Track and field III

Physical and health education JSS2 Third Term

Week 9

Track and field III

Performance objectives:

Students should be able to:

1. List basic skills in the javelin

2. Describe the basic skill in the javelin

Content

Basic skills in Javelin

A Javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown in track and field events.

Javelin can also be referred to as a field event which involves the throwing of an implement with one hand for distance over a horizontal surface.

A person who engages in this game is called a Javelin thrower.

 

The word Javelin comes from Middle English and it's derived from Old French javelin, a diminutive of Javelot, which meant spear.

The Javelin is almost…