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Ethics and Values MODULE-1
Concept of Physical
Education and Yog
they form friendships with each other. They watch each other’s work, encourage
each other, and sometimes make sacrifices to support each other. For example,

Twin sisters Tracy and Lanny Barnes, American biathlon athletes who share a
strong friendship with each other, made news headlines when both were trying
to make the Olympic team for Sochi. Lanny couldn’t participate in all of the
required selection races due to illness, but she had delivered strong performances
throughout the season prior to qualifying races. After Tracy earned a spot on the
Olympic team, she chose to give her spot to Lanny because Tracy thought Lanny Note
deserved it more than she did, given her stronger performance over the past
year.

Teach them respect.

The last of the International Olympic Committee’s three official core values is
respect. Olympians respect each other’s value and also as team players; who
make valuable contributions to others.

For example, choosing players for the U.S. men’s hockey team, team general
manager David Poile made some controversial decisions and left out some of
the best American hockey players. But Poile said that rather than choosing an
all-star team, he was trying to choose a team of players whose specialties
complemented each other, so they could work together with respect and maximize
their chances of winning a gold medal.

2.4 ADAPT SOCIAL AND PERSONAL ETHICS
THROUGH YOG

It is through practicing yog one can find an ease in living ethically in this world.
Through the practice of Yog we can achieve the highest potential of our self ,
which gives us the ability to transcend human condition of pleasure and pain.
Yog is about purifying ourselves, which includes body, mind, spirit, speech,
actions and our thoughts. Yog is nothing but cultivating ethics, because ethics is
the foundation of a set of models and values that form the character of each
person through action, into their way of being.

INTEXT QUESTION 2.3

Complete the following sentences to make them meaningful.

a) There are three core values of Olympism which are central focus at the
Olympic Games and Youth Olympic Games namely ...............................

Physical Education and Yog
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