K12 Curriculum Framework in Special Program in Sports

Grade 7

First Quarter

Course Title: Biomechanics and Movement Patterns

Course Description: The course is under the Special Program in

Sports which enables the learner to assess daily movement

patterns and perform corrective exercises to address deficiencies

Content: Analysis of Movement Pattern

Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of

basic biomechanical terminology and assesses one’s muscular

movement to enable them to function better.

Performance Standard: The learner critiques and analyzes

movement and assesses muscular strength and function.

Learning Competencies: The learner……

• define basic biomechanical terminology.

• understands fundamental movements and their applications

in their daily lives.

• differentiates motion across the different planes.

• differentiates the types of muscular contraction.

• evaluates performance in different isometric tests.

 • evaluates performance in upper body muscular movement.

• evaluates performance in lower body muscular movement.

• practices corrective exercises used to address movement

deficiencies.

• demonstrates basic muscular movements.

• demonstrates basic static stretching techniques.

• demonstrates dynamic stretching techniques.

Second Quarter

Course Title: Exercise Physiology and Methods of

Conditioning

Course Description: The course is under the Special Program in

Sports which enables the learner to design a conditioning program

to improve health-related components of fitness.

Content: Improving Health-related Fitness

Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of

various methods of conditioning that develops health-related

fitness he learner designs a conditioning program that will develop

health-related fitness components (1.e. aerobics capacity, strength

and flexibility).
Performance Standard: The learner designs a conditioning program

that will develop health-related fitness components (1.e. aerobics

capacity, strength, and flexibility).

Learning Competencies: The learner...

• explains the principles of exercise training.

• summarizes training adaptations of the cardiovascular

system.

• describes methods of aerobic training.

• differentiates continuous, interval, and fartlek training.

• differentiates the adaptations of slow twitch, fast twitch,

and intermediate muscle fibers to resistance training.

• demonstrates the different forms of resistance training

according to muscle action.

• recognizes the importance of performing both aerobic and

resistance training in every athlete.

• demonstrates the various types of flexibility exercises.

Third Quarter

Course Title: Sports Injury

Course Description: The course is under the Special Program in

Sports which enables learners to recognize, evaluate and prevent

sports injuries and apply basic first aid.

Content: Acute and Chronic Injuries

• Recognizing and preventing sports injuries

• Sports Injury (Acute and chronic injury)

- Introduction

- Terminologies

- Signs and symptoms

- Classification

- Evaluation

- Prevention

• Acute injuries

1. Contusion or bruise

2. Sprain

3. Cramps

• First Aid treatment:

Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of the

value in recognizing and preventing sports injuries (Acute and

chronic injuries) to improve oneself.

Performance Standard: The learner consistently demonstrates

healthful practices in order to prevent and control acute and

chronic injuries

Learning Competencies: The learner…

• explains the difference between acute and chronic injuries

• identifies ways of preventing acute and chronic injuries

• recognizes the signs and symptoms of acute and chronic

injuries

• discusses on how to recognize and prevent acute and

chronic sports injuries

• knows the terminologies in sports injury

• compares the effects of acute injury from chronic injury

• prepares creative presentation on how to recognize,

evaluate and prevent acute and chronic injury.

• creates creative presentation in recognizing, evaluating and

preventing acute and chronic injuries

• applies decision-making skills in giving first aid to a victim

of accident.
 • manifest awareness on the prevention of acute and chronic

sports injuries in maintaining excellent performance of an

athlete.

• analyzes the effects of acute and chronic injuries in the

performance of an athlete.

• follow the appropriate preventive measures for athletes

who suffer acute injury or chronic injury.

• performs creative presentation in recognizing, evaluating,

and preventing acute and chronic injuries thru:

1. Puppet show

2. Role playing

3. News casting

4. Film Showing

• practice ways to recognized and prevent sports injuries.

Fourth Quarter

Course Title: Sports Nutrition

Course Description: The course is under the Special Program in

Sports which enables the learner to design a nutritional plan for

athletes and effects of doping on athletic performance.

