Semester Start-UP: Different Sports Activities

Nature of Different Sports Activities

Sports is a part of human civilization. In the past, people or whole armies

would do battle with each other, causing hundreds of death. Later, it evolved
into a fight between or among representatives. People would send champion
or the strongest one of the army to represent and compete with the
champions of the other groups. Eventually, sport became a form of
entertainment, as well as an avenue to practice and show physical prowess
and skill.

Benefits in Sport
There are several benefits of engaging in sports. One is learning how
to set goals, as well as collaborating with others in order to attain such goals.
Another advantage of sports is learning to follow and respect rules. The value
of persistence and perseverance is also developed in practices, motivated
with the desire to improve technique and to self. While the desire to win is
encourage, dealing with loss and failure is also learned. The values learned
in sports or game are also lessons anyone can apply in life. Sport and games
are laboratories of life.

The Nature of Sports

Sport by nature is made up of rules. These rules are put in place of
several reasons.
First, rules are put up in sport to secure safety. Skill, strength, speed,
power, strength, agility, competitive acumen, and swiftness of reaction time
are characteristics developed as competitors try to best each other given a
set of parameters that will totally eliminate, if not, minimize harm to each and
to everyone.

Second, rules are set up for a sport or game to be playable. For

example, boundary lines are usually put in place to eliminate players from
running away. This might sound too simplistic unless we think of a specific
situation. Imagine playing basketball without an outside line. Once a team
scores, the next time they have ball possession, they can just dribble the ball
away and wait it out. The same logic goes for time. If there are no time
constraints, then a basketball team will not have the need to drive the ball to
the other side of the court and shoot the ball. In boxing or in most martial

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arts, a player needs to attack given an allowed amount of time. In weight
lifting, the participant needs to lift the weight within a given time after his or
her name is called by the officials. Time and boundary lines are examples of
rules to make a sport playable.
Third, rules exist so that the sport is marketable. A sport that is not
understood by the audience alienates that audience. If a spectator is
watching and knows the rules, then the spectator is drawn into the game.
The reason that a player acts in a certain way may be due to the excitement
induced as the game is played, the thrill of winning or the agony of losing
shared by the spectator. When the audience knows the rules, the
demonstrations of skill, technique, prowess, strength, and all the other traits
are a lot more appreciated. The audience will then become a part of a fan
base for the sport who will want to watch more, or who will want to engage
in it, and the sport will gain popularity.

Discussion Points
a. Describe two benefits of engaging in sports
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b. How important are rules in playing a sport? Discuss in detail.
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Individual and Dual Sports

In the individual sports, the students can engage in the sport without
the direct need of a counter player. For example, in athletics, a students can
perform the sprints without having to rely on another player in order to play.
In contrast, dual sports are sports that need to players or sides. For example,
one cannot play table tennis alone. You need a direct counter player in order
to run the game.

A list of individual and dual sports is as follows:

A. Athletics
1. Track events: running variations

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 2. Field events: jumping and throwing variations

B. Racket Sports
1. Badminton
2. Table Tennis
3. Lawn Tennis

C. Philippine Indigenous Sport and Games

1. Arnis
2. Patintero
3. Palo sebo
4. Sipa
5. Pityaw (syato)
6. Luksong tinik
7. Luksong lubid
8. Luksong baka
9. Piko

D. Life skills
1. Aquatics—to maneuver on water
2. Mountaineering—to navigate on land
3. Martial arts or self defense—to protect oneself
4. Recreation—to eliminate idleness

Discussion Points
a. Name a few sport that have nets in between opposing sides.
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b. Why are there rules in sports?

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c. What is the difference between individual and dual sports?
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Proper etiquette and Safety in the Use of Facilities and Equipment

Part of the discipline of training exercise is taking proper care of
facilities and equipment, as well as practicing safely to avoid untoward
incidents.

Discussion Points
a. Why must one keep the training venue clean and tidy?
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b. How can one maintain safety in exercise?

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Warm-up, Stretching, and Cooldown Routine

To avoid injuries and to maximize performance, one must do warm-
ups and stretches prior to the physical activity. In order to relieve tired
muscles and to decrease lactic acid build up, a cooldown stretch must be
performed.

