Leisure and Recreation

Leisure and Recreation

1. Leisure-free time when you choose what you want to do. Not time taken up from sleeping,eating,toilet and shower

   • Active Leisure - activities where physical and mental exertion required & can be low impact physical activities. (Energy, little contact or competition, can also be high impact
     • Yoga & Walking
   • Passive leisure - No physical or mental energy exerted
     • TV, video games, cinema - doesn't provide same benefits of active leisure

2. Leisure provision - Local authorities have to provide leisure services by law

   • Public:Libraries, swimming pools, playing fields & sports centre
   • Increasing number of private enterprises that run variety of sports-related facilities but only run if profit and demand are sufficient
     • Rural generally less provision that urban because population is lower
     • Providers and users-local authority provision specifically targeting particular "user groups" & making concessions & allowances for them
       • User groups-mother and toddler group, unemployed, senior citizens (retired) & shift workers
   • Private enterprises: only exist to make profit e,g, fitness clubs like Fitness First

3. Why increase in leisure time?

   • High unemployment
   • Advances in technology-labour saving e.g. washing machines
   • Flexible working hours - can also work at home therefore saves more time
   • People have gained more knowledge about why leisure good for you leisure benefits & health care
     • Keep fit-maintain stamina/flexibility, Well being-feel good about yourself, social-friendships + Enjoyable + constructive way to spend free time

4. Recreation- time to relax and enjoy yourself, do something active and healthy an ative part of leisure

   • Physical recreation - you opt in for an intrinsic reward than extrinsic
   • Outdoor recreation-activity associated with challenge in the natural environment
     • Climbing, Abseiling or water environment-sailing, windsurfing and canoeing

5. Activity choices

   • Age-some activities more suited to elderly e.g. bowls
   • Location-beach=surf, snow=skiing
   • Provision and cost-although activities available you may not be able to afford them

6. Lifelong Sports-involving yourself in activity carried on throughout life

   • Encouraged by many sports e.g, Swimming offers competitions, Sessions and clubs targeted at different age groups
   • Aerobics, walking and jogging