Physical Education

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 •PHYSICAL EDUCATION: IT’S ORIGIN

• Do you ever wonder where some of the

words we use in physical education
came from?
• They originated from combinations of
different Latin and Greek words. But
mainly the Greek. The Greeks were the
epitome. (a Greek word meaning
prototype or abridgment) of the
standards of physical training and
culture) of the standards of physical
training and culture.
• HISTORICAL FOUNDATION OF
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND
SPORTS THE OLYMPIC GAMES 776
B.C
 •WHAT DO THE OLYMPIC RINGS
SIGNIFY?
• •According to most accounts, the rings were
adopted by Baron Pierre de Concerting
(Founder of the Modern Olympic
Movement) in 1913 after he saw a similar
design on an artifact from ancient Greece.
• The five rings represent the five
majors regions of the world: Africa,
the Americans, Asia, Europe, and
Oceania.
 •Every national flag in the world includes at
least one of the five colours, which are (from
left to right) blue, yellow, black, green, and
red. It is important to emphasize that Pierre de
Coubertin never said nor wrote that the colours
of the rings were linked with the different
continents.
•The Olympic Flag made its début at the 1920
Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
• •At the end of each Olympic Games, the
mayor of the next host-city. It then rests at
the town hall of the next host-city for four
years until the Opening Ceremony of their
Olympic Games.
 • •The original Olympic Games (Greek:
Olympiakoi Agones) began in 776 BC in
Olympia, Greece, and were celebrated until
393 AD. In 1896, the ancient Olympic
Games were revived at the initiative of a
French nobleman. Pierre Fredy, Baron de
Coubertin, thus beginning the era of the
Modern Olympic Games.
 • •

The official Olympic Motto is “Citius Altius, Fortius”,

a Latin phrase meaning “Swifter, Higher, and Stronger”. Coubertin’s ideals are probably best illustrated by the Olympic Greed..
 Ancient Olympic

• “The most important thing in the Olympic

Games is not to win but to take part, just as the
most important thing in life is not the triumph but
the struggle. The essential thing is not to have
conquered but to have fought well”
 Olympic games

• The Olympic Flame is lit in Olympia and

brought to the host city by runners carrying
the torch in a relay.
• The Olympic mascot, an animal or human
figure representing the cultural heritage of
the host country, was introduced in 1968. It
has played an important part in the games
since 1980 with the debut of misha, a
Russian bear.
• French and English are the two official
languages of the Olympic movement
• Since the first modern games, in
Athens, Greece participation in the
Olympic Games has increased to
include athletes from nearly all
nation's worldwide.
 •The most recent Summer
Olympic were the 2004 Games
in Athens and the most recent
winner Olympics were the 2006
Games in Turin.
• The upcoming games in Beijing
were planned to comprise 302
events in 28 sports. As of 2006,
the winter Olympics have
competed in 84 events in 7 sports.
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