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MODULE-4                                                    Physical Education for Various Populations
           Physical Education
           and Sports Sciences        demonstrate physical exercise for children;
                                      choose the physical exercise for CWSN (Children with special needs);

                                      choose the physical exercise for women and
                                      choose the physical exercise for older adults.


                                   13.1  MEANING OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE
                       Note
                                 Physical exercise is a combination of two words. One is ‘physical’ which means
                                 “body” and other is ‘exercise’ which means “to do any movement or activity”,
                                 so physical exercise means any movement or activity performed by our body. It
                                 could be anything such as walking, jumping, throwing, dancing, sports, cycling,
                                 etc.

                                 There are lots of benefit of physical exercises. Regular participation in any
                                 physical education programme helps in reducing risk of various diseases and
                                 leading causes of death. Regular physical activity helps in reducing the risk of
                                 heart related problems, diabetes and mainly cancers and depression among
                                 females. It builds and maintains the healthy bones, muscles and joints in men as
                                 well as in women too.

                                 We all are different from each other in terms of age, height, weight, gender etc.
                                 Thus, the need of exercises is different for everyone. Here in the next section,
                                 we are going to study what different types of exercise or activity one can perform,
                                 which suit his/her requirement.


                                   13.2  PHYSICAL EXERCISE FOR CHILDREN


                                 Physical Exercise Guidelines for Children (under 5 years)

                                 Active play starts from birth, especially through floor-based activities including
                                 tummy-time, reaching, pushing, pulling and crawling. The roots of life long
                                 physical exercises are shown in childhood. Children below the age group of 5
                                 must be encouraged especially by their families for regular and routine based
                                 exercises. The play game is the very general form of the same. Children of this
                                 age do not understand rules and often are not coordinated enough to play
                                 organized sports. Walking or running, playing tag, swimming (when at least 4
                                 yrs old), tumbling, dancing, throwing and catching are few activities that can be
                                 played in this age group. As they grow older, they might like to try skipping and
                                 bike riding.

                                 Physical Exercises for Children Ages 5-8

                                 The children of this age group explore relationship between the objects; so the
                                 activities including short instruction times, flexible rules, offer free time for
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