2. KEY POINTS :-
Leadership Qualities and Role of a Leader
Creating Leaders through Physical Education
Meaning, Objectives and Types of Adventure Sports
Rope climbing,
Tracking,
River Rafting,
Mountaineering,
Surfing, and
Paragliding
Safety measures to Prevent Sports Injuries.
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3. Physical Activity
It is a generic term in which anybody movement that works your and require more energy than
resting.
I leads to the development of physical and mental health.
It reduces many dangerous disease and disabilities.
The four main types of physical activities are:
Aerobic
Muscle strengthening activities
Bone strengthening activities
Stretching
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4. Types of Physical Activities
Aerobic (Benefits your heart and lungs most) – Walking, Running, Swimming, Bicycling, Dancing &
Jumping.
Muscle strengthening activities (Improve the strength, power & endurance of your muscles) – Doing
push-ups, Lifting weights, Climbing stairs
Bone strengthening activities (Helps in making your Bone strong) – Jumping rope.
Stretching (Improve your flexibility & ability to fully move your joints) – Touching your toes, Doing yoga
stretching.
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5. Physical Activity Increase the Quality of life
Increase in the health of the heart
Lower blood pressure
Less chance of heart attack
Increase Mental Health
Physical Activities
Increased circulation of oxygen to working muscles
Increases energy level of body
A person feels happy
Improves mental health
Helps in controlling weight
Physical Activities
Burning of extra calories
Maintain weight control
Protection of diseases like diabetes, Heart problems etc.
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6. Leadership
It is a process by which a leader guide, direct and influence the behavior and work of other towards a
specific goals in a given situation.
It is a quality that lights the path of others.
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8. Qualities Of A Leader
Intelligence:
The leader must have the quality of firm determination & dedication for his profession.
A determined leader never leaves his task half way.
Dedication & Determination:
The leader must have the quality of firm determination & dedication for his profession.
A determined leader never leaves his task half way.
Professional Knowledge:
The leader must have excellent knowledge in his profession so that he is capable to make good & easy
programs / plans for the attainment of goals.
The leader must be equipped with latest knowledge and research which always impresses the followers.
Good Health & Personality:
The leader must have good personality trains which can influence the group effectively.
leader must have physical fitness so that he should not feel any type of fatigue for completing the daily task.
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9. Friendliness & Co – operative Behavior:
A leader should be co-operative with his followers and make friendly environment which will be very
helpful for achieving the desired goals.
Honest:
Honest leader will always utilize the material and funds for the better learning of the group which is
welcomed by the group and it leads to the attainment of goals very smoothly and honestly.
Disciplined:
The leader who is disciplined can lead group in discipline manner.
Regularity and punctuality is the best example for discipline behavior.
Emotionally Balanced:
The leader should maintain his emotions which give power to the unity of group like fear, anger,
& anxiety should be balanced.
The emotional disturbances often consume too much of mental energy which can be used for
work.
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10. Role Of Leader:
Organizer – Leader acts as an organizer and distributes the work among the followers which saves
energy & time which helps the group to work in a systematic manner.
Psychologist – A good leader knows the mental skills and toughness of the players.
Guardian – Experienced leaders remove the misconceptions & confusions of the members of the
group.
Teacher – Leader helps in producing ideas, techniques, views and opinion of the group.
Motivators – A good leader always motivate his group in every situations of life.
Role mode - As leader, you should be able to set a role model.
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11. Process Of Becoming Leaders Through
Physical Education
The main aim of physical education is overall development of a student.
Through the participation in physical education programmes, the qualities of a student can be developed
to a greater extent and the beginning of these chances / opportunities starts from the classrooms, play-
field, camps or tourist places where their latent ability can be exposed to a greater extent for example:
Making a student class monitor.
Making a student leader of physical activities.
Making a student team captain.
Making a student responsible for preparing play field.
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12. For making Effective leaders
Leadership Style: The leadership style is effective and productive because effective leader always
evaluate the situations & decide quickly.
Team Building: Effective leader always develop the unity of team which is required in every
competitions for achieving the goals.
Decision Making: A good leader makes decision to find strategies to win and influence others to solve
problems efficiently in minimum possible time. Effective leader must have quality to make wise
decisions.
Communication: A leader must have good communication skills that can effectively communicate
with others.
