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    Department of Sports and Physical Education: Assignment-3: Shotput Fec-Sports

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    Ayush Kumar submitted an assignment on shotput to Coach Ajay Singh. Shotput is a track and field event where athletes throw a heavy metal ball called a shot as far as possible using only one hand. It requires immense strength and balance. The rules are set by international athletic organizations and include a 60 second time limit to start the throw from inside a marked circle without crossing the border. Common fouls occur if the athlete pauses before throwing, holds the shot below the shoulder, or leaves the circle before the shot lands. Major shotput tournaments include the Olympics and World Championships.

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    Ayush Kumar submitted an assignment on shotput to Coach Ajay Singh. Shotput is a track and field event where athletes throw a heavy metal ball called a shot as far as possible using only one hand. It requires immense strength and balance. The rules are set by international athletic organizations and include a 60 second time limit to start the throw from inside a marked circle without crossing the border. Common fouls occur if the athlete pauses before throwing, holds the shot below the shoulder, or leaves the circle before the shot lands. Major shotput tournaments include the Olympics and World Championships.

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    Ayush Kumar submitted an assignment on shotput to Coach Ajay Singh. Shotput is a track and field event where athletes throw a heavy metal ball called a shot as far as possible using only one hand. It requires immense strength and balance. The rules are set by international athletic organizations and include a 60 second time limit to start the throw from inside a marked circle without crossing the border. Common fouls occur if the athlete pauses before throwing, holds the shot below the shoulder, or leaves the circle before the shot lands. Major shotput tournaments include the Olympics and World Championships.

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    ASSIGNMENT-3 : SHOTPUT

    FEC-SPORTS

    Submitted by:- Ayush kumar


    Roll_no:- 2K19/SE/026

    DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS AND PHYSICAL


    EDUCATION
    DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
    (Formerly Delhi College of Engineering) Bawana Road, New
    Delhi-110042)

    Submitted to:- Coach Ajay Singh


    INTRODUCTION TO SHOTPUT:
    Shot Put is a sport where an athlete needs to exercise his throwing
    power with a heavy object. It is a track and feld event. Men’s shot
    put is present since the inception of 1896’s Modern Olympics.
    Women made their debut in Shot Put in the Olympics of 1948.
    Shot Put is played with a heavy spherical object popularly known
    as shot. The aim is to throw the shot-put as far as possible through
    a pushing action. It requires immense muscular strength and a
    good balance upon your body. In this tutorial, we will discuss the
    basic techniques and playing methods of Shot Put.
    SHOTPUT RULES:
    The rules of the shot put are governed by IAAF (International
    Association of Athletic Association) and WMA (World Masters
    Athletic). So let’s know about some important rules.
    • When an athlete’s name is announced, he or she will be having
    only 60 seconds to commence the throwing motion.
    • For safety purpose, the players can tape their fngers but they
    certainly cannot wear gloves.
    • With the use of only one hand, the shot should be released above
    the height of shoulder.
    • An athlete can use the perimeter of inside the circle but certainly
    cannot use the border or outside area of the toe board. Extension
    of the limbs outside the circle during the throw is allowed.
    • The legal sector is 34.92 degree of the throwing area. The shot
    should be thrown within that range.
    • An athlete should leave the circle from back.
    FOULS IN SHOT PUT:
    A throw will be called a foul in the following circumstances:
    • The athlete does not pause before the throwing action within
    the circle.
    • The athlete is unable to commence the throw within 60 sec of
    calling his name.
    • The athlete holds the shot below the shoulder level or outside its
    vertical level.
    • The athlete is not able to make a continuous contact of the shot
    with the neck and it slips of.
    • The athlete goes out of the circle before the landing of the shot.
    IMPORTANT TOURNAMENTS IN SHOT PUT:
    • Summer Olympics • World Indoor Championship
    • World Championship • Commonwealth Games
    • Asian Games
    MEASUREMENTS:
    Shotput is put from a circle 2.135 metres (7 feet) in diameter into a
    40° sector as measured from the centre of the circle. The circle has
    a stop board 10 cm (4 inches) high at its front; if the competitor
    steps on or out of the circle, the throw is invalidated.

    The weight varied in early events from 3.63 to 10.9 kg (8 to 24


    pounds), a standard, regulation-weight 7.26-kg (16-pound) shot
    was adopted for men in the frst modern Olympic Games (1896)
    and in international competition.

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