Content: Meal Planning before, during, and after competition

 1. Factors that affect nutrition

2. Components of a healthy diet –balance, variety,

moderation

3. Food Pyramid/My Pyramid

4. Individual characteristics that affect dietary requirements-

training, age, sex, body size, sport played, training and

competition environment.

5. Nutrients and Recommendations - carbohydrates, protein,

fats, vitamins, minerals and water

6. Hydration and Rehydration

7. Nutritional requirements for specific sports

8. Facts and myths about nutrients

9. Meal Planning before, during, and after competition

recommendation and meal ideas

10. Sample typical menu

11. Considerations for the vegetarian athlete

Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of

meal planning before, during, and after competition and its effects

on nutrition, fitness, and optimal performance.

Performance Standard: The learner designs personal meal plan

before, during, and after competition; and analyzes and modifies

meal plans for self and others.

Learning Competencies: The Learner...

• Identifies factors that affect nutrition.

• Identifies components of a balanced diet.

• Identifies necessary food and nutrients from Food Pyramid

and recommendations.

• Identifies individual dietary requirements depending on

individual characteristics.

• Explains the importance of nutrition to athletic performance

• Analyzes dietary requirements of athletes in various sports.

• Evaluates athlete’s actual food intake based on Food

Pyramid, components of a healthy diet and individual dietary

requirements.

• Analyzes hydration practices of athletes.

• Evaluates meals sold in school canteen/cafeteria.

• Evaluates commercial food products.

• Develops awareness in meal planning before, during, and

after competition.
• Recognizes the importance of different nutrients and their

recommendations.

• Distinguishes facts from myths of nutrient intake.

• Formulates personal goals and nutritional strategy for

adequate nutrition……

• Demonstrates ability to make informed choices as a

consumer.

• Applies healthy eating strategies to promote good health,

adapt to training, perform optimally during competition, and

recover quickly after competition.

• Evaluates meal planning before, during, and after

competition specific to sports.

• Assumes responsibility for achieving adequate nutrition.

 K12 Curriculum Framework in Special Program in Sports

Grade 8

First Quarter

Course Title: Biomechanics of Movement Patterns

Course Description: The course is under the Special Program in

Sports which enables the learner to assess movement patterns in

sport and address errors in technique and mechanics to be able to

function more effectively and efficiently.

Content: Analysis of skill-related parameters in sport

Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of

different movement patterns and skill-related parameters and their

applications to sport.

Performance Standard: The learner performs, analyzes and

corrects one’s performance in the different skill-related tests.

Learning Standard: The learner…

• identifies skill-related parameters of physical fitness.

• identifies proper technique and form when performing

balance, agility, speed and power exercise.

• identifies errors in performance and is able to correct

 technique.

• understands the concepts of acceleration and deceleration

and their applications in sport

• understands the concepts of force and power and their

applications in sports.

• differentiates the quality and quantity of measuring human

motion.

• evaluates the movements applied for motion, resistance,

momentum and friction.

• identifies errors in performance and is able to correct

technique.

• performs and evaluates one’s balance, agility, speed and

power using different methods of testing

Second Quarter

Course Title: Exercise Physiology and Methods of

Conditioning

Course Description: The course is under the Special Program in

Sports which enables the learner to design a conditioning program

to improve skill components of fitness.

Content: Improving Skill-related Fitness

Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of

various methods of conditioning that develops skill-related fitness

components for efficient performance.

Performance Standard: The learner designs a conditioning program

that will develop skill-related fitness components (i.e. agility,

balance, coordination, power, reaction time, and speed).

Learning Competencies: The Learner…

• discusses the importance of skill related components of

fitness in athletic performance. SPS_EP8-II-a-1

• summarizes the characteristics of endurance sports,

intermittent sports, and sprint events with respect to skill

related fitness components.

• compare the changes in the muscle fiber as a result of

aerobic training and resistance training.