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13. Some opportunities available to act as a
leader in sports
Manager of the team
Coach of the team
Officials of the match
Leader for warming up
Demonstrator of mass drills
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14. Adventure Sports
It is comprised of unlimited excitement, entertainment and risk in participant competes in natural
environment with different adventurous activities.
It is categorized in four parts:
Adventure sports on Mountains
Adventure sports in Air
Water sports
Winter sports
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15. Objectives Of Adventure Sports
To improve Positive Attitude
To build Self Confidence
To Develop Concentration and Attention
To Improve Curiosity
To Channelize Surplus Energy
To Develop Leadership Qualities
To Develop Physical Fitness
To Develop Social Relations
To Provide Recreation
Information & Knowledge Enhancement
Stress Buster
Thrill, excitement and fun
Self Assessment
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19. Rock Climbing
It is one of the dangerous activity in which participants climb up and more across the rocks like walls with full
of alertness, flexibility, power, co-ordination etc.
Material Requires:
First aid kit
Clothing
Helmet
Water bottle
Torch light
Harness
Climbing shoes
Ropes
Carabiners
Sun glasses
Safety Measures:
Before climbing up, make sure you have tied properly your
harness, buckles of jeans and knots of chord.
Helmet protects head from falling on rocks and falling of rocks
also.
Use proper ropes for climbing.
Always wear climbing shoes because gripping can prevent us
from falling
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20. Types Of Rock Climbing:
Traditional Rock Climbing: In this climbers have to place wedges, nuts and other forms of protection
from their racks into cracks in the rocks.
Sports Rock Climbing: In this the protective pieces are permanently bolted into the rock.
Indoor climbing: In this the structures made of plywood or concrete and artificial handholds are fixed on the
wall.
Techniques:
Step 1 – Warming up and stretching exercises are done before the star of climbing.
Step 2 – Tie harness on the body to protect for sudden fall.
Step 3 – The legs are used to lift body and the hands used only to guide the direction.
Step 4 – Don’t go away from the wall and don’t look very up & down. Only stay focused on general area.
Step 5 – Don’t climb fast, take your time and hold tightly.
Step 6 – Climb couple of feet and then take rest for a while to recover then again start the climbing.
Step 7 – While coming down, the speed should also be slow to prevent falling.
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22. Trekking
It is also known as combination of hiking and walking activity. This activity is done for many days and
generally panned away from urban areas.
Material Required:
First aid kit
Clothing
Sleeping bag
Water bottle
Torch light
Trekking stick
Miscellaneous items (Small knife, Sunglasses, Soap, Food items Tents)
Safety Measures:
Always try to do trekking with team because being alone it can be danger.
Never trek in bad weather conditions.
Always wear a full sleeve shirt & trousers to protect from insect bites.
The person who have heart and lung related problems should not go for
trekking.
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23. Types Of Trekking:
Tea House Trekking: It is known as doing trekking by eating and sleeping at tea house.
Camping Trekking: In this type of trekking the trekkers carry all food items and tents and all sleep in tents.
Grading:
Easy Trek: It is meant for beginners and the duration of trekking can last up to 7 days
Moderate Trek: The trekkers face more challenging routes and they are longer & can last up to 10 days.
Strenuous Trek: The route is elected to high altitudes uo to 5000 m and they can last up to 15 days .
Difficult Trek: The route has some steep ascents to high altitudes and it will take 20 to 40 days to
Techniques:
1. Maintain Pace
2. Rhythmic Trekking
3. Use of Trekking Sticks
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25. River Rafting
It is a challenging recreational outdoor activity which is done with inflatable raft and small groups of people
float down a river on a raft. The raft are made of nylon fabric and coated by neoprene.
Material Required:
First aid kit
Clothing
Helmet
Raft
Personal Flotation Device
Oars and Paddles
Life Saving Jacket
Safety Measures:
Always try to do rafting with team because being alone it can be
danger.
Always learn well all the skills of protecting yourself.
Always wear helmet and life saving jacket.
Never do rafting in darkness.
Rafter should have knowledge of the river and route.
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26. Types Of River Rafting:
Oar Raft
Paddle Raft
Oar Assisted Paddle Raft
Catarafts
Inflatable Kayak
Rig
Techniques:
Technique for Oars: When in rafting, it is not just about arm movement but entire upper and legs all
play a major role in providing the raft sufficient power to run.
