User:Habst/sandbox/Glossary of athletics terms

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The sport of athletics, encompassing track and field events and other disciplines defined by the International Association of Athletics Federations, has a rich history dating to the ancient Olympic games, with hundreds of sport-specific terms used to describe various aspects of the sport and its culture.

A

• Aerobic threshold: The exercise intensity at which blood lactate concentrations rise above resting levels, commonly used as a pace in long-distance running training
• All-weather track:
• Anabolic pathway:
• Anaerobic threshold:
• Ancillary training:
• Anchor leg:
• Anterior pelvic tilt:
• Approach: Describes the run-up of a jumping event, or sometimes the actions preceding a throwing event
• Athlete biological passport (ABP): An individual electronic record used to detect anti-doping rule violations in athletes
• Athletics: Term used in most countries to describe the sports of running, jumping, and throwing as defined by the IAAF
• ATP (Adenosine triphosphate):
• Attempt: Used in the high jump, long jump, pole vault, discus throw, shot put, javelin throw, and hammer throw to indicate an endeavor to score a mark with one attempted jump or throw respectively

B

• Backside mechanics:
• Bar (jumps):
• Baton:
• Bell lap:
• Blind exchange:
• Blind pass:
• Blocking (throws):
• Blocks:
• Blood lactate concentration:
• Bounding:
• Break:
• Break-line:

C

• Cadence:
• Cage (throws):
• Championship-style racing:
• Changeover:
• Check mark (jumps, throws):
• Critical velocity (CV):
• Crossbar (jumps):
• Cross country:
• Crouch start: See Down start
• Curb:

S

• Safety: see Survive.

See also

• Athletics abbreviations
• List of athletics events

References

General

• "Glossary of Athletics Anti-Doping Terms". IAAF.

Specific

Athletics (track and field) Category:Dynamic lists