PATHFIT 1
Physical Activity
towards Health and
Fitness
By Ms. Marie Rose Lopez
what is physical
education/PATHFIT?
What is Physical education?
"Physical education is a planned sequential K-12 curriculum based on standards
that are designed to develop motor skills, knowledge, and behaviors for active
living, physical fitness, and sportsmanship (AAHPERD, 2004)."
"Physical education is an educational process that uses physical activity as a
means to help students achieve specific learning objectives. It aims to develop
physical, mental, and social skills through the medium of physical activities
(NASPE, 2004).”
"Physical education is a curriculum that provides students with the opportunity
to acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to lead a healthy,
physically active life (Schuster, 2000)."
What is Physical education?
"Physical education is not just about physical activities but involves a holistic
approach that includes the development of physical, cognitive, and emotional
aspects of students through movement and sport (Kirk, 2006)."
"Physical education is a field of study and practice that is concerned with the
promotion of physical activity and the improvement of physical fitness
through a structured program of exercises, games, and sports (Williams, 2010)."
"Physical Education is to instill lifelong habits of physical fitness and health,
promoting overall well-being and contributing to the holistic development of
students (Andin, 2004)."
LEGAL BASES OF TEACHING PHYSICAL
EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINE SETTING
The 1987 Philippine Constitution: Artice XIV, Section 19:
The State shall promote physical education and encourage sports programs, league
competitions, and amateur sports, including training for international competitions,
to foster self-discipline, teamwork, and excellence for the development of a healthy
and alert citizenry.
All educational institutions shall undertake regular sports activities throughout the
country in cooperation with athletic clubs and other sectors.
Republic Act No. 10533 (Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013):
This law enhances the K-12 curriculum by including Physical Education as a core
subject from Grades 1 to 12. It aims to ensure the comprehensive development of
students through physical activities.
LEGAL BASES OF TEACHING PHYSICAL
EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINE SETTING
Department of Education (DepEd) Order No. 36, s. 2016:
This order provides guidelines on the implementation of the K-12 Physical Education
curriculum, including the objectives, content, and assessment of physical education programs
in schools.
Republic Act No. 9155 (Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001):
This law supports the decentralization of the educational system, giving schools more
autonomy to implement programs, including Physical Education, to meet the needs of their
students.
CHED Memorandum Order No. 39, Series of 2021:
This CMO, which consists of a set of minimum standards for all degree programs, applies to
private and public higher education institutions in the country on the Implementation of
Tertiary Physical Education: Physical Activity Towards Health and Fitness (PATHFit) Courses.
OBJECTIVES OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
1. Physical Fitness Objective: To improve students' physical fitness includes
developing cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, and
overall health.
2. Skill Development Objective: To enhance students' motor skills and
physical abilities including coordination, balance, agility, and precision.
3. Knowledge and Understanding Objective: To provide students with
understanding body mechanics, nutrition, and the importance of an active
lifestyle.
4. Social and Emotional Development Objective: PE helps in building self-
confidence, resilience, and a positive attitude towards challenges.
OBJECTIVES OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
5. Lifelong Physical Activity Objective: To instill a love for physical
activity and a commitment to a healthy lifestyle that students will
carry with them into adulthood.
6. Mental Health and Stress Management Objective: To contribute to
mental well-being by reducing stress and anxiety through physical
activity.
7. Safety and Injury Prevention Objective: To teach students about
safety practices and injury prevention techniques during physical
activities.
GOAL AND CONTEXT OF PATHFit COURSES
The CHED states that one of the objectives of general education is "to help
improve the Filipino quality of life." Compared to other subjects in the
curriculum, physical education is the most straightforward. It is a topic that has
direct relevance and application to a student's life both inside and outside of
the classroom. In addition to providing the required "break" from sedentary
activities in the classroom, the Tertiary PE Program seeks to foster school
loyalty and patriotism through the sporting culture and to help students
develop healthy coping mechanisms for the stress of academic obligations.