Activities

Activity 1
Know how fit you are through a Physical fitness Test

Activity 2

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 Play a sport. Choose from the array of individual or dual sports
discussed in class. Keep in mind the proper safety protocols and etiquette in
training and exercise. Prior to playing the sport, engage in a proper warm-up
and stretching routine. Cooldown and stretch after playing.

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 Track and Field Sports: Athletics

Athletics
Athletics is composed of sports involving walking, running, jumping, and throwing.
It is actually a group of sports, or events, divided mainly in what is known as “track and
field.” Running, jumping, and throwing are all military and hunting skills. As these skills
became identified as games, related and varied skills such as the long jump, javelin throw,
hammer throw, hurdles, and triple jumps were invented. Eventually, the rules were refined
from the original Olympic Games, through the Dark Ages, then during eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries. With the increase in competition came the improvement of
technique and training. Improvement of equipment and facilities also played a hand in the
evolution of the sport, such as the development of synthetic tracks, rubber shoes, poles
for the pole vault, and so on.
Track events are different kind of races, from the 50-meter sprint to the distance
races that require endurance. Events that are variations of running races include jumping
over barriers such as hurdles and steeplechases. There is an event involving group
running called the relay, while there are also walking races, where the racer must not
elevate off the ground, the leg touching the ground in front must not be bent for a moment.
Field events are comprised of jumping and throwing events. These are usually held
inside or beside the track oval, or in areas specifically designed for it.
The jumps consist of the long jump, the triple jump, the high jump, and the pole
vault. The long jump is performed with a single jump, landing on a pit of sand that is
designed for that purpose. The distance is measured at the nearest mark where the
athlete landed. The triple jump also makes use of the pit of sand for landing. The
combination for the triple jump is the hop-step-jump. The athlete lands on the both feet.
For the high jump and the pole vault, the landing surface is a pad cushioned with rubber
foam. For both events, a crossbar help up on either side by posts (uprights) must be
cleared. The jumpers must not knock off the crossbar, and knocking off the crossbar
eliminates the jumper. The contest involves jumping at higher heights than the crossbar.
The throws consist of throwing the hammer, discus, javelin, and shot put. The
object of the game is to throw as far as the athletes can. The discus and hammer throw
involves a spinning move that might be dangerous to spectators; thus, it is performed in
a cage to protect spectators. All three throws (hammer, shot put and discus) are thrown
form inside a circle. The javelin is thrown from a run prior to be a foul line. The discus is
usually made of a wooden disc with a metal rim. The hammer is a steel wire a metal ball
and a handle.

Optimization of Energy System

In Health-Optimizing Physical Education, it was discussed that in physical activity
and exercise, there are different ways of how our body produces energy depending on
the type and intensity of our workout.

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Discussion Points
a. Three sources of energy come in the form of
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b. How does the phosphocreatine system work?
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c. What are the two by-products of the aerobic energy system?

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Activity
Play a sport. Choose from the array of individual or dual sports discussed in class.
Keep in mind the proper safety protocols and etiquette in training and exercise. Prior to
playing the sport, engage in a proper warm-up and stretching routine. Cooldown and
stretch after playing.

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 Racket Sports: Badminton, Table Tennis, and Lawn Tennis

Racket Sports
Racket sports are characterized by the use of an implement (racket) to volley an
object over to the other side of the court over a net. Three popular racket sports are
describes below.

Badminton

Badminton is a sport very much like tennis, and is played using rackets specific for
that sport. A shuttlecock or a feathered cock acts as a missile that is rallied back and forth
over a high net. The racket can be used with a lot if wrist movement, as the material is
light. The court is 44 feet long and 17 feet wide for singles, and 20 feet wide for doubles.
There are four common shots or strikes in badminton: the clear, the drop, the drive,
and the smash. The clear is a lob, where the shuttlecock is hit to go high over the
opponent. The drop is a strike that allows the shuttlecock to go over the net gently. The
drive is a strike that shoots the shuttlecock forward in a straight line. The smash stroke
shoots the shuttle cock downward.
Depending on the orientation from where the stroke is coming from, there are also
four strokes in badminton—the forehand stroke, the backhand stroke, the underhand
stroke, and the overhand stroke. The forehand stroke is hitting from the racket side. The
backhand stroke is hitting from opposite the racket side. The underhand stroke is used
when the shuttlecock is coming in low, while the overhand stroke is used when the
shuttlecock is coming in high and goes past overhead.

