Current trends of Physical Education and Sport Sciences in India

Abstract

 The aim of this paper is to identify the current trends of physical education and Sports Science in India. As we all know that physical education plays the most significant role in school and college curriculum. In the 21st century, physical education is no longer a physical training, sports coaching or merely indulging in play activities. It has emerged as a multi-dimensional discipline. The modern programme of physical education gives emphasis on health, physical fitness and wellness, competitive and sports, inter-personal and life style skills. So, this type of curriculum will definitely help the physical education professional to motivate their students to participated various types of physical activities and maintain a lifelong involvement in health and wellbeing. In India, Sports Science is an emerging discipline in higher education. Sports or exercise science is a multidisciplinary approach encompassing various subjects like exercise physiology, biomechanics, sports psychology, science of sports training, sports medicine, nutrition and so on. The present course offers to create multidisciplinary knowledge based among the students that would enable them to enter research and practical application in variety of sports and games. All these issues have been discussed in the present study.