Olympic Value Education

Olympims- Concept and Olympics Values (Excellence, Friendship

& Respect)
 Olympic Value Education – Joy of Effort, Fair Play, Respect for
others, Pursuit of Excellence, Balance among Body, Will and Mind
 Ancient and Modern Olympics
 Olympics – Symbols, Motto, Flag, Oath and Anthem
 Olympic Movement Structure – IOC, NOC, IFS, other members
Olympism – Concept And
Olympics Values Of
Olympism (Excellence,
Friendship & Respect)
Friendship
Friendship is core value of the Olympic
Games.
Participation in sports is developing
friendship between individuals and people.
Players assemble at one platform of
Olympics.
These friendship in calculate values to look
beyond the gender, ability, culture, race or
religion.
Respect
Respect is also one of the core values of
Olympism.
Olympism refers to the respect for yourself
and your body for other people, for rules
and regulations, for sports and the
environment.
It is the key for developing friendship,
sportsmanship, fair play, humanity which
creates healthy competition.
Excellence
Excellence means delivering the best
efforts to do task whether in a sports or
profession.
Excellence is about having an ambition in
life, through determination, efforts and
reaching the goal.
Excellence does not only matter in sports, it
is also required in classrooms.
Olympic Value Education
Joy of Effort
A person is energetic at younger age but as
he/ she become older, the level of energy
decreases.
Physical activities should be initiated at
appropriate age to develop ability and skill
level of an individual.
Freedom to develop physical, intellectual
and moral powers through physical
education.
This makes the child to enjoy and have fun
with sports.
Respect for others
One should respect all people and all
cultures with equal worth.
These qualities can be well achieved
through the participation in sports.
Sports person and educators have an
important role in this process as
acceptance and respect for cultural
difference has to be taught.
Understanding and acceptance of
difference develops when people live, work
and play together.
Pursuit of Excellence
 It aligns with the core value of Olympics.
 According to International Olympic Committee
‘excellence is one of the core values around which
the Olympic movement is constructed’.
 Focusing on excellence can help young people to
make positive, healthy choices.
 Sports provide an opportunity to players to become
the best or to make healthy choices in safe social
and physical surroundings.
 The participation in sports provides the platform to
absorb the value of excellence in efforts in the
environment free of discrimination and
harassement.
Fair Play
Fair play refers to playing by the rules.
After participating in sports an individual
develops the habit of fair play that is
reflected in his/her attitude and behaviour
in life and towards the community he/she
lives in.
Referees and officials enforce rules through
penalties and punishments.
 There are many ways through which the
concept of fair play can be reflected like
shaking hands with the opponent at the
end of the game, appreciating the
opponent’s extraordinary performance etc.
Balance between Body, Will
and Mind
Pierre de Coubertin understood that an
international revival of the Olympic Games
would stimulate interest in sports and
physical activity among young people.
Focus of the modern Olympic Movement
extends beyond sports, embracing cultures,
artistic works, environmental awareness
and education.
Physical learning take place in both body
and mind but it could not be done without
will.
Sport is a medium of balancing body, will
and mind.
Olympics
For proper understanding of Olympics it would be better
to study it under the following heads:

