Latest Syllabus of Physical Education CBSE Class 12th 2026
THEORY
Max. Marks: 70
Unit 1: Management of Sporting Events
1. Functions of Sports Events Management (Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing & Controlling)
2. Various Committees & Their Responsibilities (pre-, during, & post-)
3. Fixtures and Their Procedures—Knock-Out (Bye & Seeding) & League (Staircase, Cyclic, and Tabular Methods) and Combination Tournaments
4. Intramural & Extramural Tournaments—Meaning, Objectives & Its Significance
5. Community sports program (Sports Day, Health Run, Run for Fun, Run for Specific Cause & Run for Unity)
Unit 2: Children & Women in Sports
1. Exercise guidelines of WHO for different age groups.
2. Common postural deformities: knock knees, flat feet, round shoulders, lordosis, kyphosis, scoliosis, and bow legs and their respective corrective measures.
3. Women’s participation in sports has physical, psychological, and social benefits.
4. Special consideration (menarche and menstrual dysfunction)
5. Female athlete triad (osteoporosis, amenorrhea, eating disorders)
Unit 3: Yoga as a Preventive Measure for Lifestyle Disease
1. Obesity: Procedure, Benefits & Contraindications for Tadasana, Katichakrasana, Pavanmuktasana, Matsayasana, Halasana, Pachimottansana, Ardha–Matsyendrasana, Dhanurasana, Ushtrasana, and Suryabedhan Pranayama.
2. Diabetes: Procedure, Benefits & Contraindications for Katichakrasana, Pavanmuktasana, Bhujangasana, Shalabhasana, Dhanurasana, Supta-vajarasana, Paschimottanasan-a, Ardha-Mastendrasana, Mandukasana, Gomukasana, Yogmudra, Ushtrasana, and Kapalabhati.
3. Asthma: Procedure, Benefits & Contraindications for Tadasana, Urdhwahastottansan a, UttanMandukasan a, Bhujangasana, Dhanurasana, Ushtrasana, Vakrasana, Kapalbhati, Gomukhasana, Matsyaasana, and Anuloma-Viloma.
4. Hypertension: Procedure, Benefits & Contraindications for Tadasana, Katichakransan, Uttanpadasana, Ardha Halasana, Sarala Matyasana, Gomukhasana, Uttan Mandukasan, Vakrasana, Bhujangasana, Makarasana, Shavasana, Nadi-shodhanapranayam, and Sitlipranayam.
5. Back Pain and Arthritis: Procedure, Benefits & Contraindications of Tadasan, Urdhawahastootansana, Ardh-Chakrasana, Ushtrasana, Vakrasana, Sarala Maysyendrsana, Bhujandgasana, Gomukhasana, Bhadrasana, Makarasana, and NadiShodhana pranayama.
Unit 4 Physical Education and Sports for CWSN (Children with Special Needs - Divyang)
1. Organizations promoting disability sports (Special Olympics, Paralympics, Deaflympics)
2. Concept of Classification and Divisioning in Sports.
3. Concept of inclusion in sports, its need, and implementation;
4. Advantages of Physical Activities for Children with Special Needs.
5. Strategies to make physical activities accessible for children with special needs.
Unit 5: Sports & Nutrition
1. Concept of balanced diet and nutrition
2. Macro- and Micronutrients: Food sources & functions
3. Nutritive & Non-Nutritive Components of Diet
4. Eating for Weight Control—A Healthy Weight, The Pitfalls of Dieting, Food Intolerance, and Food Myths
5. Importance of Diet in Sports—Pre-, During, and Post-Competition Requirements
Unit 6: Test & Measurement in Sports
1. Fitness Test – SAI Khelo India Fitness Test in School: Age group 5-8 years/class 1-3: BMI, Flamingo Balance Test, Plate Tapping Test Age group 9-18 years/class 4-12: BMI, 50 mt speed test, 600 mt run/walk, sit & reach flexibility test, strength test (partial abdominal curl-up, push-ups for boys, modified push-ups for girls).
2. Measurement of Cardiovascular Fitness – Harvard Step Test – Duration of the Exercise in Seconds x100/5.5 x Pulse Count of 1-1.5 Min after Exercise.
3. Computing Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
4. Rikli & Jones - Senior Citizen Fitness Test
• Chair Stand Test for lower body strength
• Arm Curl Test for upper body strength
• Chair Sit & Reach Test for lower body flexibility
• Back Scratch Test for upper body flexibility
• Eight-Foot Up & Go Test for agility
• Six-Minute Walk Test for Aerobic Endurance
5. Johnsen–Methney Test of Motor Educability (Front Roll, Roll, Jumping Half-Turn, Jumping Full-Turn)
Unit 7: Physiology & Injuries in Sport
1. Physiological factors determining components of physical fitness
2. Effect of exercise on the muscular system
3. Effect of exercise on the cardiorespiratory system
4. Physiological changes due to aging
5. Sports injuries: Classification (Soft Tissue Injuries—Abrasion, Contusion, Laceration, Incision, Sprain & Strain; Bone & Joint Injuries—Dislocation, Fractures—Green Stick, Comminuted, Transverse Oblique & Impacted)
Unit 8: Biomechanics and Sports
1. Newton’s Law of Motion & its application in sports
2. Types of Levers and Their Application in Sports.
3. Equilibrium—Dynamic & Static and Center of Gravity and its application in sports
4. Friction & Sports
5. Projectiles in Sports
Unit 9: Psychology and Sports
1. Personality: its definition & types (Jung Classification & Big Five Theory)
2. Motivation, its type & techniques.
3. Exercise Adherence: Reasons, Benefits & Strategies for Enhancing It
4. Meaning, Concept & Types of Aggressions in Sports
5. Psychological Attributes in Sports—Self-Esteem, Mental Imagery, Self-Talk, Goal Setting
Unit 10: Training in Sports
1. Concept of Talent Identification and Talent Development in Sports
2. Introduction to Sports Training Cycle – Micro, Meso, and Macro Cycles.
3. Types & Methods to Develop – Strength, Endurance, and Speed.
4. Types & Methods to Develop – Flexibility and Coordinative Ability.
5. Circuit Training—Introduction & Its Importance