STANDARDS AND OUTCOMES OF
THE TERTIARY PHYSICAL
EDUCATION PROGRAM
Active and Healthy Living
1. Participate in moderate to vigorous physical activities (MVPAs) in accordance with
national and global recommendations on physical activities for health.
2. Adapt movement competencies to independent physical activity pursuits that are
health-enhancing and personally rewarding.
3. Monitor progress and evaluate achievement of personal fitness and dietary goals.
4. Practice empathy and fair play; show respect for differing abilities (i.e., diversity)
through interpersonal communication skills and emotional regulation during
physical activity participation.
5. For sports, apply basic tactics (e.g. defense, offense, transition) in game situations.
Advocacy and Action
1. Devise, apply, and assess a range of strategies (i.e., exercise program design; goal
setting; periodic evaluation) to improve one’s Advocacy and Action physical activity
performances and those of others.
2. Enhance and advocate for one’s personal physical others’ fitness, safety, and
wellness through physical activity participation and/or leadership.
3. Promote practical and creative interventions that will create community
connection and contribute to the health and wellness of the school community and
its periphery.
COMPONENTS OF
PHYSICAL FITNESS
Physical Education
Health-Related Skill-Related
Fitness Fitness
function of body's adaptation to focuses on abilities that enhance athletic
exercise. It could be developed and performance and efficiently execute
maintain through the regular and physical activities. It refers to the quality
proper exercise program. of one's movement skill.
The five components of health- The six components of
related fitness include: skill-related fitness
cardiovascular endurance, muscle include: agility, balance,
strength, muscular endurance, coordination, power,
flexibility, and body composition. reaction time, and
speed.
HEALTH RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS
Cardiovascular
Endurance
Cardiovascular endurance is the the ability of
the heart, blood vessels and the lungs to adapt
to physical exertion for a prolonged duration.
Activities that develop cardiovascular endurance
1. Prolonged walking
2. Prolonged jogging
3. Stationary bicycling
4. Hiking
5. Playing basketball
Muscular Strength
The ability of the muscle to exert maximum
effort in brief duration. Push-ups, sit-ups, lifting,
squats, and lunges promote muscular strength.
Muscular Endurance
The ability of the muscle to endure a sub
maximal effort for a prolonged period of time.
Circuit training, and bodyweight exercises are all
good ways to build muscle endurance.
Flexibility
The muscles and joints to go through a full range motion.
Flexibility reduces the risk of injury, enhances performance and
prevents muscle soreness. It is achieved through stretching
designed to lengthen or elongate soft tissue structures and
thereby increase the range of motion.
Squats, lunges, and stretching can enhance the body's flexibility.
Flexibility
Flexibility is influenced by three factors:
1. Structure of the joints;
2. Amount of tissues surrounding the joint; and
3. Extensibility of the ligaments, tendons and muscle
tissue that connects the joints
Types of Stretching (Basic Methods Used to Develop
Joint Flexibility)
1. Ballistic Stretching
2. Static Stretching
3. Dynamic stretching
4. Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF).
Body Composition
The proportion of lean body mass to fat body mass. It stresses one's
relative fatness or leanness in relation to height. In recent years, body
composition has gained wide acceptance in exercise science as one of
the components of health-related fitness. Its inclusion was earlier
opposed since supporters believe that fitness is for everyone,
including the slim and overweight. In addition, being fat has some
genetic predisposition that may be quite difficult to alter.
Importance of Health-Related Physical Fitness
Disease Prevention
egular physical activity helps in the prevention of chronic
diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and obesity.
Mental Health
Physical fitness contributes to mental well-being by reducing
stress, anxiety, and depression.
Functional Capacity
Enhances the ability to perform daily tasks with ease, reducing
the risk of injury and improving the quality of life.
Longevity
Consistent physical activity is linked to a longer, healthier life.