• describes methods of improving power.

• demonstrates exercises that will improve speed, agility,

and quickness.

• justifies the importance of including core training in

improving balance and stability,

• discusses the impact of functional training on coordination.

Third Quarter

Course Title: Sports Injury

Course Description: The course is under the Special Program in

Sports which enables learners to recognize, evaluate and prevent

sports injuries and apply basic first aid.

Content: SPORTS SPECIFIC INJURY

Recognizing, evaluating and preventing sports specific injury.

Common Sports injuries:

• Acute

• Dislocation

• Bone fracture

• Knee injury

• Wound

• Head injury (concussion)

• Chronic

• Runners knee

• Tennis elbow

• Tendinitis

Basic sports First aid techniques

• Splinting technique

a. Upper arm
 b. Elbow

c. Finger

d. Thigh

e. Kneecap

f. Lower leg

g. Ankle and foot

• Compression wraps

a. Foot

b. Knee

c. Thigh

d. Forearm

e. Elbow

• Moving injured athletes

a. One-person drag

b. Four –or five-person rescue

• Moving non-critically injured athletes

a. One –person walking assist

b. Two-person walking assist

c. Four-handed carrying assist

Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of

recognizing, evaluating and preventing sports specific injuries that

can benefit the future of an athlete.

Performance Standard: The learner evaluates the survey conducted

inside school campus in preventing sports specific injuries for the

betterment of athletes.

Learning Competencies: The Learner…

• Discusses the common sports injuries of specific sport.

• Identifies ways of preventing sports specific injuries.

• Describes the classifications of sports specific injuries.

• Researches information about a particular incident of recognizing,

evaluating and preventing sports specific injury in school

/community.

• Compares the effects of sports specific injury to the performance

of an athlete.

• Analyzes the impact of recognizing, evaluating and preventing

sports specific injuries of athletes inside school campus.

• Locates, evaluates and uses school, community and NGO’s to

help solve in recognizing, evaluating and preventing sports specific

injuries.
• Formulates excellent ways on how to recognized, evaluate, and

prevent sports specific injuries

• Performs first aid to specific sports injury situations

• Evaluates the result of survey made for sports specific injuries in

maintaining excellent performance of athlete

• Manifests awareness on the prevention of sports specific injuries

in maintaining excellent performance of an athlete.

• Shares to all athlete series of sports injuries evaluated in

preventing sports specific injuries

• Familiarizes with potential life-threatening injuries for sport

specific injuries

• Conducts survey of preventing sports specific injuries inside

school campus/community.

• Joins a group to survey group of retired athletes on how to

recognized, evaluate and prevent sports specific injuries in a

community

• Evaluates survey results made by the groups inside

school/community

• Performs first aid to specific sports injury situations

Fourth Quarter

Course Title: Sports Nutrition

Course Description: The course is under the Special Program in

Sports which enables the learner to design a nutritional plan for

athletes and effects of doping on athletic performance.

Content: Meal Planning for Endurance and Power Sports

1. Difference of endurance and power sports

2. Training, competition, and recovery issues to be

considered

3. Nutrient intake for endurance and power sports

4. Before, during, and after competition (eating strategies

and recommendations)

5. Hydration and Rehydration Recommendations

6. Considerations for the vegetarian athlete

Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of

meal planning for endurance and power sports and its effects on

nutrition, fitness, and optimal performance.

Performance Standard: The learner designs personal meal plan for

endurance and power sports and analyzes and modifies meal plans

for self and others.

Learning Competencies: The Learner...

• Identifies individual dietary requirements in endurance and

power sports.

• Explains the importance of nutrition to athletic performance

in endurance and power sports.

• Identifies necessary nutrients and recommendations for

endurance and power sports.

• Recognizes the difference between endurance and power

sports.

• Analyzes dietary requirements of athletes in endurance and

power sports.

• Evaluates athlete’s actual food intake.

