Ethics in Sports NCERT Solutions | Health and Physical Education for Class 9 PDF Download

Answer the following Questions

Q.1. Explain ethics in sports.

• Sports ethics is a positive concept that guides human action in sports. It is defined as the code of conduct for promoting and ensuring healthy sporting practices.
• Sports ethics signifies not just a certain form of behaviour but also a particular way of thinking. It promotes fair play among children and young persons via educational and preventive measures and encourages the dissemination of good practices to promote diversity in sport and combat all forms of discrimination.

Q.2. What is the importance of ethics in sports?

• Ethics in sports involves the elimination of all types of negative behaviour on and off the field and ensuring healthy sporting practice.
• Most importantly it promotes equity and sporting excellence also.

Q.3. Write about the various standards of sports ethics.

There are six standards of sports ethics which is involves in fair play. These are trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.

• Trustworthiness: Trustworthiness is the ability to be honest, reliable, principled and does not support dishonesty, cheating, or dishonourable conduct.
• Respect: Every individuals need to learn to respect their teammates, coaches, opponents, spectators and learn to accept the win with grace and lose with dignity.
• Responsibility: Every individuals should take their responsibilities and try to be a positive role model on and off the field.
• Fairness: Every individuals should adhere to high standards of fair play and ensure that teams and athletes play by the rules and treat others fairly.
• Caring: Every individuals should never engage in careless behaviour that could injure themselves or others and demonstrate concern for others.
• Citizenship: As a member of a community, whether in a team, in a classroom, or with a family, every individuals think how their choices impact other community members & follow the spirit of the rules of the sports.

Q.4. Explain the responsibilities of Government regarding sports ethics.

Government has the responsibilities to encourage and follow ethical standards, improve controls with regard to integrity and ethics, empower and encourage physical education and sports teachers and instructors to promote sports ethics, commit in preserving the integrity of sports under threat especially from match fixing, trafficking in young sportsperson and illegal betting, and monitoring of the prevention of racism, xenophobia and racial intolerance in sport.

Q.5. Write about the role of sports related organisations with respect to sports ethics.

Sports organization formulate rules governing the right to participate incompetitions and the organisation of categories in competitions in the light of the principles of sports ethics.

Fill in the blanks

(i) Sports is recognised as an……………activity.
(ii) Sports provides opportunity for ……….interaction.
(iii) Ethics, morals and values are used …. in daily life.
(iv) Sports ethics signify not just a certain form of ……… but also a particular way of …………...
(v) Code of sports ethics promotes ……. and sports …...

(i) Sports is recognised as an individual activity.
(ii) Sports provides opportunity for social interaction.
(iii) Ethics, morals and values are used interchangeably in daily life.
(iv) Sports ethics signify not just a certain form of behavior but also a particular way of thinking.
(v) Code of sports ethics promotes equity and sports excellence.

Tick ( ✓) mark either Yes / No

(i) Truth worthiness is one of the standard of ethics. (Yes/No)
(ii) Governments encourage adopting high ethical standard in society through sports. (Yes/No)
(iii) Sports organisation formulates rules of the competition in the light of sports ethics. (Yes/No)
(iv) Always adhere to the high standard of fair play. (Yes/No)
(v) There are six standards of fair play. (Yes/No)

(i) Yes
(ii) Yes
(iii) Yes
(iv) Yes
(v) Yes