Contact and Non-Contact Sports – JSS1 Physical & Health Education Lesson Note (Second Term)

Contact sports are sports in which players or opponents make body contact as part of play, for example through tackling, pulling and blocking. Non-contact sports keep players or opponents apart so that contact is difficult, and contact is usually against the rules. Examples of contact sports are football and boxing. Examples of non-contact sports are tennis and swimming.

Behavioural objectives

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. Define contact sports and non-contact sports.
2. Differentiate between contact and non-contact sports.
3. Give examples of contact sports.
4. Give examples of non-contact sports.

What are contact sports?

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

Examples of contact sports

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

What are 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 non-contact sports, making contact is usually against the rules of the game and could lead to disqualification of the participant.

Examples of non-contact sports

• 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.

Evaluation

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

Assignment

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