• Analyzes hydration practices of athletes in endurance and

power sports.

• Evaluates commercial food products.

• Distinguishes the difference in meal planning for endurance

and power sports.

• Develops awareness in meal planning for endurance and

power sports.

• Recognizes the importance of different nutrients and their

recommendations for endurance and power sports.

• Distinguishes facts from myths of nutrient intake for

endurance and power sports.

• Formulates personal goals and nutritional strategy for

adequate nutrition.

• Demonstrates ability to make informed choices as a

consumer.

• Applies healthy eating strategies to promote optimal

performance in endurance and power sports.

• Evaluates meal planning for endurance and power sports.

• Assumes responsibility for achieving adequate nutrition.

 K12 Curriculum Framework in Special Program in Sports

Grade 9

First Quarter

Course Title: Biomechanics and Movement Analysis

Course Description: The course is under the Special Program in

Sports, which enables the learner to evaluate selected sports skills

and address errors in technique and mechanics to be able to

function more effectively and efficiently.

Content: Mechanics of Sports Skills

Content Standard: he learner demonstrates understanding of the

technique and mechanics of different sports skills. Performance

Standard: The learner identifies proper technique in selected sports

skills and is able to correct errors in performance.

Learning Competencies: The learner…

• understands proper mechanics needed to perform skills

effectively

• identifies errors in sports skills’ techniques and corrects

errors in mechanics

• differentiates running from sprinting and is able to perform

both activities effectively

• develops understanding of internal biomechanics and motor

learning in mechanical aspects of human exercise, sport and

play.

• assesses the importance of internal biomechanics and

motor learning in mechanical aspects of human exercise,

sport and play.

• practices throwing, striking and kicking techniques and

understands their applications to sport.

• practices swinging and rotating exercises and their

applications to sport

• practices preparatory actions needed for each skill to be

effective.

• exhibits proper technique in sports skills mechanics

• demonstrates proper jumping technique and differentiates

types of jumps

• performs a qualitative analysis of sports skills.

Second Quarter

Course Title: Exercise Physiology and Methods of

Conditioning

Course Description: The course is under the Special Program in

Sports which enables the learner to design a comprehensive

conditioning program that is specific to an individual/dual sport.

Content: Conditioning Programs for Individual and Dual Sports

Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of the

principle of specificity and its impact on designing a comprehensive

conditioning program.

Performance Standard: The learner designs a comprehensive

conditioning program that is specific to a sport.

Learning Competencies: The learner…

• explains the importance of the principle of specificity.

• enumerates the skill related fitness components to be

included in the conditioning program of a specific sport.

• identifies the ideal method for conditioning the fitness

component(s) of sprint events in athletics.

• identifies the ideal method for conditioning the fitness

component(s) of endurance events in athletics.

• identifies the ideal method for conditioning the fitness

 component(s) of throwing events in athletics.

• identifies the ideal method for conditioning the fitness

component(s) of racquet sports.

• identifies the ideal method for conditioning the fitness

component(s) of demonstration sports.

• identifies the ideal method for conditioning the fitness

component(s) of specialized sports.

Third Quarter

Course Title: Sports Injury

Course Description: The course is under the Special Program in

Sports which enables learners to recognize, evaluate and prevent

sports injuries and apply basic first aid.

Content: Recovery from Sports Specific Injuries

Factors affecting recovery from sports specific injury

Process of Recovery

• Healing Process

• Recovery Time

• Recovery Nutrition

• Psychological recovery

PS: Strategies in coping with stress

Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of the

process in recovery from sports specific injury

Performance Standard: The learner creates and conducts a mini

conference about the effectiveness of different process of recovery

from Sports Specific Injury

Learning Competencies: The learner...

• Identifies the different factors affecting the recovery of

specific injury from sports specific

• Realizes the importance of different process of recovery

from sports specific Injuries

• Identifies step by Step Process of Recovery from Sports

Specific Injuries.

