Ch 2Olympic Value Education — Class 11 Physical Education, concept-first.

Sport, in the Olympic tradition, is far more than a contest to find the fastest or the strongest. It is treated as a school for life - a way of shaping the whole person.

The first topic of the unit sets out the idea that everything else rests on. It has two parts, exactly as the textbook presents them:

Olympism is a philosophy of life. The Olympic Charter defines it in these words: "Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind.

The Olympic Games have become a global celebration of sport and peace. Through a combination of sport, culture and education, the Movement uses sport to promote fundamental ethical principles and the…

If Olympism is the philosophy and the three values are its ideals, then Olympic Value Education (OVE) is the way those ideals are actually taught to young people - through sport and physical activity.…

Olympic Value Education (OVE) is based on the Olympic philosophy that learning takes place through the balanced development of body and mind.

The Olympic Games have two great chapters, separated by roughly fifteen centuries: the ancient Games of Greece and the modern Games revived at the end of the nineteenth century.

The ancient Olympic Games were organised in honour of Zeus, the ruler of the Greek gods, as part of a religious festival.

About 1503 years after Theodosius I closed the ancient Games, the Olympic Games took place once again - in 1896 in Athens, Greece.

The Olympic Movement expresses its ideals through a set of well-known ceremonial and identity elements.

The creed, or guiding principle, of the modern Olympic Games is a famous quotation most often attributed to Baron Pierre de Coubertin:

The Olympic symbol is the five interlocked rings of equal proportions, in five different colours. The colour sequence of the rings, from left to right, is blue, yellow, black, green and red; the blue,…

The Olympic flag was created by Baron Coubertin in 1913 and released in 1914. It has a plain white background without any border, with the Olympic symbol of the five interlocked rings placed in the ce…

The motto of the Olympic Games is "Citius - Altius - Fortius", Latin for "Faster - Higher - Stronger." It expresses the aspirations of the Olympic Movement - the constant urge to do better, to reach h…

Each edition of the Olympic Games has its own Olympic emblem - a design that integrates the Olympic rings with one or more distinctive elements representing the host city or country.

The Olympic Hymn, also known as the Olympic anthem, is a musical work composed by Spyros Samaras (with words by the Greek poet Kostis Palamas).

The Olympic flame was first lit in 1928 at the Amsterdam Games. It is a symbol of continuity between the ancient and modern Games, and traces back to the ancient Greek practice of keeping a sacred fir…

After the Olympic cauldron is lit, doves are released into the air as a symbol of peace. This was first done at the 1896 Olympics, and again in 1920, and since 1920 it has been an official part of the…

The Olympic Oath is a solemn promise taken during the Opening Ceremony. It is taken by one athlete and one judge from the home (host) nation, on behalf of all the competitors and all the judges.

The winners at the Olympic Games are awarded medals: the winner receives a gold medal, the runner-up a silver medal and the second runner-up a bronze medal, presented in a ceremony on the podium.

Staging the Olympic Games and spreading Olympism across the world is far too large a task for any single body.

Under the supreme authority and leadership of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Olympic Movement encompasses the organisations, athletes and other persons who agree to be guided by the Ol…

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) stands at the very top of the Olympic Movement. It was constituted by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894, with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president.

As per the Olympic Charter, the mission of the IOC is to promote Olympism throughout the world and to lead the Olympic Movement.

The powers of the International Olympic Committee are exercised through three organs: the Session, the IOC Executive Board, and the President.

Where the IOC leads the Movement globally, the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) carry it into each individual country.

While the NOCs organise the Movement country by country, the International Federations (IFs) organise it sport by sport.

This unit has shown how the Olympic Movement uses sport not merely to crown winners but to educate people and build a more peaceful world. Here are its key ideas, in the textbook's order.