Physical Education and Health 2

Introduction to Sports

Etymologically, the term sports comes from the Older French desport meaning
leisure.
bord Persian word for sports meaning winning
tiyu Chinese term for sports meaning physical training
athlitismos Modern Greek term for sports (athlete and athleticism)

Sports is an organized, competitive, entertaining and skillful activity requiring

commitment, strategy, and fair play in which a winner can be defined by objective
means? It is governed by a set of rules or customs.

776 BC the Greeks held the first Olympic Games, dedicated to their god ZEUS

General Classification of Sports:

1. Athletics 10.Motor Sports
2. Ball (games) Sports 11.Racket Sports
3. Club and Ball Sports 12.Riding Sports
4. Cue Sports 13.Shooting and Target Sports
5. Combat Sports 14.Water Sports
6. Dance Sports 15.Weights Sports
7. Extreme Sports 16.Winter Sports
8. Gymnastics 17.Wheels Sports
9. Mind Sports

Classification of Sports According to Player/s Composition

1. Individual Sports consist of only 1 player against an opponent
2. Dual Sports consist of duo/pair against another two (2) players
3. Team Sports consist of three (3) or more players per team.

Classification of Sports According to Level

1. Amateur - pertains to a proletarian/popular type of sports consisting of one
player or more acting as ambassador/s of a place competing in a highly
organized game.
2. Professional A popular profitable type of sports elevated as an
entertainment.

Benefits of Playing Sports

1. Chance at sports scholarships
2. Develop emotional traits and personality
3. Develop mental and physical skills
4. Encourage goal setting and achieving this goal
5. Health and Fitness benefits
6. Improves academic performance
7. Improves body physique
8. Less risk of cigarettes, drug and alcohol use
9. Pleasure
10.Professional growth
11.Profit (professional sports?
12.Satisfaction
13.Socialization

Terminologies:
1. Athletes 13.Riot
2. Athletics 14.Set
3. Coach 15.Sportsmanship
4. Competition 16.Supplies
5. Court 17.Team Captain
6. Equipment 18.Trainer
7. Exercise 19.Uniform
8. Game 20.
9. Leisure 21.
10.Match 22.
11.Official 23.
12.Play 24.
25. NAME: __________________________________________ SECTION:
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26. DATE: ________________________ SCORE:
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28. Activity No. 1
29.Direction: Identify the sports according to player/s composition. Put an X on
the corresponding box if the sports are consisting of individual, dual, or team.
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31. SPOR 32. INDIV 33. DUAL 34. TEAM
TS IDUAL
35.BADMINTON 36. 37. 38.
39.TABLE 40. 41. 42.
TENNIS
43.LAWN 44. 45. 46.
TENNIS
47.BOWLING 48. 49. 50.
51.ARNIS 52. 53. 54.
55.WEIGHTLIFTI 56. 57. 58.
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59.BASKETBALL 60. 61. 62.
63. SYNCRONIZED 64. 65. 66.
SWIMMING
67. TAEKWONDO 68. 69. 70.
71. GYMNASTICS 72. 73. 74.
75. VOLLEYBALL 76. 77. 78.
79. KARATEDO 80. 81. 82.
83. DANCE 84. 85. 86.
SPORTS
87. FOOTBALL 88. 89. 90.
91. FIGURE 92. 93. 94.
SKATING
95. BODY 96. 97. 98.
BUILDING
99. BASEBALL 100. 101. 102.
103. HANDB 104. 105. 106.
ALL
107. BILLIAR 108. 109. 110.
DS
111. SWIMM 112. 113. 114.
ING
115.
116. Activity No. 2
117. Essay: Discuss the importance and contribution of sports (10 points).
Not less than 8 sentences.
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