• Identifies the different healing process which contributes to

the recovery of athletes from sports specific injury

• Explains the importance of recovery time from sports

specific injury

• Realizes the importance of nutrition in the recovery of

athletes from sports specific injury

• Identifies the effectiveness of psychological recovery from

sports specific injury

 • Gives examples of healing process of recovery from sports

specific injury

• Manifests awareness in the effectiveness of recovery time that

may contribute to the recovery of athlete from sports specific

injury

• Analyzes the effect of nutrition for the recovery of athlete from

sports specific injury

• Evaluates the effectiveness of psychological recovery to athletes

• Determines the effectiveness of healing process for the fast

recovery of athletes from sports specific injury

• Evaluates the different aspect of recovery time as one process of

recovery from sports specific injury

• Recognizes the importance of nutrition for the fast recovery of

athletes from sports specific injury

• Recognizes the effectiveness of psychological recovery which

contributes to the recovery of athletes from sports specific injury

• Conducts a mini conference about the importance and

effectiveness of different process of recovery from sports specific

injuries

• Evaluates the outcome of the mini conference thru rubric

assessment
Fourth Quarter

Course Title: Sports Nutrition

Course Description: The course is under the Special Program in

Sports which enables the learner to design a nutritional plan for

athletes and effects of doping on athletic performance.

Content: Fads and Supplements

1. Role of nutrition to athletes

2. Recognizing fads from healthy ones

3. Samples and effects of fads

4. Benefits and effects of dietary supplements to athletic

training and performance

5. Health claims of supplements

6. Supplements vs ergogenic aids

7. Common supplements and their effects – protein powders,

fat reduction and muscle building supplements, energy

boosters, energy drinks, creatine, others) Vitamins and

antioxidants as ergogenic aids

8. Facts and frauds about fads and supplements

Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of

nutrition fads and supplements

Performance Standard: The learner prepares personal nutritional

strategy for adequate nutrition; and analyzes and modifies

nutritional strategy for others

Learning Competencies: The Learner...

• Identifies the role of nutrition to athletes

• Identifies benefits and effects of fads and supplements to

athletic training and performance

• Analyzes effects of common supplements to the body

• Evaluates supplements and ergogenic aids in the market

• Analyzes health claims of dietary supplements

• Distinguishes fads from healthy ones

• Distinguishes difference of dietary supplements and

ergogenic aids

• Develops awareness in nutritional strategy for adequate

nutrition

• Distinguishes difference of supplements and ergogenic aids

• Distinguishes facts from frauds about fads and dietary

supplements

• Formulates personal goals and nutritional strategy for

adequate nutrition
• Demonstrates ability to make informed choices as a

consumer

• Applies nutritional strategies to promote good health and

optimal performance

• Assumes responsibility for achieving adequate nutrition

 K12 Curriculum Framework in Special Program in Sports

Grade 10

First Quarter

Course Title: Biomechanics and Movement Analysis

Course Description: The course is under the Special Program in

Sports which enables the learner to analyze movement and their

applications to technique, training and injury reduction.

Content: Applied Movement Analysis

Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of

movement analysis and its applications to improve technique,

improve training and reduce injury.

Performance Standard: The learner identifies errors in technique

and is able to correct errors confidently.

Learning Competencies: The learner…

• understands how biomechanics is used to improve

technique

• explains how movement analysis can be used to prevent

injuries

• understands how technology can be used to analyze

movement
 • develops a movement analysis plan that can be integrated

in training

• develops a movement analysis plan that can be integrated

in training

• evaluates errors in performance of different skills

• conduct a qualitative analysis on different sports skills.

• creates a movement training plan to be used during

physical training sessions.

Second Quarter

Course Title: Exercise Physiology and Methods of

Conditioning

Course Description: The course is under the Special Program in

Sports which enables the learner to design a comprehensive

conditioning program that is specific to a team/combative sport.

Content: Conditioning Programs for Team and Combative Sports

Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of the

principle of specificity and its impact on designing a comprehensive

conditioning program.

