Contact And Non-Contact Sports JSS1 Physical & Health Education Lesson Note

TOPIC: CONTACT AND NON-CONTACT SPORTS

 CONTACT SPORT

Contact Sports are sports that involve body contact between players or opponents as part of play. Contact actions include tackling, pulling, blocking, etc

 Contact Sports include the following;

1.           Wrestling
2.           Judo
3.         Football
4.           Boxing
5.           Hockey
6.           Ice hockey
7.          Water polo
8.           Karate
9.           Basketball
10.           Taekwondo etc

 NON CONTACT SPORTS

Non-contact sports are sports in which the players or opponents are separated in such a way that it is difficult for them to make contact with each other.

In contact sports making is usually against the rules of the game and could lead to disqualification of the participant.

EXAMPLES OF NON-CONTACT SPORTS INCLUDE;

1. Athletics e G 100m 200m javelin long jump high jump etc

Golf

Tennis 

Table tennis

Volleyball

Swimming

Gymnastics

Skating

Biking

Monopoly

Scrabble

Chess

Dart etc

1.     Differentiate between Contact and non-contact sport
2.     Give examples of contact sports.

Assignment

1.                 List the three types of gymnastic skills with examples
2.                 Describe three swimming strokes