| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺東大學 === 體育教學碩士在職專班 === 96 === The main battlefield of excellent indigenous people in Taiwan is track and field. Yang Chuan-guang, Wu A-min, from Amis Tribe, Cai Chen-fu from Atayal Tribe as well Gu Jin-shui, Zheng Xin-fu, Zeng Xiao-sheng, Chen Tian-wen, and Wang Guo-huei in the past decade had superb performances at athletic games because of their sports gift from physical fitness. The research has a systematic, comprehensive exploration on background and participation of indigenous people in Taiwan in track and field games also domestic and international track and field games via historical research and literature analysis in the hope to understand the reasons from the history. The conclusions are:
I. Government policy deeply influenced the development of indigenous frack and field athletes in Taiwan
The track and field sports had been affected by changes of time, especially at the beginning of Restoration when the Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan. The outstanding performance of indigenous players in track and field sports led to the booming of the track and field sports. Thanks to the discovering of the potential of indigenous people in Taiwan, we had the excellent stars in track and field sports. The national construction led the booming of economy and created the economic miracle in Taiwan. The difficulties of Taiwan in the international society stimulated the nationalist awareness and track and field sports became the best opportunity to expand diplomacy. The harmony among Sports Affairs Council, Council of Indigenous Peoples and Ministry of Education have planned the program of track and field talents to inject the vigor of new track and field talents in order to save the track and field that had been weak for a long time.
II. Worsening performance of indigenous track and field players from Taiwan Provincial Athletic Games to National Athletic Games
Taiwan Provincial Athletic Games is the starting point of physical sports development in Taiwan and the cradle of indigenous players, who then became the main track and field asset of the country and the main warriors in the international stage. Since the Restoration after Taiwan Provincial Athletic Games, Regional Athletic Games and now National Athletic Games, the most active tribe in the games among the indigenous peoples is Amis Tribe. They are good at the decathlon, sprint, middle- and long-distance running, hurdle race, long jump, and pole vault, etc. Atayal and Rukai Tribes are good at long-distance running; Paiwan Tribe excel at javelin and high jump; Puyuma Tribe are good at high jump; Tsou and Saisiat Tribes are good at javelin and Bunan Tribe are good at long-distance running. After 6 decades, performance of indigenous people in Taiwan in track and field, decathlon and hurdle race will be the main items in the development of indigenous people in Taiwan in the world.
III. Lack of new players of indigenous players in international track and field games
Indigenous players in Taiwan have set brilliant performance in decathlon in the international track and field games. Quite unfortunately, there are no new players to follow them. Thanks to Cai Cheng-fu winning Gold Medal in the Asian Games and 48.63 seconds of the national record by new player Chen Tian-wen in hurdle race, it becomes another mainstream sport in Taiwan. The national record of long-jump and triple jump requiring strong explosive force is held by new female player Wang Guo-huei. The three sports require technique, coordination and explosive force are what indigenous players are good at. Yet, these superb indigenous players still fall behind the foreign players in the international games, showing the track and field sports condition in Taiwan.
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