BSEB Inter Yoga & PE study materials
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BSEB Inter Yoga & PE study plan

BSEB Inter Yoga & PE · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Foundations of Yoga: meaning, history, aims and schools & Foundations of Physical Education: meaning, aims, scope and history

  • Define yoga in your own words and list its four classical aims (kaivalya, health, self-realisation, social harmony) from memory

  • Build a one-page timeline placing Vedic, Upanishadic, Bhagavad Gita, Patanjali, Hatha and modern (Vivekananda onward) periods in order

  • Name the main schools/streams (Raja, Hatha, Karma, Bhakti, Jnana, Mantra, Laya) and write one distinguishing sentence for each

  • Define physical education and list its aims and scope across school, recreation and competitive sport

  • Draft 15 original flashcards contrasting yoga aims with physical education aims

Your checkpoint

A dated timeline poster plus a 15-card flashcard set covering yoga history, schools and physical education aims

Week 2

Yogic texts and philosophy (Patanjali, Hatha Yoga, Bhagavad Gita)

  • Summarise the four padas of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and state the subject of each

  • Define chitta, vritti, the five vrittis and the meaning of chitta-vritti-nirodha in your own words

  • Explain the eight limbs (ashtanga) in order with one practical example per limb

  • State the yamas and niyamas with a real-life application for each

  • Outline the Bhagavad Gita's three paths (karma, bhakti, jnana) and the Gita's description of a sthitaprajna

  • List the main Hatha texts (Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Gheranda Samhita, Shiva Samhita) and what each emphasises

Your checkpoint

A hand-drawn ashtanga chart with one example per limb, plus a 300-word written comparison of Patanjali, Gita and Hatha perspectives

Week 3

Asana, Pranayama, Mudra, Bandha and Kriya: techniques and benefits

  • Demonstrate and cue 12 asanas covering standing, seated, supine, prone and inverted categories with correct alignment points

  • Write the technique, breathing pattern, contraindication and two benefits for each of the 12 asanas

  • Practise and record nadi shodhana, bhastrika, kapalabhati, ujjayi and bhramari, noting ratio and precautions

  • Identify the five major mudras and the four bandhas with their locations and claimed effects

  • Describe three shatkriyas (neti, dhauti, trataka) and state safety cautions for each

  • Explain the difference between pranayama, kumbhaka and breath awareness

Your checkpoint

A personal asana-pranayama teaching log of 12 asanas and 5 pranayamas with technique, benefits and contraindications, self-recorded and reviewed

Week 4

Yoga for health, lifestyle and disease prevention & Health education, first aid, nutrition and safety

  • Map yoga practices to five lifestyle conditions (obesity, diabetes, hypertension, asthma, back pain) with mechanism-based reasoning

  • Design a 20-minute gentle sequence for a sedentary adult and justify each component

  • State the components of a balanced diet and the role of macro- and micronutrients in health

  • Explain first aid for sprains, fractures, bleeding, burns and fainting using a step-by-step protocol

  • List hygiene and safety rules for a yoga or games session, including contraindications for inversions and breath retention

Your checkpoint

A two-page handout: a 20-minute preventive yoga sequence plus a first-aid quick-reference table for five injuries

Week 5

Anatomy, physiology and exercise physiology

  • Label the major bones and muscle groups on a blank skeleton and describe joint types with examples

  • Trace the path of blood through the heart and name the components and functions of blood

  • Explain the mechanics of breathing, gas exchange and how pranayama alters rate and depth

  • Describe the nervous system divisions and the endocrine glands relevant to exercise response

  • Compare acute responses and chronic adaptations to aerobic and resistance training

  • Define VO2 max, lactate threshold, EPOC and oxygen debt with units

Your checkpoint

A labelled anatomy-and-physiology revision sheet plus a 10-question self-test scored and corrected

Week 6

Physical fitness, training principles and sports training

  • Define the health-related and skill-related components of physical fitness and give one test for each

  • Apply the FITT principle and the principles of overload, progression, specificity, reversibility and recovery to a sample programme

  • Distinguish aerobic, anaerobic, strength and flexibility training methods

  • Periodise a 12-week plan into preparatory, competitive and transition phases

  • Calculate target heart rate using Karvonen and interpret a simple fitness test result

Your checkpoint

A written 12-week training programme for a chosen sport with FITT variables, periodisation and fitness-test justification

Week 7

Sports psychology, sociology and ethics in sport

  • Define motivation, arousal, anxiety and aggression and apply two theories each to a coaching scenario

  • Explain the inverted-U hypothesis and drive theory with practical examples

  • Describe imagery, goal setting and self-talk as psychological skills with a short drill for each

  • Explain socialisation into and through sport, and the concepts of team cohesion and leadership styles

  • State the principles of fair play, sportsmanship and the athlete's code of conduct, and analyse two ethical dilemmas (doping, match-fixing)

Your checkpoint

A one-page psychological-skills toolkit plus a 400-word ethical case analysis of a doping or fair-play scenario

Week 8

Foundations of Yoga: meaning, history, aims and schools & Yogic texts and philosophy (Patanjali, Hatha Yoga, Bhagavad Gita) & Asana, Pranayama, Mudra, Bandha and Kriya: techniques and benefits & Yoga for health, lifestyle and disease prevention & Foundations of Physical Education: meaning, aims, scope and history & Anatomy, physiology and exercise physiology & Physical fitness, training principles and sports training & Sports psychology, sociology and ethics in sport & Health education, first aid, nutrition and safety

  • Re-test every weak topic flagged in weeks 1-7 and log the score change

  • Write timed answers to two full-length practice papers under exam conditions

  • Recite the ashtanga limbs, four padas, five yamas and five niyamas from memory without notes

  • Review all deliverables and correct factual errors found

  • Build a final one-page formula and definition sheet for anatomy, fitness and first aid

Your checkpoint

Two completed timed mock papers with self-marking, an error log and a one-page final revision sheet

Milestones

Week 2: Can recite the eight limbs and five yamas/niyamas in order and explain chitta-vritti-nirodha without notes

Week 4: Can demonstrate 12 asanas with cues and state one contraindication each; scores 80% or more on the first-aid self-quiz

Week 6: Can label a blank skeleton to 80% accuracy and write a FITT-based weekly programme from memory in 15 minutes

Week 8: Scores 70% or higher on both timed mock papers with every error logged and corrected