Unit 1

Active Recreation
(Sports)
 Active
Recreation
- activity that require large body movements such as
running, throwing, jumping or those that are sports-
specific.
 Body Mass
Index
- a measure of body composition that is use in
classifying the health risks of body weight: also based
on the concept that a person’s weight should be
proportional to height
 Cardiovascular
Endurance
- ability of an individual to perform
prolonged work continuously, where the
work involves large muscle group
 Coordination
- skill-related component of physical fitness that
refers to the ability to perform complex motor
skills with a smooth, flow of motion
 Eating Habits
- patterns of behaviour with regards to eating like
choosing food, preparing it, deciding where to eat,
which rules to follow, & who to dine with
 Lifestyle
- the way in w/c an individual lives, includes the
typical patterns of an individual’s behaviour like
everyday routine at home, in school, at work;
eating, sleeping, and exercise habits, and many
others; are related to elevate or reduced health risk
 Non-
communicable
disease
- disease that is not passed from person to person
also known as chronic disease like cancer, heart
diseases, asthma, diabetes, & others
 Physical
Fitness Test
- tests that gauge your fitness level
 Recreational
Activities
- activities done during leisure time both
for relaxation & enjoyment
 Warm-up
- preliminary activity done to prepare the
body/muscles for actual physical activity
 Weight
- a measurement that indicates how heavy a
person or thing is
 Weight gain
- energy consumed is greater than energy
expended (more food intake but less
physical exertion)
Activity #1: Think of words that are associated
with Lifestyle. Discuss your answers in class.

Lifestyle
 Group 1
Sing “Bahay Kubo” With
Creative Interpretation
 Group 2
Sing “Bahay Kubo” In Your
Own Dialect
 Group 3
Make a poster advocating the
vegetables found in Bahay Kubo
 Group 4
Dance and Sing the “Bahay Kubo”
Activity #2: List 10 practices you do
which you think is healthy or makes
you healthy
(Do it in your portfolio notebook).
Lifestyle Diseases
also known as chronic diseases (non-
communicable) that may develop according to the lifestyle a
person has.

Determining factors of Lifestyle Diseases are:

1. Age
2. Gender
3. Nutrition
4. Body weight
5. Physical activity
6. Health habits
Examples of Lifestyle Diseases
1. Cardiovascular diseases like hypertension or
high blood pressure, heart attack, & stroke
2. Cancer
3. Chronic respiratory diseases like asthma
and chronic obstructed pulmonary disease
4. Diabetes
Activity: Sentence completion
When I am not in school, I ......
____ watch TV for about ____ hours
____ use the computer/tablet/cell phone for
about ____ hours
____ play sports such as ____ for about ____minutes or ____
hours
_____ jog or walk or dance for about ____ min.
or ____ hours
_____sleep about ____ hours even after my
regular wake up time
____ usually go out to the mall or a friend’s house & spend about
____ hours there
____ do household chores for about ____ min.
or hours
____ do something else like ____________ for
about ____ min. or ____ hours

Group syntheses:
1. Which among the activities do most of the
group spend time on?
2. Classify the activities into active or passive.
3. How do you feel about the activity? What did
you realize?
Benefits of Active Participation in Sports
& Recreational Activities

Health Benefits
-road map to good health, lower the risk of
developing Lifestyle diseases

Physical benefits
-improvement of skills
-relaxation & revitalization
Mental benefits
-release of stress from demands of everyday
living
-improves self-esteem
-sense of achievement
-reduces depression, anxiety & emotional
disturbance

Social benefits
-bonding with family & friends
-opportunity to make new friends
-strengthen social networks & community
identity
Activity: Answer the following questions
1. What is lifestyle and how it affects your health? Cite an
example to support your answer.
2. Give 5 benefits of engaging to sports and/or recreation.
 Active Recreation (Sports)
• Badminton
• Badminton takes its name from Badminton House - home of
the Duke of Beaufort in the English county of Gloucestershire.
In 1873, the Duke is credited with bringing a version of the
game – Poona - back from India and introducing it to his
guests. The sport quickly grew in popularity and in 1877 the
first set of written rules were devised by the newly formed
Bath Badminton Club. The Badminton Federation of England
was created 16 years later and in 1899 it organised the first All
England Championships.
• Olympic history
• Badminton made its debut as a demonstration sport at the 1972
Olympic Games in Munich. It was not until the 1992 Games in
Barcelona that it was officially included on the Olympic
programme, with men’s and women’s singles and doubles
events. The mixed doubles event made its debut in 1996 at the
Atlanta Olympic Games. Since then, the number of events has
remained unchanged.
• Although the creation of modern badminton is attributed to
England, it is Asia that now dominates this sport. Between
1992 and 2008, Asian countries won 69 of the 76 medals
available in Olympic competition! The dominant countries are
China, Indonesia and the Republic of Korea, followed by Great
Britain and Denmark.
Playing court =the area of play, as defined
by the outer boundary lines.
Net=is made of fine cord, dark in colour and
of an even thickness, with a mesh tape.
Posts=are used to hold the net in place.
Racket=the instrument used by players to
hit the shuttlecock.
Shuttle cock=a piece of cork covered in goat
skin with 16 goose feathers attached to one
end. It can be made from natural or synthetic
materials.
 Basic Skills
• Serve/service=basic or preliminary skill of
badminton
• Clear: This shot is the most common and can
be offensive, moving your opponent back from
the net or defensive, gaining time to improve
your own position.
• Drop: This shot is a slow, gentle shot that falls
just over the net into the opponent's forecast.
• Smash: This shot is a powerful overhead shot
used to put away a shuttle that is above the
height of the net.

