Of all of the track and field events that you may be able to get involved with, the pole vault is certainly one on the fringe. One of the reasons for this is simply down to the fact that it is so technically difficult, and potentially dangerous if you get your technique wrong. Having proper pole vault technique is crucial to any success that you might achieve, and there are many important parts and faces to any successful pole vault that you need to understand. In order to understand the different faces and the different factors that are involved with any successful pole vault it is crucial that you receive proper training. An experienced coach will be required to guide you through the process and without this you will never get anywhere.

As mentioned, pole vaulting is a potentially dangerous discipline unless you have experience in it and you are trained properly to get yourself over the bar and safely onto the mat. Injury can occur on a frequent basis unless you take the entire thing seriously and gain the proper training and technical know-how. There are many different phases to the pole vault, as mentioned. The first phase will be to select the proper pole and grip. Where you take off from is crucial as well and your run and how you hold the pole, leading to the take off, will also be very important.

Once you make it into the air there are still several phases to complete in order to get over the bar and onto the mat. You will also need to push yourself off your pole and hang in the air in addition to being able to swing and extend, turn and then clear yourself over the bar. All of these phases require a great deal of technical experience, training, and proficiency. All in all, without training there is no doubt that you can ever hope to succeed, or even get yourself off the ground, when trying to pole vault.

First race took place at the first Olympic festival in Rome in 776 B.C. All the track and field sports started with Olympics which takes place once in 4 years. Over the centuries new track competitions started taking place. In the beginning when Olympic festival was started it just had four track and field events like boxing, wrestling and foot races of varying length. It is heard that before eighteenth century track and field competitions occurred only in Olympics. After eighteenth century many schools and universities incorporated these events as daily exercise. Apart from Olympics the first track and field competition was held in oxford and Cambridge universities in 1864.

From early 1900′s various leagues and associations were formed. International and domestic leagues began and held the athletes amateur status so that they could compete in the Olympics. The first NCAA Championships was held in 1921. One of the most important events of track and field the marathon race was started from the Olympic stadium which was in Athens, Greece. Track and field sports events had various problems but only in 1970 it were given a professional stature where in athletes could compete annually in events and also get paid.

Two types of relays are 4×100 meter relay and the 4×400 meter relay. 4×100 meters relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 meters each. The 4×400 meters relay comprises of four runners in a lane where in each runner complete 400 meters or one lap. Shot put means putting a heavy metal ball as far as possible. Competitors take their throw from inside a circle 2.135 m in diameter, with a stop board which is approximately 4 inches high at the front of the circle. The distance is usually measured from the inside of the circumference of the circle to the nearest mark made by the falling shot in the soil.

Discus throw means an athlete throws a heavy disc – named as discus at a farther distance than his competitors. Men’s competition takes place every year since the first Olympiad in 1896. Women’s competition was added to the Olympic program in the 1928 games. This is a throwing event where the object to be thrown is javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. This event is for both men and women. According to IAAF rules there are certain rules that have to be followed by both men and women when they play this game. Men can throw a javelin between 2.6 and 2.7 meters in length and 800 grams in weight and women throw a javelin between 2.2 and 2.3 meters in length and at least 600 grams in weight.