Physical Education

• Active Recreation


  Physical activities and exercises for pleasure and fitness
• Weight

  30 kilograms
• Height


  120 cm = 1.20 meters
• BMI = 30 / (1.20 x 1.20) = 20.833
• Energy Balance


  Compares energy consumed as food with energy expended through physical activities, exercises, and resting metabolism
• If you eat more than your energy expenditure

  You will gain weight
• If you eat the same amount of food that your body needs in your daily physical activities

  You will maintain your weight
• If you have more than energy expenditure than food intake

  You will lose weight
• Weight Management


  • Weight Gain (more calories consumed/less calories expended)
  • Weight Loss (more calories consumed/less calories expended)
  • Weight Management (calories consumed = calories expended)
• Badminton


  Originated from the game "poona" played by English Army officers in India in the 17th century, brought to England in 1870s
• Badminton


  • Games held inside the gym to avoid the effect of air in the flight of the shuttle
  • Players need a racket and a shuttle cock to enjoy the game in a court
  • Requires skills in service, strokes in hitting the shuttle such as smash, drop, lob or clear and net shorts, and power of the leg in footwork
• Volleyball


  Originated from the ingenuity of William J. Morgan in 1895 at Holyoke Massachusetts, initially called "mintonette"
• Volleyball


  • Team sport with six players in each side of the 9x18 meters court
  • Object is to send the ball over the net and avoid it from grounding into your own court
  • Players need skills like service, volleying, setting, spiking and blocking
• Badminton and volleyball are good recreation activities that involve the physical dimension, enhancing the metabolism of the body which in turn is a factor in losing weight
• You can burn an approximately 7% of body fats in badminton, while burns 585 calories in a 45 minute game. Participation in both badminton and volleyball helps you to manage your weight appropriate for your age and height
• Dance


  Another indoor alternative recreation that gradually raises heart rate, tightens and tones muscle groups and burns more calories
• Zumba dance


  A dance fitness craze created by Alberto "Beto" Perez, a celebrity fitness Trainer from Colombia in the mid 90's
• Benefits of Zumba dance

  • Improves cardiovascular health
  • Helps in losing weight
  • Relieves stress
  • Improves mood
  • Tones the abdominals
• Hiking


  Going on an extended walk for the purpose of pleasure and exercise, offering cardiovascular fitness, relaxation, and weight management
• Orienteering


  A competitive sport in which participants find their way to various checkpoints across rough country with the aid of a map and compass
• Benefits of Orienteering


  • Enhances decision-making skills about map interpretations and using compass
  • Develops cardiovascular endurance and general fitness
  • Develops self-confidence and reliance
  • Teaches teamwork
  • Creates appreciation for the environment
• Orienteering


  • Fundamental skill is orientating the map or setting the map, recognizing the pattern of features on the ground as being the same as the pattern on the map, and always holding the map so that you are looking along the route with the map matching the ground
• Indoor and Outdoor Recreational Activities


  • Badminton
  • Volleyball
  • Dance
  • Zumba
  • Hiking
  • Orienteering
• Important Benefits of Recreational Activities


  • Cardiovascular fitness
  • Weight management
  • Stress relief
  • Mood improvement
  • Muscle toning
  • Decision-making skills
  • Self-confidence
  • Teamwork
  • Environmental appreciation