UNDERSTANDING ATHLETICS

Author: Dr. Shaikh Afsar Rashid, Dr. S.K. Md. Ataulla M. K.

Athletics is an integral part of the Great Olympic Games started in the year 1996 in Athens ( Greece ). Athletics contains two major events viz, Track and Field. The sport of track and field athletics, in the form we recognize it today, dates back little more than a century. But the roots of athletics history go back thousands of years. The equivalent of track and field events originated almost with the beginning of man. In order to survive, the man had to be both a gymnast and an athlete, he should make his livelihood.

Contents: Introduction, Skills, and Techniques of Athletics, Rule of Athletics, Athletics Glossary

ISBN 9788189902889

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