Class Notes

Class Notes

Alternative games are new games with certain qualities:


     -Their main objective is being entertaining and fun.
     -They have simple rules, and you can easily change them
     -They require non conventional materials. 

 

There is not an official list of alternative sports, but some of them are frisbee, ultimate, juggling, indiaca, devil´s sticks, etc.
In this unit, we are going to learn a bit about them.

 

A) INDIACA:

Indiacas are originally from Brazil.
In the ancient times, it consisted in a small sand sack with some feathers stuck in it.

Nowadays it consists in a foam ball, heavier on its bottom, with some feathers in its upper part.

To play the indiaca, you can hit it with any part of your body or even with a racket.
You can easily control it if you hit it with your hands, feet and joints (knee, elbow...)
                                                                                                                                                        Image: www.educacionfisicaysalud.com


     How to play: there are various possibilities:

ALONE:
You can try to keep it in the air hitting it with all your body, only with the feet, only with the joints...

You can also try to do a circuit holding it in the air (follow a line, climb some stairs, pass under or over a fence...


IN PAIRS:
You can try to hold it as long as possible in the air between the both of you. With only one hit each one of you, with two or more...

Or you can play trying to score in a small court painted with a chalk...


INDIACA GAME:
You can play in teams of two, three or more players, even six as in volleyball.
You only need a net (or an elastic band to use as a net) and some chalk to draw a court on the floor.      

                                                                                                   Image: www.jtvlachen.ch

Again, you stablish the rules as you want: one, to or three hits per team or per person, hitting it with the whole body, or just the legs....

Maybe the easiest way to play is applying volleball rules. 

 

 

1. What is the difference between a mountain race and a cross country race?

...

2. Name three of the athletics throwings

A)                                
B)                                  C)                                 

 

3. Say two different English verbs meaning "jump":

A)                                   B)                              
 C)                                 

 

 

4. How long is an indoor athletics track? And an outdoor one?

 

 

5. Match each event with its type:

100m
 
Hammer  
Heptatlon  
Marathon
MULTIPLE EVENT
4x400m
JUMP
1500m THROW
Triple SPRINT
50km Racewalking MIDDLE DISTANCE
Pole Vault
RELAY
Shotput LONG DISTANCE
400m Hurdles  
Steeplechase  
5000m  

 

 

6. Complete:

The _______ is a heavy metal _____ attached to a ______and a ______. It weighs 7,257kg for men, 4kg for women. Competitors swing the _________ above their head to make the ______ gain ________. Then they apply force and gain more ______ by doing one to four turns in the circle before releasing the _______.

 

Multiple events are held over two consecutive days and the ________ are determined by the combined performance in all ________.

Performance is judged on a _______system in each event. Every event has a score table for all possible results.
The winner is the one whose combined scores are the _______.

 

The event in which competitors must _______ over a horizontal _______ placed at measured heights without the aid of any devices is called: ________ .

 

The triple jump (also called _____, ______ and ______) is similar to the long jump, but involving a “____, ______and ______” routine,. The competitor runs along the track and must do a ______, a ______ and then a _______into the ______ pit.

D) Multiple events competitions:

Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all events.

Performance is judged on a points system in each event. Every event has a score table for all possible results.
The winner is the one whose combined scores are the highest. 

 

Women do the Heptathlon, which includes the following seven events:
-100 metre high hurdles
-200 metres
-800 metres
-Long Jump
-High Jump
-Shot Put
-Javelin Throw


Men do the Decathlon, which includes the following ten events:
-100 metres
-110 metres hurdles
-400 metres
-1500 metres
-Long Jump
-High Jump
-Pole Vault
-Shot Put
-Javelin
-Discus
 

D) Multiple events competitions:

Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all events.

 

Women do the Heptathlon, which includes the following seven events:
-100 metre high hurdles
-200 metres
-800 metres
-Long Jump
-High Jump
-Shot Put
-Javelin Throw


Men do the Decathlon, which includes the following ten events:
-100 metres
-110 metres hurdles
-400 metres
-1500 metres
-Long Jump
-High Jump
-Pole Vault
-Shot Put
-Javelin
-Discus
 

C) Jumping events:
The athletic jumping events are:
1) High Jump: competitors must jump over a horizontal bar without the aid of any devices. Here you have a video:

2) Long Jump: in it, competitors sprint down a runway and jump as far as they can from behind a foul line into a sand pit (a pit filled with sand.) Here you have a video: <br

3) Triple Jump: The triple jump (also called hop, step and jump) is similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, step and jump” routine. The competitor runs along the track and must do a hop, a step and then a jump into the sand pit. Here you have a video: <br

4) Pole Vault: event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to jump over a bar. Here you have a video:  

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