Ancient Olympics Games

Modern Olympics
Ancient Olympics
When and How did the ancient Olympic Games
begin?
There is no authentic information but there are
various tales about the origin of these games in
ancient Greek stories.
According to the available information in history, the
first Olympic Games started in Olympia Valley in 776
BCE
It is believed that the natives of Olympia adored
Zeus as their God.
Once Zeus appeared on the ground of Olympia.
Owing to his fearful anger, the land split. Hercules the
son of Zeus started the games and sports in the
honour of his father.
Rules for competitions
1. The participants were male citizens of different
cities within Greece.
2. Slaves and convicts (someone guilty of crime)were
not allowed to participate.
3. All participants had to receive 10 month training
before Olympic Games.
4. Women were not allowed to participate in
competitions or see these games.
5. If one of the spectators had any objection against
any player, he was not allowed to participate in the
competition.
6. The games were conducted every four years.
7. The month when the Olympic Games were held was
considered a scared month.
8. Professionals were not allowed to participate in the
Olympic Truce
The Olympic festival, there was a
guaranteed official truce, called the
Ekecheiria.
This allowed athletes to travel safely from
their cities , to take part in the Games.
A violation of this truce was punishable by
death.
Opening Ceremony Of Games
On the first day only religious functions
were performed.
The second day was reserved for march past
and introduction and after that chariot –
race, horse race and pentathlon (pente
means five and athlon means competition)
were held.
Third day the ritual of sacrifice of animals
was performed.
 Fourth day competitions of races,
wrestling and boxing.
Awards
Less attention was paid to awards in the ancient
Olympic Games. Only food grains and animals were
given as a reward.
After that a crown made of olive leaves was given to
the winners.
More stress was laid on respect and honors instead
of awards to the players in these games.
Statues were also made of the winners. Poems were
also composed in praise of winners and their names
were recorded in the animals of history.
Even the players used to participate in these games
for respect and honors and not for the sake of awards.
Modern Olympic Games

The credit to start the modern Olympic Games goes to

Pierre, Baron de Coubertin of France. Coubertin
was born in Paris on 1 January 1862. his family
members wanted him to join the army so he joined the
Sainik Academy. But after some time he left it and
started studying political science. Having studies
political science he came to know about the national
and international problems. He thought national and
international problems could easily be solved through
Olympic Games. It was Coubertin’s dream to restart
the ancient Olympic Games at world level. For this
purpose he called a meeting of various countries in
1893. Some countries viz., Italy, Greece, Spain and
Sweden were in favor of commencing these games,
whereas rest of the countries opposed it.
Again on 16 June 1894 a meeting of 13
countries was held in Paris in which 75
representative participated. It was resolved
that “ Sports competitions should be held
every fourth year on the lines of Greek
Olympic Games and every nation should be
invited to participate”. The first modern
Olympic Games were held in Athens in
1896, only nine countries participated. This
number gradually increased and in the 1972
Munich (West Germany) Olympic Games 122
countries participated. Three Olympics could
not be held during the two World Wars.
Olympics – Symbols, Motto, Flag, Oath
and Anthem
Olympic Motto

Olympic motto comprises three Latin

words – Citius – Altius – Fortius
which means Fastest – Highest –
Stronger respectively. The motto was
coined by a French educator Father
Didon in 1895.
Olympic Flag
Olympic Flag was created in 1913 at the suggestion of Baron de
Coubertin. It was first inaugurated in Paris in June 1914. But
it was hoisted for the first time in the Olympic stadium at the
Antwerp Olympic Games which were held in 1920. Olympic
flag is made of white silk and contains five interlocking
rings/circles in five colors representing five continents of the
world, viz., America, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa. The five
rings have different colors : yellow, green, red, blue and black.
The interlocking of rings/ circles symbolizes cooperation and
friendship.
Olympic Oath
Baron Pierre de Coubertin wrote the
Olympic Oath. First time it was introduced
in 1920 Antwerp games.
“We swear that we will take part in the Olympic
Games in loyal competition, respecting the
regulations which govern them and desirous of
participating in them in them in the true spirit of
sportsmanship for the honor of our country and for
the glory of sports”.
Olympic Anthem

Olympic Anthem or Olympic Hymn,

was composed for the 1896 Olympic
Games by, Greek composer Spyros
Samaras (1863-1917).
The Olympic Anthem was first
played at the 1896 in Olympic
ceremony
International Olympic
Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the governing
body of the modern Olympic Games. It is committed to support
and promote participation in sports throughout the world. The
International Olympic Committee has its headquarters in
Lausanne, Switzerland.

It was created by Pierre Baron de Coubertin on 23 June 1894.

Greek Demetrius Vikelas was first president. Its
membership consists of 105 active members and 32
honorary members.

