Ball Games -Football and basketball

Contents & notes: what this topic covers

Under Ball Games -Football and basketball, the JAMB Physical and Health Education syllabus expects you to study:

• 2. Ball Games -Football and basketball a. Skills in football and basketball b. Facilities and equipment in football and basketball c. Rules, regulations and officiating in football and basketball.

Study notes & guidance

Study Ball Games -Football and basketball using a recommended Physical and Health Education textbook that follows the JAMB syllabus. Work through the contents listed above one by one, make brief notes in your own words, and then practise as many questions on this topic as you can — in Physical and Health Education, understanding and steady practice matter far more than memorising. Use the objectives below as a checklist: if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.

Objectives — candidates should be able to

After studying Ball Games -Football and basketball, you should be able to:

1. Describe the skills in football and basketball;
2. Identify various facilities and equipment in football and basketball;
3. Identify the officials of the games of football and basketball and their functions;
4. Differentiate the rules and regulations of football and basketball.

These objectives are from the official JAMB syllabus. Use them as a checklist — if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.

Source: official JAMB UTME Physical and Health Education syllabus (IBASS, jamb.gov.ng). Reproduced for study use. Last checked: 17 Sept 2026. Always confirm the current syllabus on the official portal.