Unit 1: Sports event management
1. Sports event management functions (planning, organization, staffing, direction and control)
2. Various committees and their responsibilities (before, during and after)
3. Calendar and their procedures – Knockout tournaments (bye and ranking) and league (staircase, cyclical, tabular method) and combination.
4. Intramural and Extramural Tournaments – Meaning, Objectives and Its Significance
5. Community Sports Program (Sports Day, Run for Health, Run for Fun, Run for a Specific Cause and Run for Unity)
Unit 2: Children and women in sport
1. WHO exercise guidelines for different age groups.
2. Common postural deformities: knock knees, flat feet, round shoulders, lordosis, kyphosis, scoliosis and bow legs and their respective corrective measures.
3. Women’s participation in sport – Physical, psychological and social benefits.
4. Special consideration (menarche and menstrual dysfunction)
5. Female athlete triad (osteoporosis, amenorrhea, eating disorders.
Unit 3: Yoga as a preventive measure for lifestyle diseases
1. Obesity: procedure, advantages and contraindications for Tadasana, Katichakrasana, Pavanmuktasana, Matsayasana, Halasana, Pachimottansana, Ardha – Matsyendrasana, Dhanurasana, Ushtrasana, Suryabedhan pranayama.
2. Diabetes: procedure, benefits and contraindications for Katichakrasana, Pavanmuktasana, Bhujang asana, Shalabhasana, Dhanurasana, Suptavajarasana, Paschimottanasan -a, Ardha -Mastendrasana, Mandukasana, Gomukasana, Yogmudra, Ushtrasana, Kapalabhati.
3. Asthma: procedure, benefits and contraindications for Tadasana, Urdhwahastottansana, UttanMandukasan -a, Bhujangasana, Dhanurasana, Ushtrasana, Vakrasana, Kapalbhati, Gomukhasana Matsyaasana, Anuloma – Viloma.
. Hypertension: procedure, benefits and contraindications for Tadasana, Katichakransan, Uttanpadasana, Ardha Halasana, Sarala Matyasana, Gomukhasana, UttanMandukasan-a, Vakrasana, Bhujangasana, Makarasana, Shavasana, Nadishodhanapranayam, Sitlipranayam.
5. Back pain and arthritis: procedure, benefits and contraindications of Tadasan, Urdhawahastootansana, Ardh-Chakrasana, Ushtrasana, Vakrasana, Sarala Maysyendrsana, Bhujandgasana, Gomukhasana, Bhadrasana, Makarasana, NadiShodhana pranayama.
Unit 6 Testing and measurement in sport
1. Fitness Test – SAI Khelo India School Fitness Test:
Age group 5-8 years/class 1-3: BMI, Flamingo Balance Test, Plate Tapping Test
Age range 9-18 years/class 4-12: BMI, 50m speed test, 600m run/walk, sit and reach flexibility test, strength test (partial abdominal curl, push-ups for boys, modified pumps for girls).
2. Cardiovascular fitness measurement – Harvard Step Test – Exercise duration in seconds x100/5.5
3. Calculation of Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
4. Rikli and Jones –
- Senior 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 Agility Test
- Six-Minute Walk Test for Aerobic Endurance
5. Johnsen – Methney Motor Educability Test (forward roll, barrel roll, half turn jump, full turn jump
Unit 7 Physiology and injuries in sport
1. Physiological factors determining the components of physical condition
2. Effect of exercise on the muscular system
3. Effect of exercise on the cardiorespiratory system
4. Physiological changes due to aging
5. Sports Injuries: Classification (soft tissue injuries – abrasion, contusion, laceration, incision, sprain and strain; bone and joint injuries – dislocation, fractures – green stick, comminuted, transverse oblique and impacted)
Unit 9 Psychology and sport
1. Personality; its definition and types (Jung classification and Big Five theory)
2. Motivation, its type and techniques.
3. Exercise Adherence: Reasons, Benefits, and Strategies to Improve It
4. Meaning, concept and types of aggression in sport
5. Psychological attributes in sport – self-esteem, mental imagery, self-talk, goal setting
