PHYSICAL EDUCATION 1ST TERM .

USEFUL LANGUAGE

• Athletics Vocabulary
• Athlete:a person who is skilled in track and field events; a sportsperson
• Athletics track: is usually oval in shape,It is400 metres long and it usually
has 8 running lanes.a for athletes to run on.
• Lane: Most running tracks have 8 lanes, allowing up to 8 runners to
compete in a race.
• Lap:a 400-metre race is one lap of an outdoor track, or two laps of an
indoor track.
• Relay races: are some of the few events in athletics which are team sports.
Each team member in turn covers part of the total distance.
• Baton short stick or tube passed from runner to runner in a relay race
• Sprint: short, fast race run over a distance of 400 metres or less
 ATHLETICS EVENTS-Running and racewalking

• 1 SPRINT EVENTS
- 100 metres
- 110 m hurdles 8 men) and 100 m hurdles 8 women)
- 200 metres
- 400 metres
- 400 metres hurdles ( men and women)
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• 2 Middle Distance Events: are events

longer than sprints and up to 3000 metres

- 800 metres
- 1.500 metres

- 3000 metres steeplechase

 ATHLETICS EVENTS-Running and racewalking

• 3 Long Distance Events: are events over

3000 metres
- 5000 metres
- 10.000 metres
- Marathon ( outside the stadium but finishing in it: 42 Km and 195 m
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• 4 Relay races: are events in which four

athletes participate as a team, passing a metal baton in
between.Events commonly contested are:
- 4x 100 Relay
- 4x400 Relay
• Athletics track

• Lane
• Relay races:

• Baton
 PHYSICAL EDUCATION BASIC SKILLS

• SPEED

• ENDURANCE

• STRENGHT

• FLEXIBILITY
 USEFUL LANGUAGE FOR COOMMON USE
• Warming up activities:
• Joggin:
• Skipping
• Jumping rope
• Bend:
• Extend:
• Press-ups:
• Strech:
• Crouch:
• Lie face down:
• Lie on your back:
• Heart beat:
• Pulse:
• Back exercises
• Endurance.
• Sprint:
• Balance:
• Coordintion.
• Agility:
• Aerobic activities:
• Resting hearte rate:
• Accuracy:
• Effort:
 USEFUL LANGUAGE FOR COMMON USE

• Stand in the middle

• Don,t cross the line
• Stay behind the line
• Sit on the ground
• Make a line/Circle
• Make two lines, along….one here and one there
• One behind the other
• Stand face to face
• Stand back and back
• Skip
• Hop
• Bench
• Do a wheelbarrow
• Wall bars/ Espalier
• To give somebody a piggy back
• Join the queue
• Gather round
 USEFUL LANGUAGE FOR COMMON USE

• Outdoor facilities:
– Running Track
– Football pitch, or football field
– 5 a side field
– Court: basketball
• Indoor facilities:
– Sport centre
– Gymnasium
– Changing rooms:
– Court: Basketball, Handball, Voley -ball