The IOC organizes the modern Olympic Games held in summer

Olympic Games held in summer and winter in every four
years. The first summer Olympic Games by the International
Committee were held in Athens, Greece in 1896 whereas the
first Winter Olympic Games were held Chamonix, France in
Since 2010 the IOC has started to organized
the summer and winter Youth Olympics. The
first Summer Youth Olympics were held in
Singapore in 2010 the first Winter Youth
Olympics were held in Innsbruck in 2012.
Members of Committee

Executive
President Vice
Board
President
President
The president of the IOC is elected by its members.
The president is elected for a term of eight years. After
the expiry of his term, he/she can be re – elected. The
current IOC president is Thomas Bach.

Vice President
In the IOC four vice – presidents are elected. These
officials are also by members of the committee. They
are elected for a term of four years. They can be
reappointed if members of the committee desire so.

Executive Board
The IOC Executive Board consists of the president four
vice – presidents and ten other members. All the
members of the IOC Executive Board are elected by
Main Function of the IOC
 Place decided by this committee and days on which games will be
held.
 For conducting the competition and general programmes for the
Olympics, fundamental rules and regulations are set up by this
committee.
 Encourages and supports the promotion of ethics in sports as well as
education of youth through sports.
 Ensures the regular conduct of the Olympic games.
 Takes action in order to strengthen the unity and to protect the
independence of the Olympic movement.
 Acts against any form of discrimination affecting the Olympic
movement.
 Encourages and supports the promotion of women in sports at all
levels.
 The fights against doping in sports.
 Encourages the development of sports for all.
 It opposes any political or commercial abuse of sports and athletes.
National Olympic Committee
(NOC)
The NOC are a constituent of the Olympic
Movement under the leadership of the IOC.
At present there are 206 NOCs all over the
world.
Together with the International Sport
Federations, the NOCs are a constituent of the
Olympic Movement under the leadership of
IOC.
Objectives Of NOC
It promotes and protects the Olympic
Movement in its respective countries.
Nominate cities within their
respective areas as candidates for
future Olympic Games.
Promotes the development of
athletes and training of coaches and
officials at a national levels
Indian Olympic Association
IOA was founded in 1927 as a non – profit organization
by Sir Dorabji Tata as President and Dr. A.G
Noehren as Secretary General.
IOA selected sportspersons to represent India, but after
1947 this responsibility to the National Sports
Federations.
Currently IOC only arranges transport, boarding and
accommodation for the officials and sportspersons.
IOA is an affiliated member of International Olympic
Committee.
IOA elections are generally held once in four years for
selecting it office bearers and members.
The office bearer who hold a different
position in Indian Olympic Association
are listed below:
•President
•Senior Vice President
•Vice – President (8)
•Secretary- General
•Treasurer
•Joint Secretaries
•Executive Council Member (10)
•One representative elected out of the
Athletes Commission
•To develop and promote the Olympic
Movement
•To enforce the rules and regulation of the
International Olympic Committee and Indian
Olympic Association.
•To promote and encourage the physical,
moral and cultural education of the young
people of nation.
•To undertake with assistance of national
sports federations, the financial
management, transportation, maintenance
and welfare of teams.
•To suggest the names of selected
participants to participate in Olympic
Games.
• To cooperate with the National Sports
Federation/ Associations, IOA and controls
selection, training, coaching of the teams that
will represent India.
•Eliminate the discrimination of caste,
religion, color and area etc.
•To apply the code of conduct of the World
Anti – Doping Agency.
•Respect all the rules and responsibilities for
the national Olympic Committee
International Federations of Sports
(IFS)
International Federations of Sports are
international non- governmental organizations
recognized by the International Olympic
Committee (IOC).
It aim to administer one or more sports at
world level.
Objectives of IFS
Responsibility and duty to manage and to
monitor the every day.
IFS supervise the development of athletes
practicing these sports at every level.
It ensure promotion and development.
IFS monitor the administration regularities
of competition as well as respect for rules
of fair play.