Athletics Midterm

Where was athletics born?

• Ancient Rome

• Ancient Greece

• Britain

• Russia

Running requires

• cardiovascular endurance

• speed

• coordination

• None of these

Which event would you need one of these for?

• Throwing

• Relay

• Long jump

• High jump

The shortest individual running event is ______ meters on an outdoor track.

• 400 meters 
• 200 meters 
• 4 X 100 meter relay 
• 100 meters 

Running Techniques includes...

• Upright body posture

• Mid foot landing

• Arms with elbows flexed at 90 degree

• Slight forward lean

Before exercising, one should always

• warm up

• scream

• drink water

• study

The importance of warming up before exercises is to

• sweat as much as we can

• perform better

• prevent injuries

• have better mobility

Warming up increases our ..., preparing our body for ... exercises.

• body temperature ; slow

• heart rate ; simple

• height ; jumping

• body temperature ; vigorous

Warming up consists of ... exercises.

• high intensity

• low intensity

• mid intensity

• hard core

Examples of warm up exercises are...

• slow jog for 5 min

• 10-20 jumping jacks

• 5 min skipping rope

• dynamic strecthing