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Olympic Games And Still: 5. The Olympic games and still Stadium, a structure first built under Lycurgus about 330 B. c. for the Panathenean Games, was rebuilt in modern times by a wealthy Greek named Averof. The Olympic games and still Games, whose classic locale was in the Peloponnesian town of Olympia, were revived in this stadium in 1896.
In the shot put a heavy metal sphere is pro¬pelled from a circle seven feet in diameter; four feet of its circumference—in the forepart of the circle—contains a toeboard four inches high. In this event the shot is not allowed to pass behind or below the shoulder, so that technically it is "put" rather than "thrown." A 16-pound shot is used in major masculine competition, such as in the Olympic games and still Games, national championships, and intercollegiate competition; the 12-pound shot is usually used by males in secondary schools, and the 8-pound shot is used in feminine competition, including the Olympic games and still Games. In the games the shot put is also one of the 10 decathlon events for men. A put of over 65 feet has been made with the 16-pound shot, and a woman has ex¬ceeded 56 feet with the 8-pound shot.See Also Which Games Are Played:In the way of practical help, suggest games that could be played at home (e.g. word bingo or a cloze game where children fill in missing words or phrases), explaining the particular value of games to a child with reading problems -namely that they're fun and so don't seem too much like hard work, and also that they have a useful repetitive, reinforcing function. When you recommend a game, try to explain just how it is designed to help. There are booklets and pamphlets available, which games are played give ideas for games that can easily be made and played at home (e.g. Hip Pocket Spelling Games series, New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983).
WATER POLO, an aquatic team game played by swimmers in indoor and outdoor pools with an in¬flated ball. As in other goal games, such as soccer and lacrosse, the objective is to place the ball through the opponents' goal, thereby scoring one point. Usually this is accomplished not by indi¬vidual effort but by relaying the ball to teammates. The game saw its start in England in the 1870's and has grown in popularity during the 20th century. Two types evolved: one, especially popular in the United States, was a "softball' variety (the ball not fully inflated) and was ex¬tremely rough—a player was often tackled and held underwater until he released the ball; in Eu¬rope, however, a "hardball" variety was adopted, and the sport was first played in the Olympic games in 1900. Because of Olympic games pres¬tige, this hardball game may now be considered the "official" international game, although the softball type continued to enjoy some popularity in the United States until the end of the 1930's.
On The Other Hand See Olympic Games Of 1960:Various forms of exercises and apparatus events were conducted in schools, colleges, and societies throughout the United States during the early part of the 20th century. In 1936 the Na¬tional Collegiate Athletic Association started an¬nual contests, and in the 1960's almost every state high school athletic association adopted the sport for boys and girls.
The international governing body for the sport is the Federation Internationale de Gym-nastique (FIG), of which the AAU is an affiliate. The FIG's code of rules governs participants in the Olympic games of 1960 Games, World Games, and other competitions on an international level.
Pythagoras' favorite' subjects were athletes (particularly victors in the Olympic games of 1960 Games), whom he is said to have represented with lifelike distinctness and individuality. None of his sculp¬ture has survived; but ancient testimony records among his more celebrated statues: Astylus of Croton (Olympic games of 1960 runner), Leontiscus of Messana (Olympic games of 1960 wrestler), Dromeus of Stymphalus (Olympic games of 1960 runner), Cratisthenes of Cyrene (Olym¬pic charioteer), The Pancratist at Delphi (Pythian "all-in" boxer and wrestler). In mythological subjects Pythagoras won renown for Heracles Carrying the Golden Apples, The Limping Phil-octetes, Apollo Slaying the Python, Apollo the Harpist, The Winged Perseus, Europa and the Bull, The Duel of Eteocles and Polynices, Diony¬sus Carrying Grapes. |
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