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Table Tennis

Table tennis, sometimes called ping pong is played on a table with a net at the
middle, volleying a light ball is using rackets or paddles (sometimes called bats). On the
receiving end, the player must allow a bounce off on his or her side of the table before
returning the ball.
In summary, points are awarded on any of the following situations:
1. ball bounces twice
2. ball does not hit after a bounce on one’s side
3. ball bounces on one’s side after hitting
4. hitting a ball before it bounces on one’s side
5. hitting a ball twice
6. ball touches anything other than the paddle
7. not returning the ball
8. touching the table with the free hand
9. unsuccessful service
There are several grips used for the sport. The penhold grip, because of the
position of the thumb and index finger, is similar to how one holds a pen. The
shakehand grip is named after a position of the fingers where the index finger and the
thumb are wide apart, in the manner of a handshake. The V-grip is when the forefinger
and the middle finger sandwiches and the blade. The Seemiller grip, names after
Danny Seemiller, is when the thumb and the forefinger are placed on the same side.
In table tennis, strokes are classified into offensive and defensive. Offensive strokes
result in topspin, while defensive strokes result in backspin. Exceptions to the spin are
the smash, block, and the lob. The terms backhand and forehead are also used in this
sport
There are several offensive strokes for table tennis. The speed drive is fast return,
with the bat perpendicular to the direction of the stroke. The loop drive is when the bat is
parallel to the stroke and the bat touches the ball thinly to create a top spin. The counter
drive is, as the same implies, a counter to drives—it is hitting the ball immediately off the

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bounce using a short movement before the ball reaches the highest point off the bounce.
The flip is a backhand with a flick of the wrist. The smash is a drive delivered from
backswing, normally when the opponent returned the ball too high or close to the net.
There are several defensive strokes for table tennis. The slice is a stroke that cuts, or
slices, under the ball to create a backspin. The chop is a bigger and heavier slice that
cuts straight down. The block (or the short) is actually putting the bat in front of the ball to
return it. The push-block is a block with a slight push to produce a spin. The side drive is
similar to a slice, but its cuts to the left or right and not downward, which will send the ball
arcing to one side but bouncing off to the other direction. The lob is executed by backing
away from the table around 8 to 10 feet and lifting the ball to create a variety of spins to
choose from, sending the ball high before landing on the opponent’s side of the table. The
stop or drop shot is executed by letting the ball touch the bat and avoiding hand
movement—the ball is to be returned close to the net when the opponent is far from the
back of the table, allowing the ball to bounce off twice before the opponent can reach it.

Lawn Tennis

Lawn tennis, or most commonly known as tennis has been made the reference of
other sports such as table tennis and badminton because of its popularity. This sport can
be played in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles. The sport is played in a court with a net,
and stringed rackets are used to send a felt-covered rubber ball back and forth the court.
In this sport, the winner is determined by points, games, and sets.
The basic strokes in tennis are the serve, the forehand drive, and the backhand
drive. The serve is performed by placing one foot forward, tossing the ball with thumb and
two fingers, pulling back for a backswing until the racket is pointing downward, and
finishing off with a stroke with the arm fully extended and hitting the ball when it is slightly
in front. The forehand drive is a stroke delivered form across the body. The backhand
drive is a stroke delivered away from the body.
There are several types of games both for singles and doubles in tennis. For
singles games, these are one ball live, tag team singles, king of the court, and champs
and chumps. For the doubles games, these are team doubles, all position doubles, and
king of the court doubles.

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Health Behaviors
In Health-Optimizing Physical Education, it was discussed that some factors that
affect your total physical activity are health behaviors—eating habits, sleeping regularly,
and managing stress.

