HURDLE EVENT

Assalamualaikum everyone. So for this week i will update and talk about hurdle event. happy reading guys. Stay safe all...

WHAT IS HURDLING ?

Hurdling is the act of running and jumping over an obstacle at speed. Hurdling forms the basis of a number of track and field events which are a highly specialized form of obstacle racing. In these events, a series of barriers known as hurdles are set at precisely measured heights and distances which each athlete must pass by running over. Failure to pass over, by passing under, or intentionally knocking over hurdles will result in disqualification. 

The 110m for men, 100m for women, and 400m for both men and women are the three codes of hurdle races conducted as part of the track and field events during the Olympics. The 110m men's race was part of the games since the first Olympics in 1896. The women's sprint hurdle race was added to the Olympics in 1932.

MALAYSIAN RECORD

TECHNIQUE

• The Start and Approach

In hurdling the first hurdle is only about seven or eight strides away so the athlete must come upright at the 3rd or 4th stride after starting, this is much earlier than the sprinter. To enable this to happen the block spacings will have to be slightly altered. When using an eight stride approach the take-off foot is placed in the front block.

• Clearance

            Lead Leg

• The knee must be picked up fast. (1)
• The knee is driven at the hurdle. (1&2)
• The lower part of the leg is left low and extends once the knee reaches the height of the barrier. (1&2)
• The knee must be picked up in line with the vertical centre line of the body.
• The foot of the lead leg reaches its highest point about 15 to 30 centimetres in front of the hurdle rail.
• As the heel of the lead leg passes the barrier it must be pulled down and back to land under the body. (3&4)
• It is not necessary for the lead leg to be straight over the top of the hurdle. (3)
• The leg straightens as it descends towards the ground. (4)

.

    Trail Leg

• The trailing leg drives the body at the hurdle as the lead leg rises. (1)
• The athlete should feel the trailing knee sweeping wide and flat over the hurdle. (4)
• As the leg crosses the hurdle, the foot must be turned at the ankle so that the foot does not hit the barrier. (4)
• After crossing the barrier, the knee continues to rise and comes round in front of the body. (5)