PE 200

Physical activities were necessary for existence. Cockfighting, introduced by the Malays and considered a favorite sport was popular. Dancing was a religious activity with several purposes and officiated by a priest or a priestess.

• Spanish Period

• Pre-Spanish Period

• Japanese Period

• American Period

Recreational games such as the juego de anillo, juego de prenda, and the duplo (a poetic joust) were introduced. Girls played sungka, siklot, piko, luksong tinik, and hide and seek. Boys played patintero, sipa, and kite-flying.

• Spanish Period

• Pre-Spanish Period

• Contemporary Period

• American Period

Basketball was first introduced as a game for young girls at the Carnival Meet held in Manila but was later discontinued in 1914 because it was found very strenuous for the girls.

• Japanese Period

• Spanish Period

• Pre-Spanish Period

• American Period

obliged all public schools to perform daily calisthenics on air called the Radio Taiso, where instructors were provided. The demonstration of the exercise was held in Luneta.

• Japanese Period

• Post War Period

• American Period

• Spanish Period

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) was created through what republic act in 1990 to serve as the “sole policy-making and coordinating body of all amateur sports development programs and instructions in the Philippines”?

• Republic Act No. 6844

• Republic Act No. 6747

• Republic Act No. 6847

• Republic Act No. 6874