Types of Sports and Sports Skills

• Types of Sports:

  • Individual Sports involve one participant on each competing side
  • Examples include athletics, badminton, cycling, golf, karate,
  • Dual and Team Sports involve two or more participants
  • Examples include badminton (dual), basketball (team), tennis (dual), volleyball (team), and soccer (team)
  • Creative Sports involve Dance aerobics, cheerleading, and gymnastics
  • Adventure Sports include Rock climbing and canoeing
  • Combat Sports include Judo, Boxing, Karate, and Taekwondo
• Preparatory Skills to Sport Participation are essential for engaging in various sports activities
• Historical Connection: Basketball was introduced to the Philippines by Americans in the twentieth century, making it immensely popular in the country with significant international achievements by Gilas Pilipinas
• Preparatory Skills to Sport participation

  Locomotors

  -Associated with body movements

  Examples:

  Galloping, running, sliding, skippIng, leaping, jumping, and landing
• Preparatory Skills to Sport participation

  Non-Locomotors

  -Also known as statics

  Examples:

  Balance, weight transfer, curling, bending, stretching, and twisting
• Preparatory Skills to Sport participation

  Manipulative

  -Involves the manipulation of an object

  Examples:

  Throwing, catching, dribbling, kicking, and striking