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SPORTS-ATHLETICS

    THE  SPORTS   THAT   MAKE  UP  ATHLETICS  are   divided  into  two  groups ;track  events-   which  includes   ,sprinting,middle,and  long   distance   running  ,relay  running,hurdling   and  walking-and field  events  which  require   jumping  and  throwing  skills.Contests designed  to  test  the  speed  ,strength,agility,and  stamina  of  athletes  were   held  by ancient Greeks over  4000  years  ago.However   the  abolition   of   the  Olympics  game   in   393  AD    meant   that   athletics   were   neglected   until  the  revival  of large  scale  competition ...

SPORTS-ARCHERY AND SHOOTING

  TARGET  SHOOTING  AND   ARCHERY   EVOLVED  as  practices  for   hunting and   battle   skills.Modern  bows,although  designed  according   to  the   principles    of    early   hunting   bows  use  laminates,fiberglass,Dacron and  carbon,and  are  equipped    with  sights  and  stabilizers.Competitors  in  target   archery    shoot  over   distances   of  30  m(100ft),50 m(165ft),70m(230ft),and  90 m(300ft) for  men,and  30 m(100ft),50m(165ft),60m(200ft)and   70m(230ft) for  women.The  closer   the shoot  is  to   center   of  the  target  ,  the  higher  the  score.The  individual  scores  are   ...

SPORTS-SWIMMING AND DIVING

            SWIMMING   WAS INCLUDED    in  the  first   modern  Olympic  games  in  1896   and  diving  events  were  added  in 1904.Swimming  is   both an  individual   and  a  team  sport  and  races  takes  place  over a  predetermined     distance in  one of  the  four   major  categories of  stroke -free style,butterfly,breaststroke,and  backstroke. Competition  pools  are clearly  marked  for  racing  and  anti  turbulence  lane  lines  are  used   to  separate  the  swimmers and  help  keep  the   water  calm.The  first  team  or   individual  to  finish the  race  is  the...

KNOWYOUR BODY-UROGENITAL SYSTEM

  The   Urogenital  system  mainly  related  to two  types  of functions.One  is related  to  the  kidneys that maintain  the  volume and  composition   of  body fluids   within   very  narrow  limits.Second  is related  to   the sex organs that facilitates  reproduction.Kidneys  help  in maintaining   the body's  internal   environment   in  physiological   state.A  healthy  kidney performs  regulation  of  water   in  the body, maintains normal acid  /base equilibrium,eliminates metabolic waste products  and also  maintains  the retention  of  vital  substances.The   is why  the kidney  receives   the  one  quarter  of the  cardiac   ...

NEEDS YOUR BODY THE MOST-ENERGY.

  We  need  energy to  do our  daily works.We  get  this  energy  from  the  food  that  we eat.When  we eat  ,teeth  help  in breaking the food  into pieces  ,and then    in our digestive  system,the  pulp   passes through  the stomach and  intestines.The useful  digested  food passes  through  the  intestine   into  the   blood,to  liver,and the  waste   products  are pushed  out of the body. That useful   digested  food is converted   into  energy   that  help  us in working.All  kinds  of food help  in  giving energy  to  the body.Balanced diet  play a very  important  role in giving  an appropriate amount  of energy   to the body.A   Ba...

KNOWYOUR BODY-SPINE

  The  Spine  or vertebral,column has  two  main  functions;it serve  as a  protective  surrounding  for  the delicate  spinal  cord. and form the  supporting   back  bone of the Skeleton .The spine consist  of 24   separate   differently  shaped  bones vertebrae  with  a curved  ,triangular  bone the sacrum at the  bottom.The  sacrum  is made up  of  fused  vertebrae  ; at  the  lower  end   is  a  small  tail  like  structure  made up  of tiny  bones ,collectively  called  the coccyx.Between  each pair  of vertebrae  is a disk  of cartilage  that cushions  the  bones during the movement.The  top  two  vertebrae differ  in  appearance  from  the others  a...

KNOW YOUR BODY-BRAIN

  The   Brain  is  the  Major  Organ  of  the  central  nervous  system and the control  centre  for all the    body's  voluntary   and  in voluntary  activities.It  is  also  responsible   for  the complexities  of thought,memory,emotion,and language.In  adults  ,this  complex  organ  is  a  mere  1.4  kg  in weight.Containing  over 10  thousand  million  nerve cells Three  distinct  regions  can  be  seen -the  brain stem,the cerebellum, and  the large  cerebrum.The  brain stem  controls   the vital  body functions,such as breathing  and digestion.The   cerebellum's  main  functions  are  the maintenance  of  posture, and  the  coordination...