Role Of Shot Put Game In Athletic Events

Role Of Shot Put Game In Athletic Events :

Role Of Shot Put Game In Athletic Events

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Before we see the role of Role Of Shot Put Game In today’s Athletic Events, let’s see from where this sport started and what made it so important that it is one of the sports in Olympics. The history of Shot put is something that goes way back beyond the days before the British Isles became Christianized. That is more than a few thousand years in which the chieftains governed the land.

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There are several interesting events in the history where players have participated in games similar to shot put as they threw heavy stones or weight blocks. But for the most part alike ones to those of the modern shot put was the ones that was played by the soldiers, as they held contest in which they threw the cannon balls and this happened somewhere in the middle ages.

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In modern days the sport was formalized and was played in Olympic fixture in the year 1896. But it was Scotland where Shot put was played as competitions during the19th Century and it was also a part of the British Amateur Championships that begun in the year1866.

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We can call that Robert Garrett was the foremost contemporary Olympic shot put champion in the year 1896, his throw measured 11.22 meters. And in the year 1932 Leo Sexton was able to reach the 16-meter mark and he won over the gold in the first Games which was held in Los Angeles.

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One of the most talented shot put players of all time is Randy Barnes an American who set a world record with a breathtaking throw of 23.12 meters in the year1990. The modern form of shot put has a combination of required technique, strength as well as form. When a player has all these three in the right proportion, he can surely make fresh records, which will be spoken about for a long time.

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It was only during the year 1948 it was also made available for women players. Today, Shot put is one of the important track and field gear games that have made it way from the old cannon balls and heavy stones to the modern lead ball throw game played in the esteemed Olympic Games.

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Basically there are two techniques that are followed by all the shot put players all over the world. And Shot put is definitely not the game that looks smooth or graceful. You can image how it will feel to throw a heavy metal ball that weighs 16 pounds for women and 8 pounds 13 ounce to the women. The rules of Shot put arise quite standardized at every level.

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We can find that few players follow the linear glide technique in which they move in a straight line throughout their move towards the throw. And the other players choose the spin technique, which is comparatively newer in which they try to gain momentum by spinning their whole body one time just before they releasing the shot.