Weakness and Remedies

Candidates’ weaknesses include their inability to:

• state the use of the starting block during athletics meet;
• name circular races in athletics;
• state similarities between long jump and triple jump events in athletics;
• list features of a long distance race;
• mention the nutrients other than carbohydrate which should be in a diet of an athlete;
• mention types of intra-mural sports.;
• explain aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration;
• list possible movements that occur at the shoulder joint;
• mention types of bones in the human body.

The following remedies were suggested to overcome these weaknesses:

• early exposure of students to practical skills;
• familiarization of candidates with the syllabus;
• coverage of the teaching syllabus before examination commences;
• candidates should understand the demands of the questions before responding to them.