. Various types of joint actions and muscular actions can take place once when the movement is executed by the athlete. As an example‚ a discus-thrower usually activates the horizontal abduction and the horizontal adduction during the preparation or execution phases of his/her throw. The ground contact of the discus-thrower is very important as it keeps the thrower’s center of gravity station within his/her strongest point of
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sprints and distances and more are‚ 2.1 Running. 2.1.1 Sprints. 2.1.2 Middle distance. 2.1.3 Long distance. 2.1.4 Relay races. 2.1.5 Hurdling.2.2 Jumping. 2.2.1 Long jump. 2.2.2 Triple jump. 2.2.3 High jump. 2.2.4‚2.3 Throwing. 2.3.1 Shot put. 2.3.2 Discus
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Track and Field events‚ also known as athletics‚ have progressed a great deal since their birth in Olympus‚ around the ninth century B.C. More athletes and more nationalities compete in Track and Field than in any other Olympic sport. Athletics is one of the largest attractions at the Modern Olympics‚ drawing in huge crowds of spectators and creating interest at summer Olympics. Track and Field events have come a long way since the Ancient Greek Olympic games. Many events and techniques have been
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the first olympic winner was Koroibos. In later years further running competitions have been added. Also in the Ancient Olympic pentathlon‚ four of the events are part of the track and field we have even today. The long jump‚ the javelin throw‚ the discus throw and the stadion foot race. Athletics events were also present at the Panhellenic Games in Greece around this period‚ and they become known to Rome in 200 BC. In the Middle Ages new track and field events began
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ivory by a Greek sculptor. In the games 100 oxen were sacrificed and many athletes would make sacrifices themselves. In the games boxing was a brutal sport it included punching‚ throwing and hitting and opponent‚ But the aim of the event was to throw the opponent to the ground three times‚ on his hip‚ back or shoulder. The opponent could not bite or hold him in the genital area. There was three types of races. The stadion (were the runners sprinted for 1 stade‚ the length of the stadium which was
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Imagine‚ you’re about to finish first in the very first Olympic Games... You’re also naked. Seems weird right? In light of the recent Winter Olympics I thought it would be fun to research how different it was from the first games. So today I thought I would share with you all the history‚ athletes‚ and events from the early Olympic Games. According to historical records‚ the first ancient Olympic Games can be traced back to 776 BC. They were dedicated to the Olympian gods and were held in ancient
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compete. The first record of the Olympic Games was held in 776 B.C. The main sports were the Pentathlon‚ the Equestrian Events‚ Pankration‚ and Boxing. The Pentathlon was the name for the five events in Greek gymnastics: running‚ jumping‚ wrestling‚ discus throwing‚ and javelin throwing which began with the 18th Olympiad. In the wrestling event‚ wrestlers were anointed with oil‚ dusted with powder‚ and forbidden to bite or gouge one another. Wrestling was looked upon as a weapon-free military exercise
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A.P. Statistics Assignment 2-5 Remember to show your thinking through your work. 1) The data below were gathered on a random sample of 5 basking sharks‚ swimming through the water and filter-feeding‚ i.e. letting the water bring food into their mouths. Mean speeds for basking sharks Body Length (meters) Mean speed (meters/second) 4.0 0.89 4.5 0.83 4.0 0.76 6.5 0.94 5.5 0.94 a) What is the value of the correlation coefficient for these data? <type answer here>
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