PEH - Lesson 1

Physical Education

• “Education through physical”

• Develops physical competence, movement knowledge, and safety skills

Goals of Physical Education

1. Aims to develop your motor skills

2. Aims to sharpen your knowledge 

3. Aims to enhance your outlook about yourself 

4. Aims to develop and enhance your positive traits and attitudes 

5. Equips you with the knowledge and skills to pursue a lifetime physical activity 

Motor Skills

Anything that allows you to move and use your body

Locomotor skills

Movements that allows us to travel one place to another

Non-locomotor skills

Movements performed in one place w/o changing location

Purpose of Physical Education

Develop the knowledge and understanding, skills, capabilities, and attributes necessary for mental, emotional, social, and physical well-being now and in the future