Health-Related Physical
Definition Importance
Fitness
Cardiovascular endurance is the the ability of the
High cardiovascular endurance reduces the risk of
Cardiovascular Endurance heart, blood vessels and the lungs to adapt to
heart disease, hypertension, and stroke.
physical exertion for a prolonged duration.
The ability of the muscle to exert maximum effort in
Strong muscles improve posture, enhance joint
Muscular Strength brief duration. Push-ups, sit-ups, lifting, squats, and
health, and prevent injuries.
lunges promote muscular strength.
The ability of the muscle to endure a sub maximal
effort for a prolonged period of time. Circuit training, Enhances stamina for daily activities and sports, and
Muscular Endurance
and bodyweight exercises are all good ways to build helps in maintaining a healthy metabolism.
muscle endurance.
The ability of the muscles and joints to go through a
full range motion. Flexibility reduces the risk of Flexibility helps to prevent injuries, improve posture,
Flexibility
injury, enhances performance and prevents muscle and reduce muscle soreness.
soreness.
The proportion of lean body mass to fat body mass. Maintaining a healthy body composition lowers the
Body Composition It stresses one's relative fatness or leanness in risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular
relation to height. disease.
SKILL/PERFORMANCE RELATED
PHYSICAL FITNESS
Agility
The ability of an individual to quickly shift
or change direction of the body from one
point to another.
Exercises:
Ladder drills
Cone drills (zig-zag runs)
Shuttle runs
BALANCE
The ability to maintain equilibrium in relation to
changes in body position. Balance can be categorized
into static and dynamic balance. Static Balance is the
ability to maintain equilibrium in a fixed position such
as standing on one foot or on a balance beam.
Dynamic Balance is the ability to maintain one's
equilibrium while the body is in motion.
Walking on a balance beam is one example of this
type of balance.
COORDINATION
harmonious working relationship between the
skeletal muscle and nerves in one aspect of
movement.
Exercises:
§ Juggling
§ Catching and throwing drills
§ Dribbling a basketball
POWER
The ability to perform one maximum effort in a
short period of time. It is a product of both
strength and speed as seen in many sport
activities such as track and field and weightlifting.
Exercises:
§ Plyometric jumps (box jumps, jump squats)
§ Medicine ball throws
§ Olympic lifts like cleans and snatches
REACTION TIME
The time taken to respond to a
stimulus
Exercises:
§ Reaction ball drills
§ Partner call and response drills
§ Video or app-based reaction games
SPEED
The ability to perform a task or move from
one point to another in the shortest
possible time. It is also the time spent
finishing or completing a performance
after the initial movement has been made.
Exercises:
§ Sprinting drills
§ Interval running
Hill sprints
Skill-Related Physical
Definition Importance
Fitness
the ability of an individual to quickly shift or change Vital for sports that require quick movements and
Agility
direction of the body from one point to another. changes in direction, such as basketball and soccer.
the ability to maintain equilibrium in relation to
Essential for activities that require stability and
Balance changes in body position. Balance can be
control, such as gymnastics and surfing.
categorized into static and dynamic balance.
the harmonious working relationship between the Crucial for activities that involve complex
coordination skeletal muscle and nerves in one aspect of movements, such as playing musical instruments or
movement. sports like tennis.
the ability to perform one maximum effort in a
short period of time. It is a product of both strength Key for explosive movements required in activities
Power
and speed as seen in many sport activities such as like sprinting, jumping, and lifting weights.
track and field and weightlifting.
Important for sports and activities where quick
Reaction Time The time taken to respond to a stimulus.
responses are essential, such as fencing and racing.
the ability to perform a task or move from one point
to another in the shortest possible time. It is also Fundamental for activities that require rapid
Speed the time spent finishing or completing a movement, such as track and field events and
performance after the initial movement has been swimming.
made.
Teacher Resources Page
PATHFit01-WORKTEXT.pdf
DLL-PATHFit 1 WORK-TEXT.pdf
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