2026 Grade 10 Sports and Recreation Mid Term 2 Exam with Marking Scheme

This paper  covers the following topics:

• Section A
  • Sport identification — naming sports from picture cards
  • Benefits of sports — matching benefits (cohesion, career, physical health, mental health) to descriptions
  • Body composition measurement — uses of tools for measuring body composition
  • Injury management — R.I.C.E. principle for sprains, classifying a cut as soft tissue or hard tissue, race safety strategies, emotional effects of long-term injury
  • Aerobics — four phases of an aerobics session in order, identifying and describing a floor aerobics movement, dimensions of wellness achieved through group aerobics
  • Road safety signs — interpreting road safety signs (true/false)
  • Acute vs. chronic injuries — classifying twisted ankle, blisters, and shoulder dislocation
  • Coaching — definition of coaching, steps in the coaching cycle
  • Sports equipment — naming sports items; identifying sports uses of locally available materials (old tyres, sand-filled containers, sisal rope); qualities of good improvised sports equipment
• Section B
  • Sports and recreation data — analysing participation table (identifying highest and lowest activity, calculating total participants), benefits of sports to individuals and community, building a sports culture
  • Body composition — calculating BMI, calculating waist-to-hip ratio, distinguishing lean vs. fat body weight, factors determining body composition
  • Posture and aerobics — identifying posture types, effects of correct posture on sports performance, calculating total aerobics session time, importance of warm-up and cool-down
  • Cycling and coaching — characteristics of a good coach, road safety signs for cyclists, steps in the coaching process
  • Aerobics theory — true/false on cool-down, floor aerobics, warm-up, and high-impact aerobics
  • Lifting posture — identifying correct lifting posture, effects of incorrect posture on future performance, how correct running posture improves efficiency, causes of postural defects in school