CBSE Class 12 Physical Education Syllabus 2025-26: Download PDF & Check Topics

Unit No.

Unit Name & Topics

Unit 1

Management of Sporting Events

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

• Various Committees & their Responsibiliti es (pre; during & post)

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

• Intramural & Extramural Tournaments – Meaning, Objectives & Their Significance

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

Unit 2

Children & Women in Sports

• The exercise guidelines of the WHO for different age groups.

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

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

• Special consideration (menarche and menstrual dysfunction)

• Female athlete triad (osteoporosis, amenorrhea, eating disorders

Unit 3

Yoga as a Preventive Measure for Lifestyle Disease

• Obesity: Procedure, Benefits & Contraindicati ons for Tadasana, Katichakrasan a, Pavanmuktas ana, Matsayasana, Halasana, Pachimottans ana, Ardha – Matsyendrasa na, Dhanurasana, Ushtrasana, Suryabedhan pranayama.

• Diabetes: Procedure, Benefits & Contraindications for Katichakrasana, Pavanmuktas ana, Bhujangasana, Shalabhasana, Dhanurasana Supta- vajarasana, Paschimottan asana, Ardha- Mastendrasana, Mandukasana, Gomukasana, Yogmudra, Ushtrasana, Kapalabhati.

• Asthma: Procedure, Benefits & Contraindications for Tadasana, Urdhwahastottansana, UttanManduk asana, Bhujangasana, Dhanurasana, Ushtrasana, Vakrasana, Kapalbhati, Gomukhasana Matsyaasana, Anuloma- Viloma.

• Hypertension: Procedure, Benefits & Contraindicati ons for Tadasana, Katichakransana, Uttanpadasana, Ardha Halasana, Sarala Matyasana, Gomukhasana, UttanManduka sana, Vakrasana, Bhujangasana, Makarasana, Shavasana, Nadi-shodhanapran ayam, Sitlipranayam.

• Back Pain and Arthritis: Procedure, Benefits & Contraindica tions of Tadasan, Urdhawahast ootansana, Ardh- Chakrasana, Ushtrasana, Vakrasana, Sarala Maysyendrsana, Bhujangasana, Gomukhasana, Bhadrasana, Makarasana, Nadi- Shodhana pranayama.

Unit 4

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

• Organisations promoting Disability Sports (Special Olympics, Paralympics, Deaflympics)

• Concept of Classification and Division in Sports.

• Concept of Inclusion in sports, its need, and Implementation;

• Advantages of Physical Activities for children with special needs.

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

Unit 5

Sports & Nutrition

• Concept of balanced diet and nutrition

• Macro and Micro Nutrients: Food sources & functions

• Nutritive & Non-Nutritive Components of Diet

• Eating for Weight Control – A Healthy Weight, The Pitfalls of Dieting, Food Intolerance, and Food Myths

• Importance of Diet in Sports- Pre, During and Post Competition Requirements

Unit 6

Test & Measurement in Sports

• 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, 50 m Speed test, 600 m Run/Walk, Sit & Reach flexibility test, Strength Test (Partial Abdominal Curl Up, Push-Ups for boys, Modified Push-Ups for girls).

• Measurement of Cardio-Vascular Fitness – Harvard Step Test – Duration of the Exercise in Seconds x100/5.5 X Pulse count of 1-1.5 Min after Exercise

• Computing Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)

• Rikli & Jones - Senior Citizen Fitness Test

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  • 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

• Physiological factors determining components of physical fitness

• Effect of Exercise on the Muscular System

• Effect of Exercise on the Cardio-Respiratory System

• Physiological changes due to ageing

• Sports injuries: Classification (Soft Tissue Injuries - Abrasion, Contusion, Laceration, Incision, Sprain & Strain, Bone & Joint Injuries - Dislocation, Fractures - Green Stick, Comminuted, Transverse Oblique & Impacted)

Unit 8

Biomechanics and Sports

• Newton’s Law of Motion & its application in sports

• Types of Levers and Their Application in Sports.

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

• Friction & Sports

• Projectile in Sports

Unit 9

Psychology and Sports

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

• Motivation, its type & techniques.

• Exercise Adherence: Reasons, Benefits & Strategies for Enhancing it

• Meaning, Concept & Types of Aggressions in Sports

• Psychological Attributes in Sports – Self-Esteem, Mental Imagery, Self-Talk, Goal Setting

Unit 10

Training in Sports

• Concept of Talent Identification and Talent Development in Sports

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

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

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

• Circuit Training - Introduction & its importance

UNIT NO.

UNIT NAME

THE WEIGHTAGE (MARKS) ALLOTTED

UNIT 1

Management of Sporting Events

05 + 04b*

UNIT 2

Children and Women in Sports

7

UNIT 3

Yoga as a Preventive Measure for Lifestyle Disease

06+01 b*

UNIT 4

Physical Education & Sports for CWSN)

04+04 b*

UNIT 5

Sports & Nutrition

7

UNIT 6

Test and Measurement in Sports

8

UNIT 7

Physiology & Injuries in Sport

04+04 b*

UNIT 8

Biomechanics and Sports

10

UNIT 9

Psychology and Sports

7

UNIT 10

Training in Sports

9

Practical (Lab)#

Including 3 Practical

30

TOTAL

Theory 10 + Practical 3

Theory 70 + Practical 30 = 100

Note: b*are the Concept-based questions like Tactile diagram/data interpretation/case-based study for a visually Impaired Child

PRACTICAL

(Max. Marks 30)

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