Maharashtra Board Class 11 Health And Physical Education Chapter 5 Doping Stimulants PDF Download

Doping (Stimulants)

Doping in sports is becoming more common. More and more athletes are using it. This causes damage to their body that cannot be fixed. Sports competitions want all athletes to compete fairly. They want athletes to use their own natural abilities. But doping is taking this away.

Using forbidden drugs for doping can be very dangerous. It can even cause death. The person's life becomes shorter. The person becomes very angry and aggressive. They feel sad and tired all the time.

Athletes work very hard to win. They train every day. But sometimes they want prizes, money, and fame. This makes them take shortcuts. They use doping to win quickly instead of training for many years.

What Is Doping?

Doping means using special drugs to make the body stronger and faster in sports. These are not natural ways to improve.

Doping includes using steroids and forbidden drugs. These forbidden drugs are stimulants, narcotics, diuretics, and peptide hormones. Blood transfusions are also forbidden methods of doping.

Objectives

To create awareness of the bad effects of stimulants.

To learn about banned drugs and their bad effects.

To understand what doping is.

To tell athletes to avoid doping.

To understand the physical and social dangers of doping.

To emphasize on improving the natural abilities of an athlete.

To create awareness about clean competitions.

Teacher's Note

Doping is cheating in sports. In India, many young people want to look like movie stars. They should use hard work and proper food, not medicines.

Exam Trick

Remember: Doping = bad shortcuts in sports. Just like copying in an exam is cheating, doping in sports is also cheating.

Points to Remember

Doping means using forbidden drugs to become stronger and faster.

Doping drugs are very dangerous for the body.

Athletes should use only their natural abilities to win.

Hard work and proper training are the correct ways to improve in sports.

Performance Enhancing Drugs And Their Side Effects

Teacher's Note

Different drugs cause different problems in the body. In India, students should know about these dangers before joining a gym.

Exam Trick

Remember: Each drug has its own side effect. Write the drug name and its side effect together in your exam answer.

Points to Remember

Anabolic steroids damage the kidney and liver.

Stimulants can cause the heart to stop working.

Diuretics make the person feel very sick.

E.P.O increases red blood cells too much.

Doping Incidents In Athletes

In 1986 an English cyclist died due to overdose of Cocaine.

In 1986, American basketball player Leonard Kevin Bias died due to doping.

Professional footballer Don Rodgers died of excess doping.

In 1988, Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was found guilty of doping. His gold medal in the Seoul Olympics was taken back. He used anabolic steroids.

In 1988 Seoul Olympics, Bulgarian weight lifter Angel Guenchev was banned from competitions. He used diuretics.

7 time cycling champion of Tour de France, Lance Armstrong was found guilty for doping.

Teacher's Note

Many famous athletes have lost their medals because of doping. In India, we should remember that honesty is more important than winning.

Exam Trick

Remember: Ben Johnson lost his gold medal because of doping. This is a famous example that always comes in exams.

Points to Remember

Many athletes have died because of doping drugs.

Some athletes lost their medals because they used doping.

Doping is cheating and there is punishment for it.

To prevent cheating in sports, new testing methods have been introduced. These are based on science. For success in sports, athletes need the right approach. To play well, athletes need honesty, pride, fair play, team spirit, and hard work. Games should be played for fun and to show our real abilities. Players should develop their natural talents. They should stay away from the bad shortcut of doping.

Supplement Protein

Using supplement protein powder and creatine can also be a form of doping. In India, many popular sports persons and movie stars get attention for their style and good looks. Many sport stars and movie stars are known for their great looks and fit body. Young people want to look like them. When teenagers finish school, they join gyms. They want to look slim, well-shaped, or muscular. The gyms sell supplements, protein powder, and creatine to make money. For an average person, these supplements are not needed. But the gyms give wrong information to sell more products. The gyms do not teach about natural food for before and after exercise. The gym trainers tell people that the body will shape up faster and better with supplements. People then spend a lot of money on these powders.

For a fit body, you need to train regularly for a long time with proper food. Just taking powder does not make the body fit. These quick methods are bad for your health. In very bad cases, people can even die. But sometimes, after a long time, some supplements may be needed. These should only be taken after talking to a doctor or nutritionist.

Teacher's Note

Many gyms in India try to sell expensive protein powders to students. Tell your children that good food from home is better and cheaper.

Exam Trick

Remember: Supplements are not necessary for normal exercise. Good diet and hard work are enough. This point comes in exams.

Points to Remember

Protein powders and creatine can be dangerous if not needed.

You need proper training and good food to get a fit body, not just supplements.

Supplements should only be taken with doctor's advice.

Many gyms give wrong information to sell supplements.

Misconception And Reality

Teacher's Note

Many wrong ideas about supplements exist in India. Tell students the truth: good food and regular exercise are better than expensive powders.

Exam Trick

Remember: Supplements are NOT needed for normal fitness. Only proper diet and exercise are needed. This is often asked in exams.

Points to Remember

Protein powder alone cannot give you six pack abs.

Supplements for weight loss are dangerous for health.

Good training and balanced food are enough for fitness.

Famous sports stars use exercise and good diet, not doping.

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