Shot Put

Shot is world track and field on the traditional project. In ancient times, faces harsh natural environment and the low level of productivity, original humans to live on the earth, not only continue to run faster, jump or quickly obstacles to chase all kinds of animals, or escape from beasts damage, but also learn how to use tools such as the stone and harpoon casts and far and precision, so that hit prey for food. Slavery period, with human evolution, the progress of the society, and throw stone has become important fighting method. In order to improve their fighting capacity, and throw stone is regarded as an important training method. Ancient Greek times, once circulating throwing stones of competition, and took this as the important standards. Select strongman According to legend, in A.D. 1150 or so, Athens, Greece held a grand scale, vocal ends it stone throw of game. According to the regulation, strongman from the pebble held high to distance, by throwing distance to determine quality win. This is the predecessor of the shot put movement. In about A.D. 46,657 years, Greek began to appear the gun. And with a round shells is a paste. In order to make the gunner combat reload shells skilled, rapid, agile, in order to improve the army combat ability, the greeks in routine training for soldiers to use with shell weight size quite stone exercises and played. Then use abandoned paste shells for stones simulated modern shot put, this is the direct origin. Then, the training from the people's army flow between, slowly into the game, and throwing shot. Soon diffuse, become popular with the crowd welcomed the sports events. In 1896, shot put became the first modern Olympics throwing match official project. From its birth date, it has always been the strongman's pet, it allows countries to display own strongman robin.

Shot put heavy very round, is a smooth surface of metal ball. In the men's competition, shot put diameter in 110 - must be between 130 mm, woman in 95-110 millimeter between. 

Exercise is shot put game in throwing ring stand began in throwing. Throwing ring periphery is iron brigandine edge, 6 mm thick, apex coated white. In throwing, athletes can't touch the edge of iron top or throwing ring outside the ground. The shot 2,135 meters in diameter throwing ring, circle the ground by cement or have similar hardness and can prevent slippery material composition, and its height slightly below ground height. Shot put directly in front of the throwing ring stood a wooden paddle 121-123 meters long, it is used to prevent the loop. Athletes slippery Athletes can touch screen inside, but cannot touch screen top.

In this game, landing zone are made by coal cinder, lawn or other can leave the seal of material composition of flat area. Every sector by 5 centimeters wide white line apart. In the game, landing zone shot sectoral Angle is 40 degrees.