Physical Education GCSE
Legitimate contact
What Legitimate contact means in Physical Education GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Legitimate contact
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Reference: OCR
Contact that the rules of the sport permit, such as a legal rugby tackle or a fair shoulder-to-shoulder challenge in football, and is not violence.
Topics that use Legitimate contact
- 2.1.c. Ethical and socio-cultural issues in physical activity and sport - Violence in sport (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Deliberate acts outside the rules
- Player and spectator violence
- Provocation and frustration
- Sport culture and officiating
- Violence in sport
- Pressure and high stakes
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