Syllabus content and objectives
Official JAMB Physical and Health Education outline · Section C: Theory and Practice of Sports and Games
Contents / notes
- Short-distance races and sprints: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m and 400 m
- Hurdles and relay races
- Sprint starting styles: bullet or bunch, medium and elongated
- Visual and non-visual baton take-over
- Take-over zone in relay races
- Flight over hurdles and spacing in high- and low-hurdle events
- Start, stride and finish in middle-distance races: 800 m and 1,500 m
- Start, stride and finish in long-distance races: 3,000 m, 5,000 m, 10,000 m, marathon and cross-country
- Rules, regulations and officiating
Candidate objectives
- Name the events that make up sprint races.
- Identify starting styles in sprint races.
- Differentiate between visual and non-visual baton take-over.
- Explain the relay take-over zone.
- Explain the different distances and clearance in hurdling.
- Describe the start, stride and finish in middle- and long-distance races.
- Name the events that make up middle- and long-distance races.
- Differentiate the rules, regulations and officiating applicable to each track event.
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