Class 7 Physical Education Unit 1, Foundational Basis of Physical Education and Well-being, opens NCERT’s Grade 7 Khel Yatra textbook by connecting team games with personal growth, mental resilience, fair play and creating a safe, bully-free environment.
What Class 7 Physical Education Unit 1 Covers
Ball Progression Game, Ghorpadiche Shepoot & Nalugu Rallu Ata builds coordination, ball-handling, teamwork and mental strength through the Ball Progression Game, Maharashtra’s traditional Ghorpadiche Shepoot (monitor-lizard tail tag) and Andhra Pradesh’s Nalugu Rallu Ata (four-stone game).
Gidhada Gudkavan, Stand Up Speak Out & Harassment Prevention Skit practices Karnataka’s Gidhada Gudkavan team game and empowers students through role-play skits to recognise, prevent and report bullying, harassment and unsafe behaviour.
Traditional games from across India: the Ball Progression Game is played in a 20 × 10 m rectangle. Ghorpadiche Shepoot is a chase game named after the ghorpad (monitor lizard, also called goh or goyra). Nalugu Rallu Ata, the ‘four stones’ game popular in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, has players circle the boxes when the denner calls ‘Chuttu’. Gidhada Gudkavan copies a hawk chasing chickens.
Speaking up: an upstander is a bystander who acts against a bully. The unit uses a skit to teach how to prevent harassment, and states that sexual harassment is a punishable offence.
Exercises in Unit 1
- Circle Time reflections, warm-up and cool-down drills, and Self/Teacher-Assessment rubrics.
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FAQ
What is the Class 7 Physical Education NCERT textbook for 2026-27?
Khel Yatra — Textbook of Physical Education and Well-being for Grade 7 (available in both English and Hindi medium).
Which traditional Indian games are taught in Unit 1 of Class 7 Khel Yatra?
Ghorpadiche Shepoot (from Maharashtra), Nalugu Rallu Ata (from Andhra Pradesh/Telangana), and Gidhada Gudkavan.
Where is Nalugu Rallu Ata played?
It is a traditional game popular in southern India, especially Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.