The Research About The Present Situation And The Development Countermeasures Of The Program Of Women’s Heptathlon In Institutions Of Higher Learning In Hunan Province

The program of Women’s Heptathlon is a comprehensive event consists of seven projects:100m hurdle race, high jump, shot put,200m, long jump, javelin throw and800m. The seven projects proceed in a certain sequence in two days. According to the unified mark table formulated by the IAAF, the score gained in each project will be added accumulatively together, and the total decides the ranking. The program of Women’s Heptathlon is a comprehensive event consists of running, jumping and throwing in Track and Field Events, characterized by plenty projects, long race time and much physical consumption, which requires athletes to have tenacious volitional quality along with excellent organism ability, physical fitness and technical-tactical competence as well as good shape conditions and psychological quality, therefore, The program of Women’s Heptathlon is called Women’s "iron man" events In some sense The announcement published by the State Education Commission in April of1987, which is about a work related to the trial implementation of admissions of high-level athletes in ordinary institutions of higher learning, opens up a new orientation to the education of competitive sports in universities and creates a fresh approach to the cultivation of high-level athletes for our country simultaneously. The program of Women’s Heptathlon in Hunan Province does have a period of being well-developed. From2001to2007, it has gained outstanding grades. Zhou Liying won this competition on Group A by the grade of5441on the7th National University Games. But after that, the sport performance of this program went down in Hunan Province, which, in turn, has enlarged the differences between the level of national athletes in Women’s Heptathlon and that of Hunan Province gradually. Hence, that how to improve the grade of Women’s Heptathlon in Hunan immediately is the most urgent and significant problem.This study, focusing on the present situation of Women’s Heptathlon in universities of Hunan Province, adopts some research methods in order to take a deliberate analysis and then come up with a solution on the development of this program. For example, by means of document literature, questionnaire survey, talking with experts, mathematical statistics, comparative analysis and so on. Here are some suggestions that have been produced to improve the present conditions:To strengthen the construction of coaches in all levels; To improve the whole level of coaches; To consummate the cultivation of backup, talents as well as sustainable development; To fortify the construction of scientific teams and researches; To strengthen the scientific training on Heptathlon; To focus energy on consolidating and improving advantages and eradicating disadvantages; To deepen university structural reform of Track and Field on management, competition and training; To enlarge the inclination of policy on Track and Field as well as funding investment in universities.