Discussion Points
a. Why must we eat healthy?
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b. Give three health risk factors and describe one.
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Types of Eating
In Health-Optimizing Physical Education, types of eating as a major factor of
fitness and health were discussed. You can eat right and healthy. Eating habits or lifestyle
choices affect weight control very significantly.
Discussion Points
a. Explain how fueling for performance means eating properly to have ample
energy for sports.
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b. Describe emotional eating. Cite an example.
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Activity

Play a sport. Choose from the array of individual or dual sports discussed
in class. Keep in mind the proper safety protocols and etiquette in training and
exercise. Prior to playing the sport, engage in a proper warm-up and stretching
routine. Cooldown and stretch after playing.

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 Philippine Indigenous Sports and Games: Arnis and Mga
Laro ng Lahi

Philippine Indigenous Sports and Games

Arnis

Arnis is the Philippine Indigenous martial art, most populary known as stick-fighting
.Rattan sticks are used for practice, but the martial art is a complete system of armed and
unarmed combat. Arnis is popular throughout the world as Kali or Eskrima, or Filipino
Martial Art (FMA).
However, the exact origin of the art is not known. There are account that the art
originated from this island or elsewhere. However, there are no reliable written documents
to support such claim. Another version states that arnis was brought to the Philippines by
the ten Bornean datus—a theory that was also debunked. Regardless of its origin, it can
be said that arnis as practiced in the Philippines is prolific, and that only in the Philippines
has stick-fighting been fully developed into a truly complex system.
For martial arts choreography in movies, when the fight choreographer wants to
portray “realistic” fight scenes with or without weapons, they employ FMA. This especially
true in knife-fighting scenes.
For martial arts has three popular modes: solo baston (single stick), doble baston
(two sticks), and espada y daga (Spanish term for sword and dagger). In addition, other
fighting modes exist such as mano mano (empty hand), daga (single dagger), and daga
y daga (two daggers). Other groups practice the longer staffs such as the bangkaw or
tapado, as well as the spear.
Arnis is characterized by three aspects: the basic self-defense, the cultural or
forms, and the competitive or the sports. Arnis, as a self-defense system, is easy to learn.
As the guiding tenet in all martial arts is efficiency in simplicity, techniques are designed
to achieve ease in execution so as to become more effective. For arnis, the self-defense
techniques flow fluidly from one move to the next in a logical and deadly grace. The
cultural aspect or the forms aspects is used in exhibitions and choreography. The side of
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in an actual fight. The third are more flowery, but most moves are not practical in an actual
fight. The third aspect of arnis, is the sports aspects. Usually, this side of arnis refers to
the sparring form. Within the last two decades, forms competitions have also crept in the
competitive format of arnis.
For full-contact arnis, the sport is played using padded canes or sticks. Target
areas are the head, arms, legs, and the body. Considered as foul areas are the ones on
the face mask, groin area, and up the neck. Strikes at the back of the head, nape, and
spine or back are not allowed. A player can win by virtue of points such as disarming the
opponent, fouling the opponent, disqualification, or forfeiture.
Anyo, or forms competition, is also played. Anyo is a prearranged set of
movements displaying arnis techniques as defensive or offensive techniques. The
performance of the anyo is given exactly between one to two minutes, no more, no less.
Deduction are given for going under or over the time allotted.

Mga Laro ng Lahi

Laro ng lahi term that refers to traditional or indigenous games of the Philippines.
These local games have existed as part of the Filipino culture. Laro ng lahi can be
categorized as single or individual games, dual games, and group games. Some of the
games are patintero, palo sebo, sipa, pityaw (syato), luksong tinik, luksong lubid, luksong
baka, and piko, among others.
 Patintero involves two opposing teams, with one team preventing the other from
coming through.
 Palo sebo involves climbing a bamboo pole.
 Sipa is a game played with a lead washer fitted with straw rope for aerodynamics—
the washer is held up in the air as long as possible using kicks, elbows, and knees.
 Pityaw (syato) involved a short stick and a longer stick, being hit together in
different stages—the score of which is the measure of the stick form its position to
the goal.
 Luksong tinik and luksong lubid involves leaping over hands and fingers or ropes.
 Luksong baka involves leap-frogging over someone who is in varying position,
from a prone fetal position to a standing bent over position, with the object of the
game as going over that person.
 Piko involves a series of skips and hopes over lines drawn on the ground.

