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• BMI formula


  Weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared
• Sportsmanship


  Behaviour and attitudes that show respect for the rules of a game and for the other players
• Sports


  An activity that requires physical actions and skills where individuals or teams compete under a set of rules
• Types of sports

  • Individual sports
  • Dual sports
  • Team sports
• Individual sports


  No partner is required to compete or play the game
• Dual sports


  Sports that require two players on each side
• Sports team


  A group of individuals who play sports (sports player), usually team sports, on the same team. The number of players in the group depends on type of the sports requirements
• Kayaking


  A fun activity that involves moving through water in a small water vessel with the aid of a double-bladed paddle
• Inventor of kayaking

  Invented by the Inuit, Aleut, and Yup'ik tribes around 4000 years ago
• Origin of kayak

  Greenland, where it was used by the Eskimos while the Canoe was used all over the world
• Meaning of 'kayak'

  "man-boat" in Eskimo
• Canoeing


  A sport where one gets into a little boat made for the sport called a canoe and using a single-bladed paddle to steer the canoe, tries to travel down a stream of a river
• Inventor of canoeing as recreation and sport

  John MacGregor, a Scottish lawyer, sportsman, traveler, and philanthropist, in the 1860s
• Origin of first canoes

  Native Americans, made out of large tree trunks by shaping them and making them hollow
• Body composition


  The percentage of a body's weight that is fat tissue. Individuals with optimal body composition are typically healthier, move more easily and efficiently, and generally feel better
• Flexibility


  The ability to move muscles and joints through a full normal range of motion (ROM)
• Agility


  The ability to rapidly change body direction, accelerate, or decelerate
• Balance


  The ability to stay upright or stay in control of body movement
• Reaction time


  A measure of the quickness with which an organism responds to some sort of stimulus. RT is defined as the interval of time between the presentation of the stimulus and appearance of appropriate voluntary response in the subject
• Speed


  The ability to move all or part of the body as quickly as possible. Examples: sprinting, speed skating, sprint cycling and sports such as tennis when a player has to move forward quickly from the baseline to reach a drop shot close to the net
• Physical fitness


  One's ability to execute daily activities with optimal performance, endurance, and strength with the management of disease, fatigue, and stress and reduced sedentary behavior
• Recreation


  All those activities that people choose to do to refresh their bodies and minds and make their leisure time more interesting and enjoyable
• Types of recreation

  • Active recreation
  • Passive recreation
• Active recreation


  A structured individual or team activity that requires the use of special facilities, courses, fields, or equipment
• Passive recreation


  Recreational activities that are commonly unorganized and noncompetitive, such as picnicking, bird watching, kite flying, bicycling, and walking
• Indoor recreational activities


  Things that you do for fun and enjoyment in the comfort of your home, the gym, or any other covered area. Examples: going to the gym, playing board games, doing indoor yoga, going to art museums
• Outdoor recreation


  Leisure activities that take place in a natural setting and benefit the body, mind and/or spirit. Examples: hiking, fishing, skiing, snowmobiling and wildlife viewing
• Snorkeling


  An underwater activity that involves a breathing tube. A mask is a common add-on so you can actually see underwater
• Inventor of snorkeling

  The Greek philosopher Aristotle
• Father of Scuba

  Jacques Yves Cousteau
• Meaning of SCUBA

  Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus, coined by Dr Christian Lambertsen in 1954
• First person to dive the deep sea

  Don Walsh (along with Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard)
• Libero's job


  A defensive specialist on an indoor volleyball team who is not allowed to serve or rotate to the front line
• Camping


  An outdoor activity that involves staying the night/more than one night in a protective shelter out in nature
• Words for describing camping scenery

  • Bushes
  • Campfire
  • Campsite
  • Canopy
  • Countryside
  • Forest
  • Greenery
  • Lodging
• Trail


  A marked or established path or route especially through a forest or mountainous region
• James Naismith is the inventor of the game basketball
• Sepak takraw


  Combines the agility and acrobatic maneuvers of gymnasts with the reflexive reflexes of competitive badminton players and ball skills (kicking and juggling)