• Drive: This is a line-drive shot that travels

parallel to the ground, passing close over the
net.
Assignment: Make a research on the
History, Nature, & Equipments used of the
Game/Sport:
Table Tennis
Who invented the game?
When & where the game started?
What are the equipments used?
Identify the basic skills in playing
Table Tennis.
 Quiz: Answer honestly and accurately all
questions
1. (History; 3 points) State briefly how badminton started?
4. What was the first name of the game badminton?
5. What year does badminton became a demonstration sport in
the Olympics?
6. What year does badminton became an official sport in the
Olympics?
7-11. Enumerate the equipments in badminton.
12-15. Give the basic skills of the game.
 Active Recreation (Sports)
• Table Tennis History
• Gossima, & wiff whaff are the first names of Table Tennis in
England in the 2nd half of 19th century.
• J. Jacques & Sons introduced the game as ping-pong,
as it imitates the sound of the ball striking the table & the bat that
were used. Ping-pong was played in England as an after-dinner
amusement rather than a sports.
1905-1910, it became popular in Central Europe and its popularity
reached until 1920 were a modified version was introduced to
Japan, Korea & China.
1920, the name Table tennis was used in replacement for ping-
pong and rules in playing were implemented.
• International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) was
established in Berlin in 1926. Its duties include the developing
and promoting the game; formulation of game rules &
regulation through its technical committee.
• Table Tennis Association of the Philippines (TATAP) is the
governing body of table tennis in the Philippines and is
affiliated with ITTF. It is responsible in promoting table tennis
in the country through a series of competition from local to
international level. Has the responsibility in choosing Filipino
players who will be sent for international competitions to
represent the country.
 Fundamental Skills & Techniques
1. Forehand grip
In this kind of grip, the handle of the racket is gripped very close to the
blade. Also known as shake hand grip.
2. Backhand grip
Basically the same as the forehand except that the thumb is placed on the
back of the blade.
3. Penhold grip
This kind of grip is similar to holding a pen.
Forehand/Shakehand Grip
Penhold Grip
Serving=preliminary skill, putting the ball in play.
Kinds of Serve:
1. Push stroke - this kind of service is recommended for
beginners. The ball rests on the free hand or palm. Using the
forehand and backhand grip, the ball is tossed in the air
around 6 inches or more in height. The ball is slowly and
gently hit by the racket hand.
2. Backspin - The racket’s downward and forward motion
strikes the ball. The racket face is open, to find the most
effective spin, the player should practice adjusting the
racket’s angle.
Racket hand – the hand holding the racket.
Free hand – the hand without a racket.
 Equipments used in Table Tennis
1. Racket-it is used to bat the ball, it has red &
black side with the ITTF logo.
2. Ball-made of plastic material, orange and/or white in color,
40mm in diameter & 2.7g in weight.
3. Table-the playing surface w/c is rectangular, dark colored, with
2.74m long & 1.525m wide, with white colored sidelines of
2cm wide and shall lei in a horizontal plane 76cm above the
floor.
4. Net assembly- shall consist of the net, the supporting posts w/c
is 15.25cm high, including the clamps attaching them to the
table. The net separates the two playing zones.
 Quiz: Answer correctly & accurately all questions .

1. State briefly the history of Table Tennis. Who invented the

game? When, where, and how it started?

2. What are the skills needed in playing table tennis? How will
you improve these skills?

3. Enumerate the equipments (4) used in playing the game.

 Do you know who they are?