SIPA
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 Variations of laro ng lahi offer counterparts to modern sports training and exercise.
For example, piko can be a form of plyometrics with similar benefits that can be derived
from ladder drills.
How to Self-Assess Health-Related Fitness (HRF) Status, Barrier to Physical
Activity Participation, and One’s Diet
Heath-Optimizing Physical Education discusses health-related fitness and
deterrents to exercise and following a healthy diet.

PALO SEBO
Discussion Points
a. On a scale of 1 to 10, how fit do you see yourself? Why?
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b. When is the most probable time for you to engage in your own personal workout?
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c. List at least three things that deter you from following a healthy diet.
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Activity
Play a sport. Choose from the array of individual or dual sports discussed
in class. Keep in mind the proper safety protocols and etiquette in training and
exercise. Prior to playing the sport, engage in a proper warm-up and stretching
routine. Cooldown and stretch after playing.

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 Life Skills: Aquatics, Mountaineering, Self Defense, and
Recreation

Life skills and Activities

Life skills and activities pertain to those topics covered in Part 4. These topics are
grouped together due to a common set of skills and activities a man needs in the primitive
setting, but these skills are still relevant today. There is a skill needed to maneuver water
and land. A skill needed to hunt and gather food, as well as defend one’s territory from
attacks. There is also the skill needed for arts and crafts for various purposes, for
recreational activities to pass time and for the injured physically challenged, and aged.
Translated to modern times, these activities can be grouped into aquatics or water sports,
mountaineering that may include trekking, orienteering, birdwatching, martial arts or self
defense, and community recreation.
Aquatics—Swimming

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 Various water sports or aquatics include water polo, synchronize swimming, diving,
snorkeling, surfing, sailing, and any sport that can be played in a pool or other bodies of
water. Among these sports, swimming is one of the most adopted sport by schools.
Swimming is both a form of sport and recreation. It is a universal activity with all
countries having local swimmers.
The types of swimming strokes are the following: butterfly, breast stroke, freestyle,
crawl, sidestroke, backstroke, and the dog paddle. For butterfly, the arms move together,
cupping the water downward and outward, moving above the water to complete the arm
movement. The legs are bent and straightened, kicking two times for every arm stroke.
For breast stroke, the arms pull the water and are brought to the chest, before going back
to position. The legs perform frog kicks. For the crawl, arm strokes are performed with
flutter kicks, while the face turns alternately from one side to the other. For the side stroke,
the body is oriented sideways and is propelled by scissors kick and underwater stroke.
For the freestyle, flutter kick is used with arm strokes as that of a windmill. The swimmer
times their breaths with each arm pull. For the backstrokes, the swimmer floats in a supine
position, and the arm strokes are performed in a windmill fashion, while performing flutter
kick. For the dog paddle, the legs perform an underwater modified flutter kick, while the
arms reach forward and paddle in a circular manner.

Mountaineering

Enjoying nature through treks and hiking up mountains involve more preparation
than just deciding to go for these activities. A group needs to meet up for a pre-climb to
discuss all details of the climb such as the location, terrain, supplies, and roles of all
members joining the climb. While the climb itself is the main activity, a lot of tasks are
performed before and after the climb. The group is supposed to meet up after the climb
for assessment and reporting. Mountaineering, aside from being a moderate to vigorous
physical activity, involves the formation of other values such as being able to work with
others, being responsible in tasks delegated to one’s person, being able to appreciate
and take care of nature, and being able to practice discipline when involved in an activity
that needs utmost care.

