Physical Education 4 Marks Question

Run for Fun: Run for fun is also organised with an objective to spread the message of remaining healthy and fit among the masses. It may be organised to motivate people to exercise regularly and stay healthy. It is also cirganised in the same way as the health runs.
Run for a Specifie Cause: Run for a specific cause is the run which is related to a good and noble cause. It can be organised for various categories of participants. The distance of the run may vary for different categories ofparticipants. Prizes can be given to the position holders. Its main purpose is to raise funds for specific cause but the cause should be noble.
Run for Unity: Such a run is organised with a specific purpose, i.e., to consolidate unity and peace among the people of different religions. Its purpose may be national and international integration and brotherhood.

Objectives of Extramurals:

1. To Improve the Standard of Sports: It is one of the objectives of inter-school or extramural competitions to improve the standard of sports. By participating in extramurals, the students become technically and tactically efficient in respective sports. They become skilful. They develop abilities to perform well in competitions. In this way, extramurals improve the standard of sports.
2. To Provide Enriching Experience to Students: Experience has its own value in any field. Extramurals provide experience to students who participate in such competitions. By gaining experience through continuous participation, students exhibit good performance in competitions.
3. To Develop Sportsmanship and a Feeling of Fraternity: To develop sportsmanship and a feeling of fraternity in students is another important objective of extramural competitions.

Advantages of League Tournament: Following are the advantages of a league tournament:

1. Only strong or deserving team gets victory in the tournament'.
2. Every team gets maximum opportunities to show its efficiency or performance'.
3. Sports and games can be made more popular through league tournament owing to maximum number of matches.
4. In such type of tournament, the sports officials do not face any difficulty while selecting or determining the appropriate players or team. They have enough time to watch the efficiency and performance of a player.

Importance of Tournaments:

1. Development of Sports Skills: By participating in tournaments sportsmen develop various skills of sports. The maximum number of participation in tournaments not only develops technical skills of the sports but also tactical skills. Sportspersons acquire efficiency in skills and finally, they show marked improvement in the game.
2. Propaganda of Sports: Tournaments are helpful in publicising the sports. When a tournament of a new sport is organised, the spectators come to know about that sport. Thus, it creates interest in that sport.
3. Helpful in the Selection of Players: In a tournament, good players can be selected easily by observing their performance in the tournament. The players who give good performance, can be selected for upper level tournaments' So, a tournament is an appropriate way to select a good team of players'.

While organising sports events, various committees are formed for systematic and smooth conduct of competitions/tournaments. In fact, organising and conducting of sports events involve a lot of planning and preparation. Generally, there is a committee of management, which usually consists of one representative from each institution concerned. This General Committee takes complete responsibility for the success of a competition. It also forms various committees and delegates a variety of work among them.
The General Committee is headed by an Administrative Director under whom the Executive Committee performs its duties The Organising Committee for games/ sports events works under the Executive Committee'
The Organising Committee is mainly responsible for the successful and smooth conduct of the sports meet/ sports events. Various committees are formed under this Organising Committee.

If the number of teams is less, the teams are divided into upper half and lower half only. On the other hand, if the number of teams is more, teams are divided into upper and lower halves and these halves are further divided into two parts. It means that the upper half has two quarters, i.e., I quarter and II quarter and the lower half has III quarter and IV quarter. For determining the number of teams in each quarter, the total number of teams is divided by 4. If the remainder remains zero, there wiII be 4 quarters with equal number of teams. If the remainder remains 1, the first quarter will comprise 1 extra team, whereas, the remaining quarters will have equal number of teams. If the remainder remains 2, then each quarter (I and III) wiII have 1 extra team and the II and IV quarters will comprise the same number of teams. If the remainder remains 3, each quarter (I, II and III) will have 1 extra team. This procedure can be easily understood with the help of the following table'