Technique for Paddles: To maintain balance, paddlers should on both sides. The paddlers inside hand
provides grip to top of paddle and outside hand hold the stem of paddle.
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28. Mountaineering:
It is a challenging activity that leads to climbing up to mountains to its peak and makes a long journey that
includes walk on rocks and snow.
Material Required:
First aid kit
Climbing Ropes
Climbing harness
Sleeping Bags
Crampons
Ice Axes
Clothing (Wind / Water proof)
Sun glasses
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29. Safety Measures:
Always wear the insulted clothing to protect the body from severe cold climate.
Always use sun glasses and sun screen creams to protect from skin burn which is very common on high
Always carry the route map and enable the GPS navigation system for saving from any incident.
Always wear climbing shoes attached with crampons for advance gripping.
Techniques:
Mountaineers use climbing ropes attached to them with harness.
On the ice slopes the climbers use ice axes and set of metal spikes which is also known as crampons.
In case of difficult terrain belaying technique is used in which leader ascends and the second mountaineer
the rope from a secured position. While advancing, the leader fixes gear into snow.MThe lead climber belays
second climber who also removes gears for its further use.
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31. Surfing:
It is the sport of riding waves in a standing or horizontal position on a surf board.
It is performed in ocean, river, man-made created waves and glide across the surface of the water.
The surface ride stands on surf boards and steer the water nearly parallel to the beach toward the shore.
The surf board is made from solid wood of 10 to 16 feet long.
Material Required:
First aid kit
Clothing (Wet Suit)
Surfboard
Fins
Leash
Safety Measures:
Always surf at places patrolled by surf lifeguards.
Surf between the red and yellow flags.
Always surf under supervision or with a friend
Read and obey the signs.
Don’t surf directly after a meal.
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32. Types of Surfing:
Short Board
Fish Surfboard
Fun Board
Long Board
Hybrid
Technique:
First pick the right wave.
Take off is done after watching where the wave is breaking more.
Always keep center of gravity at lower level.
Paddle with closed fingers.
Adjust feet while riding the wave.
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34. Para Gliding:
It is jumping off from mountains with a parachute of being pulled into the air behind a boat with a parasail.
Pilot fly off mountains and the movement of air into the canopy inflates it and gives it aerodynamic shape.
Material Required:
First aid kit
Variometer
Helmet
Harness
Radio
GPS
Sun glasses
Protective gear (Knee, elbow, chest and should pads)
Safety Measured:
First learn to fly from a fully qualified paragliding instructor.
Plan your fly beforehand.
Always check the weather conditions, don’t fly in the sky when the
weather in its terrible warth.
The gliding wings should be made of good fabric.
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35. Types Of Para Gliding:
Non powered paragliding: It is done with assistance of natural wind only. The pilot runs few steps and
the para glider gets inflated and then flies of the mountain.
Powered paragliding: In this the pilot wears the motor on his back which provides enough thrust to take
off.
Technique:
The para glider is laid out on the ground at the top of the mountain on a gentle slope and facing into the
wind.
The pilot should be connected to the paraglider with a special harness.
The paraglider is then pulled gently into the wind, which causes the paraglider to inflate.
The pilot then takes a few steps into the wind floats gently up into the air.
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36. What are do's and don'ts for Adventure
Activities
Do's :
Adventure activities must be organized under the expert guidance.
Proper knowledge of sight and route.
Ensure safety of participants.
Keep first aid arrangement.
Arrangement of good quality of equipment.
Be prepared to face weather change while you are camping.
Bio-degradable and non-biodegradables waste products should be thrown in proper bins.
Cleanliness should be maintained on camp site.
Fire should be properly extinguished during camping in forests or hilly areas.
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37. Don’t:
Throw eatables and empty bottles on camp site.
Clothes and utensils should not be washed in running rivers and canal waters.
Used plastic cans and aluminum and toffee wrappers should not be thrown on hills and mountains.
People should not defecate and urinate near river banks.
Raincoats or clothes that have been only been used once should not be left in hills.
Cutting of tress is prohibited in forest and hilly areas during camping.
Drinking water river canal water should not be polluted under any circumstances.
There should be no noise pollution during trekking that can disturb the lifestyle of wild animals.
Deforestation is prohibited in forest and hilly areas during camping.
What are do's and don'ts for
Adventure Activities
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