There are four types of jumps, two of these jumps are practiced into a pit filled with finely ground gravel or sand; the long jump is a track event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far from possible and the triple jump implies a whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a step and then a jump into the sand pit. In the high jump competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices not as in the pole vaulting that athletes uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar and fall down in the mat. There are several types of throwing. The shot put is a throwing a heavy ball as far as possible. The discus throw is an event in which an athlete throws a heavy discus in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. The hammer throw is an event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The javelin throw is one throw where the athlete thrown an object called javelin.