MICHAEL JORDAN & MAGIC JOHNSON

KOBE BRYANT
Dr. James Naismith
 Active Recreation (Sports)
Basketball History
The game of basketball was created by Dr. James Naismith in Springfield,
Massachusetts in 1891. The game was originally created for the faculty members in
the university where Naismith taught as an Instructor and Head of the Physical
Education Department and later it was also introduced to the students of Springfield
to keep them occupied and in good shape during long winter. Dr. Naismith used a
peach basket and a soccer ball as the first equipment for basketball. At first, the
basket was hung on the gymnasium’s wall and the ball was shoot to it. Whenever
the ball goes inside the basket, someone has to go to the second floor and get the
ball from the basket and give it back to the players. Over the years equipments were
evolved and rules were changed. The game became popular all over the United
States and became an official sports in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It was
introduced in the Philippines during the American Period (1900). In 1975, the
Philippine Basbetball Association (PBA) was established and remains the oldest
professional basketball league in Asia and second in the world, after the NBA or
National Basketball Association.
 Basketball Skills
1. Shooting- this is the fundamental skill of
basketball
a. Free throw- this can be used if the player is shooting far from the basket
or is taking a free throw
shot.
b. Lay up- this shot can be used if the
player is near the basket.
2. Passing
a. Chest pass- given from the chest level of the passer to the chest level of the
receiver
b. Bounce pass- given by bouncing the ball off
the floor and having it end up in the
receiver’s hands.
c. Overhead pass- it is used when the passer is
far from the receiver
Quiz: Answer the following questions

1. State the history of basketball.

Who invented the game? When, where, and
how the game started?
2. To whom does the game intended?
3. Enumerate the skills needed in playing the
game and define each one.
a. Shooting
b. Passing
c. Dribbling
3. Dribbling- this is done by bouncing the ball
successively. This is the legal way
for a player to move with the ball.
4. Defending- the act of guarding the ball
against the opponent.
 VOLLEYBALL
History
In 1895, a physical education director in YMCA, Holyoke, Massachussets
named William G. Morgan invented a game he called mintonette . Skills
and rules from softball, handball and tennis were combined in this game
that was originally made for the older members of the institution who
needed physical activity that was not as rough as basketball and football.
The game evolved and was later renamed volleyball by Alfred Halstead.
The sport was introduced in the Philippines in 1916 by American troops.

Game Description:
Volleyball is a team sport composed of six players per team. The two teams
are separated in a court by a net. Volleyball can be played either indoor or
outdoor.
 Skills of Volleyball

1. Serve- it starts a volleyball game. The act of putting the ball

in play.
a. Underhand serve- mostly done by beginners because it
is easier to do and does not require much power.
b. Overhead serve- also known as spike serve.
2. Pass- it is the way of receiving the ball and setting for
offensive attack.
a. Underhand pass- it is the best option for receiving a
serve or spike.
b. Overhead pass- this is also known as a toss. It is usually
done by the setter as preparation for an attack/spike.
3. Spike- it is done by hitting the ball over or above the net with
strong force or smash such that the ball falls in downward
direction.

4. Block- it is the effort of the defensive team to stop a spike.

This is done by putting the fingers and hands above the net and
in front of the ball so that the spiked ball may be returned to
the spiker’s court. More than one player can block the ball at
the same time.
Equipments:

1. The Court- measures 9 meters wide by 18 meters long with a

service area of 3 meters.
2.Net-1m wide
by 9m long

3.Ball-not more
than 27 inches
nor less than
25 inches in
circumference,
weight is not
more than 10 ounces nor less than 9 ounces.
 Other terms used in Volleyball :
Dead ball- the ball is dead when the play stops with the whistle of the
referee.

Double foul- both teams committing a foul on the same play. In this
case the service is to be replayed.

Dribbling- when the player touches the ball more than once with
whatever part of the body.

Foul- a violation of the rules.

Holding- when the ball comes to rest momentarily in the hands of the
player.
Placement- hitting the ball to an intended spot.

Point- a score made by the serving team.

Set- equivalent to the word ‘game’ as in the 25-point game.

Set-up= a high pass, close to the net, so that the spiker can drive
the ball into the opponent’s court.

Side-out= failure of the serving team to score, ball out of bounds.

 Game Officials
First Referee
Carries out his functions seated or standing on a referee’s stand located
at one end of the net, 50cm. above the net.

Second Referee
Located at the opposite side of the net facing the First Referee.

Scorer
Located behind the Second Referee. Keeps the score sheet as the game
progresses.

Linesmen (minimum of 2)
They stand in the free zone at 1-3 m. from each corner of the court, on
the imaginary extension of the line that they control. Signals ball in/ball
out.
Penalty Cards
• Yellow card – is raised or shown by the referee for penalty of
misconduct

• Red card – is raised or shown by the referee for expulsion

of a player

• Yellow & Red card – show both cards together for

disqualification