Recreation

• Recreation


  Refreshment or curing of a sick person
• The term recreation appears to have been used in English first in the late 14th century
• Recreation


  • Difficult to separate from the general concept of play
  • Play or recreational activities are outlets of or expression of excess energy
  • Play or recreational activities channel energy into socially acceptable activities that fulfill individual as well as societal needs
  • Play or recreational activities provide satisfaction and pleasure for the participant
  • A traditional view holds that work is supported by recreation, recreation being useful to "recharge the battery" so that work performance is improved
• Children may playfully imitate activities that reflect the realities of adult life
• Recreation


  An essential part of human life that finds many different forms
• Recreation


  • Shaped naturally by individual interests
  • Shaped by the surrounding social construction
  • Can be communal or solitary
  • Can be active or passive
  • Can be outdoors or indoors
  • Can be healthy or harmful
  • Can be useful for society or detrimental
• Passive recreation area


  An undeveloped space or environmentally sensitive area that requires minimal development
• Passive recreation area


  • Maintained by entities such as a parks department for the health and well-being of the public and for the preservation of wildlife and the environment
  • The quality of the environment and "naturalness" of an area is the focus of the recreational experience
• Passive recreation


  A non-motorized activity that offers constructive, restorative, and pleasurable human benefits and fosters appreciation and understanding of open space and its purpose
• Passive recreation


  • Compatible with other passive recreation uses
  • Does not significantly impact natural, cultural, scientific, or agricultural values
  • Requires only minimal visitor facilities and services directly related to safety and minimizes passive recreation impacts
• Active recreation


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


  Activities that you voluntarily participate in during your free time
• Recreational satisfaction needs


  • Physiological
  • Educational
  • Social
  • Relaxation
  • Psychological
  • Aesthetics
• Lifestyle


  The way you live your life in an everyday basis, it includes eating habits, physical activity participation and recreation
• Lifestyle change


  The best way of preventing illness and early death
• Indoor Recreation


  When the activity is within the premises of your comfort zone at home or inside a building
• Outdoor Recreation


  When the activity is undertaken in a natural, rural, or open space outside the confines of buildings, usually large area that is close to nature
• Badminton


  An indoor recreational activity
• Origin of badminton


  1. Originated from the game "poona" played by English Army officers in India in the 17th century

  2. Brought to England in 1870's when the Duke of Beaufort held a lawn party in Badminton

  3. Became an Olympic sport with singles and doubles events in 1992 Barcelona Olympics
• Badminton


  Indoor recreational activity
• Badminton game


  1. Held inside the gym

  2. Avoid the effect of air in the flight of the shuttle

  3. Players need a racket and a shuttle cock

  4. Played in a court

  5. Requires skills in service, strokes in hitting the shuttle (smash, drop, lob or clear and net shots), and power of the leg in footwork
• Badminton game formats


  • Singles
  • Doubles
  • Mixed doubles
• Badminton game


  • Won when a player/s reach a score of 21 points
  • In case of a deuce (20-all), one has to gain a two-point advantage over the other
  • In case of a 29-all score, the first to reach 30 will win the set
  • A match is won by winning two out of three sets
• Indoor recreational activities


  • Badminton
• Benefits of regular Badminton sessions

  • Burn up to 450 calories per hour
  • Improves reflexes and speed
  • Tones muscles (quads, gluts, calves, hamstrings, core, arm, back)
  • Reduces anxiety and stress
  • Decreases fasting blood sugar and incidence of diabetes
  • Provides opportunities to socialise and meet new people
• Badminton


  1. Running

  2. Diving

  3. Lunging

  4. Hitting
• Badminton is a fast-paced game
• Exercise increases the production of endorphins


  Keeps you happier and improves mood and sleep
• Exercise


  Decreases the incidence of developing diabetes by 58%
• A competitive badminton game needs at least two players
• A 2v2 badminton match provides opportunities to meet new people and experience an intense double match
• Volleyball


  An indoor recreational activity
• Volleyball was invented by William J. Morgan in Holyoke, Massachusetts


  1895
• Mintonette


  The original name of the game of volleyball
• Volleyball was brought to the Philippines by Elwood S Brown


  1910
• Volleyball


  • A team sport with six players on each side of a 9x18 meter court
  • The object is to send the ball over the net and avoid it from grounding into your own court
  • A ball, net and a court are needed to play the game
  • Scoring follows a rally point system
  • A game is won in a two out of three sets
  • A set is won by reaching a score of 25
  • In case of a deuce, a team should have a two-point advantage over the other
  • Players need skills like service, volleying, setting, spiking and blocking to enjoy the game and gain its fitness benefits
• Changes to the game of volleyball

  • Addition of the "spike or kill" skill by the Filipinos
• Volleyball had its first summer Olympics exposure as a medal sport


  1964
• Volleyball


  A game where players volley a ball over a net
• Volleyball invented by William J. Morgan in Holyoke, Massachusetts


  1895