TEAM SPORTS/GAMES

SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY
Holy Cross College believes in the holistic
development of individuals by providing
quality education through active
participation in the teaching-learning
process.
 COLLEGE MISSION
Holy Cross College is an institution for
academic and values formation
offering relevant, learner-centered, and
values-oriented programs that
produces competent persons of
character in the service of society.
 COLLEGE VISION
To become a God-centered learning
institution focused on holistic education
that forms and educates individuals to
become conscious, competent,
compassionate, and committed persons
towards the development of a just and
humane society.
 CORE VALUES
HOLISTIC EDUCATION
COMMITTED EDUCATORS
COMPASSIONATE GRADUATES
A team sport is a type of sport where the
fundamental nature of the game or sport
necessitates the participation of multiple
individuals working together as a team, and
it is inherently impossible or highly
impractical to execute the sport as a single-
player endeavour.
Team sports are essential for creating
relationships with people with similar
interests and breeding communication.
Also, team sports will strengthen your
competitiveness and teach you to
handle winning and losing.
What is an example of a teamwork sport?

Basketball, Volleyball, Rugby, Water

Polo, Handball, Lacrosse, Cricket,
Baseball, and the various forms of
Football, and Hockey.
To be considered an educational experience, extra-curricular
activities must have specific and worthwhile objectives. These
objectives include development of:
● Physical fitness and skills
● Mental alertness
● Ethical qualities
● Constructive social abilities
● Emotional maturity
 Goals of Games and Sports
● Develop physical talents to their maximum potential.
● Engage in competitive activities, while promoting
sound health, safety, and physical fitness.
● Exemplify good conduct as a means for learning good
citizenship.
● Learn to appropriately experience both success and
failure in an educational environment.
 Goals of Games and Sports
● Learn from experience that consequences follow the violation
of a rule.
● Experience working as a team member, exercising self-
discipline and self-sacrifice in order to achieve team goals.
● Learn how to be a good teammate, making positive
contributions, regardless of the role on the team or activity.
● Experience a feeling of self-worth and to develop self-
confidence.
 Goals of Games and Sports
● Experience in problem-solving and decision-making.
● Engage in organized activities with other students whose
backgrounds may be dissimilar from their own.
● Learn to develop trust and accept the responsibility that
comes with earning trust from others.
● Create a positive rallying point for the school in order to help
them develop school spirit and loyalty.
What are the basic concepts of sports?
Concepts such as teamwork, fair play, sportsmanship,
and skill development are essential for both individual
and team sports. Secondly, these concepts help to
promote physical and mental well-being. Sports
encourage people to stay active, which has numerous
health benefits
The Legal Bases of Physical
Education
Physical Education is important such makes it legally
compulsory in most cultures,
to develop character, promotes a healthy life style, sets a
person up for a happy and
productive youth life
Article 1 of the International Charter of Physical Education
1, Interdisciplinary
Regional Meeting of Experts on Physical Education,
UNESCO, Brisbane, Australia, 1982
states that: “The practice of Physical Education and Sports
is fundamental rights for all.
As stated in Article XIV, Section 19, 1987 Constitution of
the Republic of the
Philippines, provides; “The state shall promote Physical
Education and encourage sports
program, league competition, and amateur sports including
training for international
competition to foster self-discipline, teamwork and
excellence for the development of a
healthy and alert citizenry.”
Republic Act No. 5708

An act providing for the promotion and financing of

an Integrated Physical
Education and Sports Development Program for the
schools in the Philippines.

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as “The Schools

Physical Education and Sports
Development Act of 1969.”
SECTION 2. An integrated physical education and
sports development program in all
schools in the Philippines shall be undertaken by the
Department of Education in
accordance with the following guiding principles:
SECTION 2. An integrated physical education and
sports development program in all
schools in the Philippines shall be undertaken by the
Department of Education in
accordance with the following guiding principles:
(1) The goal of physical education is to instill in young
citizens a proper appreciation of
the importance of physical development hand in hand with
the mental development in
individual and social activities;

(2) The sports and other activities in a physical education

program should provide
opportunities for the athletic development of children and
youth who have the competitive
spirit as well as grace, coordination, stamina and strength;
(3) A well-rounded physical education program must be
addressed to physical growth,
social training, and personal, discipline for all pupils and
students, as well as superior
athletic achievement for those who are psychologically
inclined and physically gifted; and

(4) An integrated program for sports development in the

schools requires effective
organizational planning and administration with provisions
for adequate training facilities
and sustained stable financing
SECTION 3. Pursuant to the guiding principles as herein
above provided, the Secretary
of education shall be prescribed by regulation a program of
activities in the Bureau of
Public Schools, Bureau of Private Schools and the Bureau
of Vocational Education which
shall include among others:
(1) a program of health education and nutrition with
increased emphasis on food
production activities to augment and improve the pupils'
and students' diets;

(2) a program of general physical fitness for all pupils in

the elementary and secondary
schools;
(3) a program of competitive athletics in all schools starting
in the intermediate grades
with a view to identifying promising athletes whose
participation in individual and team
athletics should be further encouraged, developed and
supervised more intensively in the
secondary schools;
(4) a program of intramural and inter-unit athletic
competition within schools, districts and
provinces; and

(5) an annual program of athletic competition within and

among regions and in
interscholastic or national meets formulated by athletic
associations organized by each
bureau.
SECTION 4. There shall be created in the Department of
Education a Physical Education
and Sports Center Development Commission composed of
the assistant Secretary for
Physical Education, as Chairman the Director of Public
Works, the Physical Director of
the University of the Philippines, the three coordinators
each representing the Bureau of
the Public Schools, the Bureau of Vocational Education,
and the Bureau of Private
Schools and the President of the Philippine Amateur
Athletics Federation, as members
SECTION 5. The Assistant Secretary for Physical
Education shall oversee the promotion
and coordination of the schools’ physical education and a
sports development program
under the general supervision and control of the Secretary
of Education
SECTION 6. Sports centers shall be established in cities,
provincial capitals or in
municipalities determined by the Commission upon the
recommendation of the provincial
board or the city council, as the case may be, as the sports
center site for the province,
which shall have standard grounds and facilities for track
and field and ball games,
gymnasia, swimming pools and dormitory and cafeteria.
SECTION 7. Within one year following the affectivity of this
Act, the Department of
Education shall undertake a five-year coach development
program, in coordination with
similar programs launched by the University of the
Philippines, and the Philippine
Amateur Athletic Federation (PAAF) and the Armed Forces
of the Philippines, for the
training of coaches in the Bureau of Public Schools,
Bureau of Private Schools, and the
Bureau of Vocational Education.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT
TO PLAY TEAMSPORTS?