Concept of Classification and Divisioning in Sports.
Concept of Inclusion in sports, its need, and Implementation.
Advantages of Physical Activities for Children with special needs.
Strategies to make Physical Activities assessable for children with special needs.
Unit V: Sports & Nutrition
Concept of balance diet and nutrition
Macro and Micro Nutrients: Food sources & functions Nutritive & Non-Nutritive Components of Diet
Nutritive & Non-Nutritive Components of Diet
Eating for Weight control – A Healthy Weight, The Pitfalls of Dieting, Food Intolerance, and Food Myths
Importance of Diet in Sports-Pre, During and Post competition Requirements
Unit VI: Test & Measurement in Sports
Fitness Test – SAI Khelo India Fitness Test in school:
Age group 5-8 yrs/ class 1-3: BMI, Flamingo Balance Test, Plate Tapping Test
Age group 9-18yrs/ class 4-12: BMI, 50mt Speed test, 600mt Run/Walk, Sit & Reach flexibility test, Strength Test (Abdominal Partial Curl Up, Push-Ups for boys, Modified Push-Ups for girls).
Measurement of CardioVascular Fitness – Harvard Step Test – Duration of the Exercise in Seconds x100/5.5 X Pulse count of 1-1.5 Min after Exercise.
Computing Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
Rikli & Jones –
Senior Citizen Fitness Test
Chair Stand Test for lower body strength
Arm Curl Test for upper body strength
Chair Sit & Reach Test for lower body flexibility
Back Scratch Test for upper body flexibility
Eight Foot Up & Go Test for agility
Six Minute Walk Test for Aerobic Endurance
Johnsen – Methney Test of Motor Educability (Front Roll, Roll, Jumping Half-Turn, Jumping full turn
Unit VII: Physiology & Injuries in Sports
Physiological factors determining components of physical fitness
