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.
0–9 edit
A edit
- Aerobic threshold: The exercise intensity at which blood lactate concentrations rise above resting levels, commonly used as a pace in long-distance running training[1]
- 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[2]
- 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 edit
- Backside mechanics:
- Bar (jumps):
- Baton:
- Bell lap:
- Blind exchange:
- Blind pass:
- Blocking (throws):
- Blocks:
- Blood lactate concentration:
- Bounding:
- Break:
- Break-line:
C edit
- Cadence:
- Cage (throws):
- Championship-style racing:
- Changeover:
- Check mark (jumps, throws):
- Critical velocity (CV):
- Crossbar (jumps):
- Cross country:
- Crouch start: See Down start
- Curb:
D edit
E edit
F edit
G edit
H edit
I edit
J edit
K edit
L edit
M edit
N edit
O edit
P edit
R edit
S edit
- Safety: see Survive.
T edit
U edit
V edit
W edit
X edit
Y edit
Z edit
See also edit
References edit
- General
- Specific