Discus throw

The 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany’s Berlin were the first olympic games to be seriously documented on camera with Leni Riefenstahl’s Olympia (1938). The games were split into two parts: Olympia 1. Teil — Fest der Völker (Festival of Nations) and Olympia 2. Teil — Fest der Schönheit (Festival of Beauty). Part I runs 126 minutes and Riefenstahl makes great use of those 126 minutes. Starting with a visual overture of dolly and pan shots of roman architecture and statues, extreme closeups of the…

“In the Anatomy of the Guided Discovery Style, the role of the teacher is to make all subject matter decisions, including the target concept to be discovered and the sequential design of the questions for the learner. The role of the learner is to discover the answers” (Mosston and Ashworth 2008:212). There is a distinct difference between the roles of the teacher and the pupils which can be used to develop and support the learning and performance of the pupils throughout Throwing Athletic PE…

actually the famous Odysseus. When he reached Phaeacian land he was challenged to prove himself that he was worthy of their help,’’’ Come, stranger, sir, won’t you try your hand/ at our contests now? If you have skill in any… Come and compete then, throw your cares to the wind !/ It won’t be long, your journey isn’t far…

many things including but not limited to, running, jumping, discus throw, wrestling, boxing, and horse and chariot races. Olympic games would not include women. In the running portion, players would have to run a certain distance and back, and the first person to complete this activity would be the winner. In the jumping portion, the player who could jump the farthest would be the winner. In the discus throw, the player who could throw their very heavy disk the farthest would be crowned winner.…

It was a wet rainy day and we had a six hour game delay; we eventually got to play. I went up to bat, I got a pathetic little hit and knew I was going to be out at first base, but I ran anyway. The third baseman fielded the ball and made an awful throw to the first basemen. The first baseman jumped in the baseline. The baseline is the runner 's space, not the first baseman 's, and I should 've stayed there. I knew the first baseman and since I was probably going to be out, I cut sharply to the…

importance of the bull in their culture. Bull leaping was a popular sport in the Minoan culture and many pieces form this era are about bull leaping thus showing it was a very significant sport of this culture. This sculpture captures a discus thrower about to throw his disc. This sculpture shows the clam face and the athletic energy in the body just before he releases the disc. Myron also captured a great sense of movement within this piece, as well as the existing muscles that would be…

nearly every country in the world and have all different talents. Athletes like these have been around for a very long time and will continue to stay around. They started out in the Ancient Olympics with sports like the Chariot Races and the Javelin throw, but have moved on to things like gymnastics and figure skating. Despite being very different from Modern Olympics, the Ancient Olympics were very similar in terms of sports and time, changed a lot over time, and brought countries together…

This track season was the best time of my life, but it went by way too fast. I had no clue what any of the events were, but I caught on very fast because I started training with my cousin, He set the High School record for discus and still has it today. We started to work on throwing shot, and I got very good because we would work on my form for hours and because of that I was the best thrower the whole season. If you look at me compared to other throwers, I look very scrawny. I got 1st in most…

Introduction The Roman people were the most successful ancient civilization. First of all, they had a very strong military and were able to conquer many other strong countries. Another reason is because of how advanced their government was and how their law system works. The third reason is their entertainment and how we even watch and enjoy things Rome did hundreds of years ago. Military Power First of all, Rome was able to conquer many other countries and civilizations with their…

Classical Greek culture has, and always will be, a topic of western civilization that is studied and taught amongst people of today’s society, and those to come. There is much to be learned about civilization during that time. How people lived, taught, and learn is still being improved upon. As well as the abundance of activities that ancient Greeks participated in such as sports, the arts, and politics. Classical Greece, despite having many smaller cities which were not nearly as active,…