Performance Standard: The learner designs a comprehensive

conditioning program that is specific to a sport.

Learning Competencies: The Learner…

• discusses the importance of periodization in the long term

preparation for athletic competitions.

• summarizes strategies on how to prevent overuse athletic

injuries.

• identifies the ideal method for conditioning the fitness

component(s) of basketball.

• identifies the ideal method for conditioning the fitness

component(s) of volleyball.

• identifies the ideal method for conditioning the fitness

component(s) of football/futsal.

• identifies the ideal method for conditioning the fitness

component(s) of sepak Takraw.

• identifies the ideal method for conditioning the fitness

component(s) of baseball/softball.

• identifies the ideal method for conditioning the fitness

component(s) of combative sports

Third Quarter

Course Title: Sports Injury

Course Description: The course is under the Special Program in

Sports which enables learners to recognize, evaluate and prevent

sports injuries and apply basic first aid.

Content: Rehabilitation of Sports Specific Injury

• Introduction of rehabilitation of sports specific injury

• Classification of rehabilitation of sports specific injury

• Comprehensive Rehabilitation services

• Rehabilitation Exercise Program

• Therapy

• Conditioning

Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of the

classification of rehabilitation from sports specific injury

Performance Standard: The learner formulates and presents a

research work about rehabilitation that may contribute for the fast

recovery of athletes from sports specific

Learning Competencies: The Learner...

• Explains the importance of rehabilitation from sports

specific injury
• Classifies the different rehabilitation program and services

for sports specific injury

• Recognizes the comprehensive rehabilitation services

needed for sports specific injury

• Identifies the rehabilitation exercises program for sports

specific injury

• Identifies the different rehabilitation therapy for specific

injury from sports specific injury

• Explains the importance of rehabilitation conditioning to

regain athletic performance

• Realizes the importance of rehabilitation from sports

specific injury

• Gives example of rehabilitation program and services for

sports specific injury

• Prepares comprehensive data of rehabilitation services

needed for injury from sports specific

• Analyzes the rehabilitation exercises program suitable for

specific injury from sports specific

• Evaluates the different rehabilitation therapy of specific

injury from sports specific

• Analyzes the different rehabilitation conditioning that helps

athlete to recover from sports specific injury.

• Classifies the comprehensive rehabilitation exercises

needed in sports specific injury.

• Determines the effects of rehabilitation exercises program

suitable for specific sports injury to regain athletic

performance.

• Recognizes the importance of rehabilitation therapy that

helps fast recovery of athletes from sports specific injury.

• Distinguishes rehabilitation conditioning for specific injury

that contributes fast recovery of athletes.

• Presents a research work about the effectiveness

rehabilitation exercises, therapy and conditioning of injury

from sports specific.

• Evaluates the result of research work about the

rehabilitation that may contribute aspect for the fast recovery

of athlete from sports specific injury.

Fourth Quarter

Course Title: Sports Nutrition

Course Description: The course is under the Special Program in

Sports which enables the learner to design a nutritional plan for

athletes and effects of doping on athletic performance.

Content: Doping

1. Effects of doping on athletic performance

2. Reasons for doping

3. Ethical issues about doping

4. Liability of positive doping results

5. Case studies on doping

Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of

doping as a serious issue in sports

Performance Standard: The learner prepares a case study on

doping.

Learning competencies: The Learner...

• Identifies the effects of doping on athletic performance

• Explains the importance of ethical behavior in sports

• Analyzes cases of doping in local and/or international sports

• Evaluates athletic and societal factors that lead to doping

• Evaluates performance-enhancing drugs in the market

• Distinguishes the difference of legal and illegal drugs

• Develops awareness of ethical issues concerning doping

• Demonstrates ability to make ethical choices as an athlete

• Applies ethical strategies to promote optimal performance

• Evaluates case studies on doping

• Assumes responsibility for achieving optimal athletic

performance through ethical behavior