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Martial Arts or Self-Defense

There has always been a need for fighting skills. Whether as a form of defense or
attack, martial arts has existed since the dawn of man. All living things have been
equipped with a method of defense, and man has been given his greatest weapon—his
intellectual. With this, man has designed various ways of defense and attack through the
use of his hands and feet, to developing implements of warfare that have become more
elaborate with time. With the current technology, one nation can wage war with another
even without actual face to face combat, as ICBMs can wipe out whole areas or regions
with just flick of a switch. However, there has always been the need for one-on-one or
one versus several combatants. For personal defense or for military use, the practice of
martial arts has always been essential. The origin of a lot of sports come from military
skills requires of a soldier—running, throwing projectile weapons, and jumping over
obstacles.
Currently, there are several martial arts that have developed in popularity
throughout the world: boxing, muay thai, karate, tae kwon do, wushu or kung fu, judo, and
arnis. Under Republic Act 9850, arnis is the national martial art and sport of the
Philippines. As such, whenever possible, arnis must be included in a Philippine school
program, whether as a club, team, or part of the PE offerings.

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Community Recreation

Community recreation involves a lot of light games that people with physical
disabilities can participate in. Several board games are taught. Other activities such as
gardening, nature walks, low impact activities such as tai chi and yoga, and various arts
and crafts may also be included. These are activities that prevent idleness and boredom,
and offer productive use of time.

How to Set FITT Goals Based on Training principles to Achieve and/or Maintain
HRF
Heath-Optimizing Physical Education discusses the use of FITT goals for health
related fitness.
Discussion Points
a. Describe how the FITT principles apply to sports.
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b. Describe the overload principles in terms of individual sports.
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c. How does the progression principle apply to the sport of swimming?
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d. What is the specific principle? Describe the concept in terms of martial arts
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School and Community Resources in Case of an Injury or Emergency

Do you know where your school clinic or infirmary is? What would you do in case
your classmates gets injured or falls ill?
Discussion Points
a. What is the hospital nearest to your school? Where is it located?
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b. Are there other emergency facilities near your school? List of evacuation
centers, police stations, clinics, and other similar facilities near your school.
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Activity
Play a sport. Choose from the array of individual or dual sports discussed
in class. Keep in mind the proper safety protocols and etiquette in training and
exercise. Prior to playing the sport, engage in a proper warm-up and stretching
routine. Cooldown and stretch after playing.

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 Team Sports: Basketball and Volleyball

Team Sports
The two most popular team sports taught in schools are basketball and volleyball.
Team sports differ in individual and dual sports. Usually, team sports are played within a
specific duration of time. Most individual sports compare records or best performances,
while dual sports usually end in sets.

Basketball

In basketball, there are two opposing teams playing in a court. Only five players at
a time per team are allowed inside the playing area. The objective of the game is to shoot
the ball in a hoop or ring, and the ball is handled throughout the court by dribbling or
passing. At the end of the game, the team with more points wins. Basic skills needed in
basketball are dribbling, passing, and shooting.
Variants of dribbling include the low control, the crossover, between-the-legs,
behind-the-back, the reverse dribble, and the speed dribble.
Variants of passing include the chest pass, the bounce pass, the overhead pass,
the outlet pass, and the behind-the-back pass.
Variants of shooting technique include the set shoot, the lay-up, the underhand
shot, the jump shot, the hook shot, and the dunk shot.
Other skill sets in basketball involve blocking (the ball is attempted to be blocked,
but only when the ball is at the upward arc), rebounding (retrieving a ball that bounces off
after a failed shot), zone defense (guarding anyone that comes in a specific area), man
to man defense (guarding a specific player one-on-one), cutting (moving quickly to gain
better position while not holding the ball), and screening (a move to stop an opponent
guarding a team mate).

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Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport that has existed for centuries it is played with six players
at a time per team. The objective is to get the ball to the other side of the court. The ball
can be hit three times, excluding the contact made from blocking. An individual player
cannot touch the ball two consecutive times in row. The exchange continues until the ball
goes out of bounds, or is not returned properly by one side. The exchange may also stop
if a team commits a fault.
Skills needed in playing volleyball are service, passing, setting, attacking, blocking,
and the dig. Service is the start of the rally and is executed behind the endline. The ball
has to go over the net and land on the opponent’s court. Passing, also known as
reception, is an important skill prior to setting. Setting is preparing the ball for the attacks
and is the second contact to the ball. Attacking is ideally performed when the ball is at the
apex during a hitter’s jump. Blocking is stopping the opponent’s attack with highly
extended arms. A dig is dividing and preventing the opponent’s attack from touching the
floor.

