CBSE Class 12 Physical Education Syllabus 2025-26 Released (Download PDF) - Marking Scheme & Exam Pattern

Unit no.

Unit name

Weightage (marks) allotted

Unit 1

Management of Sporting Events

05 + 04b*

Unit 2

Children and Women in Sports

07

Unit 3

Yoga as Preventive Measure for Lifestyle Disease

06 + 01 b*

Unit 4

Physical Education & Sports for (CWSN)

04 + 04 b*

Unit 5

Sports & Nutrition

07

Unit 6

Test and Measurement in Sports

08

Unit 7

Physiology & Injuries in Sport

04 + 04 b*

Unit 8

Biomechanics and Sports

10

Unit 9

Psychology and Sports

07

Unit 10

Training in Sports

09

Practical (LAB)#

Including 3 Practicals

30

Total

Theory 10 + Practical 3

Theory 70 + Practical 30 = 100

Unit

Topics:

Unit 1: Management of Sporting Events

1. Functions of Sports Events Management (Planning, Organising, Staffing, Directing & Controlling)

2. Various Committees & their Responsibilities (pre; during & post)

3. Fixtures and their Procedures – Knock-Out (Bye & Seeding) & League (Staircase, Cyclic, Tabular method) and Combination tournaments.

4. Intramural & Extramural tournaments – Meaning, Objectives & Its Significance

5. Community sports program (Sports Day, Health Run, Run for Fun, Run for a Specific Cause & Run for Unity)

Unit 2: Children & Women in Sports

1. Exercise guidelines of the WHO for different age groups.

2. Common postural deformities-knock knees, flat foot, round shoulders, Lordosis, Kyphosis, Scoliosis, and bow legs and their respective corrective measures.

3. Women’s participation in Sports: Physical, Psychological, and social benefits.

4. Special consideration (menarche and menstrual dysfunction)

5. Female athlete triad (osteoporosis, amenorrhea, eating disorders.

Unit 3: Yoga as Preventive Measure for Lifestyle Disease

1. Obesity: Procedure, Benefits & Contraindications for Tadasana, Katichakrasana, Pavanmuktasana, Matsayasana, Halasana, Pachimottansana, Ardha – Matsyendrasana, Dhanurasana, Ushtrasana, Suryabedhan pranayama.

2. Diabetes: Procedure, Benefits & Contraindications for Katichakrasana, Pavanmuktasana, Bhujang asana, Shalabhasana, Dhanurasana, Suptavajarasana, Paschimottanasan -a, Ardha -Mastendrasana, Mandukasana, Gomukasana, Yogmudra, Ushtrasana, Kapalabhati.

3. Asthma: Procedure, Benefits & Contraindications for Tadasana, Urdhwahastottansana, UttanMandukasan -a, Bhujangasana, Dhanurasana, Ushtrasana, Vakrasana, Kapalbhati, Gomukhasana Matsyaasana, Anuloma - Viloma.

4. Hypertension: Procedure, Benefits & 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 & Contraindications of Tadasan, Urdhawahastootansana, Ardh-Chakrasana, Ushtrasana, Vakrasana, Sarala Maysyendrsana, Bhujandgasana, Gomukhasana, Bhadrasana, Makarasana, NadiShodhana pranayama.

Unit 4: Physical Education and Sports for CWSN (Children with Special Needs - Divyang)

1. Organisations promoting Disability Sports (Special Olympics; Paralympics; Deaflympics)

2. Concept of Classification and Divisioning in Sports.

3. Concept of Inclusion in sports, its need, and Implementation;

4. Advantages of Physical Activities for Children with special needs.

5. Strategies to make Physical Activities accessible for children with special needs.

Unit 5: Sports & Nutrition

1. Concept of balanced diet and nutrition

2. Macro and Micro Nutrients: Food sources & functions

3. Nutritive & Non-Nutritive Components of Diet

4. Eating for Weight control – A Healthy Weight, The Pitfalls of Dieting, Food Intolerance, and Food Myths

5. Importance of Diet in Sports-Pre, During and Post competition Requirements

Unit 6 Test & Measurement in Sports

1. Fitness Test – SAI Khelo India Fitness Test in school:

Age group 5-8 years/ class 1-3: BMI, Flamingo Balance Test, Plate Tapping Test

Age group 9-18 yrs/ class 4-12: BMI, 50mt Speed test, 600mt Run/Walk, Sit & Reach flexibility test, Strength Test (Partial Abdominal Curl Up, PushUps for boys, Modified Push-Ups for girls).

2. Measurement of CardioVascular Fitness – Harvard Step Test – Duration of the Exercise in Seconds x100/5.5 X Pulse count of 1-1.5 Min after Exercise.

3. Computing Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)

4. Rikli & Jones -

   • Senior Citizen 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 Test for Agility

   • Six-Minute Walk Test for Aerobic Endurance

5. Johnsen – Methney Test of Motor Educability (Front Roll, Roll, Jumping Half-Turn, Jumping full turn

Unit 7 Physiology & Injuries in Sport

1. Physiological factors determining components of physical fitness

2. Effect of exercise on the Muscular System

3. Effect of exercise on the Cardio-Respiratory System

4. Physiological changes due to ageing

5. Sports injuries: Classification (Soft Tissue Injuries -Abrasion, Contusion, Laceration, Incision, Sprain & Strain; Bone & Joint Injuries - Dislocation, Fractures - GreenStick, Comminuted, Transverse Oblique & Impacted)

Unit 8 Biomechanics and Sports

1. Newton’s Law of Motion & its Application in Sports

2. Types of Levers and their application in Sports.

3. Equilibrium – Dynamic & Static and Centre of Gravity and its application in sports

4. Friction & Sports

5. Projectile in Sports

Unit 9 Psychology and Sports

1. Personality; its definition & types (Jung Classification & Big Five Theory)

2. Motivation, its type & techniques.

3. Exercise Adherence: Reasons, Benefits & Strategies for Enhancing it

4. Meaning, Concept & Types of Aggressions in Sports

5. Psychological Attributes in Sports – Self-Esteem, Mental Imagery, SelfTalk, Goal Setting

Unit 10: Training in Sports

1. Concept of Talent Identification and Talent Development in Sports

2. Introduction to Sports Training Cycle – Micro, Meso, Macro Cycle.

3. Types & Methods to Develop – Strength, Endurance, and Speed.

4. Types & Methods to Develop – Flexibility and Coordinative Ability.

5. Circuit Training - Introduction & its importance

Practical

Marks

Physical Fitness Test: SAI Khelo India Test, Brockport Physical Fitness Test (BPFT)

6 Marks

Proficiency in Games and Sports (Skill of any one IOA-recognised Sport/Game of Choice)

7 Marks

Yogic Practices

7 Marks

Record File ***

5 Marks

Viva Voce (Health/ Games & Sports/ Yoga)

5 Marks