Individual Games and Sports II
Class 10 · Health and Physical Education
4 ideas in Class 10 Health and Physical Education, explained in plain words, with games and quizzes to practise.
Badminton Roots
Part of: Solo games
Badminton reaches back to the second century before the common era, taking its name from Badminton House of the Duke of Beaufort. British officers played it at Poona in eighteen seventy-three, rules followed in seventy-seven, and the All England Championship launched its world journey. Nineteen thirty-four birthed both the world federation and India's association, hosting singles, doubles, mixed and team events.
Why it matters. Old roots explain why shuttles fly on every continent.
Try it in two minutes
- State origin and naming.
- Name three milestone years.
- List four events.
Try at home. Map badminton milestones on a timeline.
Badminton Court and Serve
Part of: Solo games
Courts stretch thirteen point four metres long and six point one wide, narrowing to five point one eight for singles, split by a centre net. A short service line stands one point nine eight metres out, with a long line hemming doubles. Servers strike the shuttle base first, swing rackets through without pausing, and master two basic grips.
Why it matters. Measured lines plus clean serves win shuttle rallies.
Try it in two minutes
- Quote three measures.
- Name two service lines.
- State two serve rules.
Try at home. Draw a mini court with chalk.
Gymnastics
Part of: Solo games
Gymnastics strings sequenced moves demanding strength, balance, coordination, endurance, flexibility and control, sharpening timing in children. Greeks shaped it for beauty, horse mounting, circus and soldiering; German apparatus masters modernised it. The world body dates eighteen eighty-one, men entered eighteen ninety-six Olympics, the first world cup landed in seventy-five, and forms span artistic, rhythmic, trampoline, tumbling and acrobatic, with rhythmic reserved for women.
Why it matters. Six abilities in one sport build whole athletes.
Try it in two minutes
- Name six abilities.
- Trace Greek roots.
- Name five forms.
Try at home. Hold three balances safely.
Table Tennis
Part of: Solo games
Ping-pong rallies two or four players across a netted table from medieval Royal Tennis roots through English parlour improvisation. Foster patented table tennis in eighteen ninety, Gossima followed, celluloid balls and the Ping-Pong name landed in nineteen hundred, the world body formed in twenty-six Berlin, Worlds opened in London that year, India joined from Calcutta, and Seoul Olympics welcomed it in eighty-eight. Tables run nine by five by two-point-five feet toward eleven-point games.
Why it matters. Parlour past plus precise measures shape fast rallies.
Try it in two minutes
- Name three history years.
- Quote table measures.
- State winning points.
Try at home. Time a TT rally at home.
What your child will practise
- Badminton Court and Serve: Desert Quest (Flip and Match)
- Badminton Court and Serve: Mission Control Quest (Match It Up)
- Badminton Roots: Space Quick Fire (Quick Fire)
- Gymnastics: Explorer'S Map Quest (Collect the Answer)
- Table Tennis: Space Puzzle (Clue Puzzle)
- Quiz: Badminton Court and Serve (8 questions)
- Quiz: Badminton Roots (8 questions)
- Quiz: Gymnastics (8 questions)
- Quiz: Table Tennis (8 questions)