Discussion Points
a. Give three types of shots in basketball.
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b. Give three types of passes in basketball.
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c. Give three types of skills in volleyball.
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How to Analyze Physiological Indicators such as Heart Rate, Rate of Perceived
Exertion, and Pacing Associated with MVPAs to Monitor and/or Adjust
Participation or Effort
Health-Optimizing Physical Education discusses how to use the heart rate and the
rate of perceived exertion, and pacing to regulate one’s effort in exercise.

Discussion Points
a. Using the Prediction Equation, what is your personal maxHR?
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b. Perform jumping jacks for one minute. What is your RPE?
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How to Observe Personal Safety Protocol to Avoid Dehydration, Overexertion,
Hypothermia, and Hyperthermia During MVPA Participation
Health-Optimizing Physical Education identifies safety protocols to avoid the
dangers of dehydration and other harmful condition that may arise from improper workout
practices.
Discussion Points
a. How do you avoid dehydration when playing basketball?
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b. In what sport is hypothermia common?
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Activity

Play a sport. Choose from the array of team sports discussed in class. Keep in
mind the proper safety protocols and etiquette in training and exercise. Prior to playing
the sport, engage in a proper warm-up and stretching routine. Cooldown and stretch after
playing.

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Health and Fitness-Related Career Opportunities

Fitness-related careers and opportunities have been discussed in Health-
Optimizing Physical Education. Students are encourage to follow careers in sports and
fitness if they are interested.
Discussion Points
a. Choose a fitness career and describe it.
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b. Name a fitness professional that you admire and state why you admire him/her.
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How to Organize a Sports Fest

Organizing fitness activities and events is discussed in Health-Optimizing Physical
education.
Discussion Points
a. Have you ever joined a sports fest before? What sport did you play in?
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b. If you are to organize a sports fest, what are the events that you would include?
Briefly describe your plan.
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Activity
Play a sport. Choose from the array of teaml sports discussed in class. Keep
in mind the proper safety protocols and etiquette in training and exercise. Prior to
playing the sport, engage in a proper warm-up and stretching routine. Cooldown
and stretch after playing.

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 Culminating Activity: Sports Fest

Review of Part 2
Fit for Life part 2 focuses on individual, dual, and team sports. It also consists of
discussion on the acquisition of the different exercises, physical activities, and health-
optimizing physical education (H.O.P.E.).Components of H.O.P.E. talk about etiquette
and safety, energy systems, eating habits, risk factors, physical activity performance,
designing a workout routine, FITT and training principles, HRF (health-related fitness),
barriers to physical activity and diet, using FITT principles to adjust HRF goals,
emergency facilities, adjusting intensity levels of workout using the perceived exertion
and heart rate, learning about fitness- related career opportunities, and organizing a
fitness event. All these aspects comprise ways for you to stay fit and healthy. The topics
discussed in each lesson help you know how to workout, how to eat and rest well, how to
adjust your exercise, and how to arrange an event to involve the community or even just
a small group.

Discussion Points
a. Describe Health-Optimizing Physical Education (everything that you have
learned in PE class in order to stay fit for life).
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b. Plan a sport fest. Consider the participation of everyone. Describe the plan in
terms of events, participation, dates, and other important details.
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Activity

Activity 1
Posttest
Check your level of fitness. Engage in a Physical Fitness test (PFT). Check your results
with the initial results of the PFT at the start of the semester. The PFT should be
performed right before the culminating activity.

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Activity 2
Culminating Activity: Sports Fest
Based on everything you have learned about individual, dual, team sports, and
about Health-Optimizing Physical Education concepts, plan a sports fest involving a small
group, the whole class, several classes, or the whole batch. The sports fest should include
all students as participant athletes or players, or as tournament staff. At least one sport
from individual, dual, and team categories must be represented. For the physically
challenged, a board game event such as a chess tournament can be incorporated in the
sports fest. The sports fest will be executed at the end of the semester.

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