Sport is portion of a wide scope of activities encompassed by the term leisure and undertaken in what we would depict as our leisure clip. Specifying leisure is a hard thing to make since it depends to an extent on the perceptual experiences of the single participants. The same activity can be leisure to one individual but non to another. The European Sport for All Charter ( Council of Europe. 1980 ) divided athletics into four wide classs.
| | | | |1 |Competitive games and athletics which are characterised by the credence of regulations and | [ movie ] | | |responses to opposing challenge | | | |Click on image to see NFL website | | |2 |Outdoor chases in which participants seek to negociate some peculiar terrain: | [ movie ] | | |the challenge derive from the mode of dialogue adopted and are modified by the | | | |particular terrain selected and the conditions of air current and conditions prevailing | | | | .
Click on image to see PGA website | | |3 |Aesthetic motion which includes activities in the public presentation of which. the | [ movie ] | | |individual is non so much looking beyond themselves and is reacting to the | | | |sensuous pleasance of patterned bodily motion. for illustration dance. figure skating. | | | |forms of rhythmic gymnastic exercises and recreational swimming. | | | |
Click on image to see National Ice Skating Association website | | |4 |Conditioning activity. i. e. signifiers of exercising or motion undertaken less for the | [ movie ] | | |immediate sense of kinesthetic pleasance than from the long term effects the | | | |exercise may hold in bettering or keeping physical working capacity and | | | |rendering later a feeling of wellbeing. | | | |Click on image to see Fitness Industry Association website | | .
The Council of Europe’s Sports Charter. adopted in 1992. used a more concise definition: Sport means all signifiers of physical activity which. through insouciant or organized engagement. purpose at showing or bettering physical fittingness and mental wellbeing. organizing societal relationships or obtaining consequences in competitions at all degrees. The chief inquiry is how to separate between active athletics and more general leisure and recreational activities. Some activities such as football. gymnastic exercises and tennis are clearly recognised as active athletics. Traveling to the film. traveling out for a repast are other activities done in leisure clip that are clearly non-sports.
It is at the border that the job arises. Are darts and snooker athletics or leisure activities? It could be argued that they are athleticss since telecasting coverage occurs in athleticss programmes and newspaper coverage is in athleticss subdivisions. They are besides competitory ; nevertheless they involve small or no physical effort. so they do non make full the standard for physical activity. Rodgers ( 1977 ) suggested that four basic elements should ideally be present in a athletics. and the first two should ever be present. • Sport should: affect physical activity • Be practised for recreational intents • Involve an component of competition • Have a model of institutional administration.
To these you could add the standard of general credence that an activity is of a clean nature. e. g. by the media and athleticss bureaus. References Rodgers B ( 1977 ) Rationalizing Sports Policies ; Sport in the Social Context: Technical Supplement. Council of Europe. Strasbourg Adapted from ‘Economics of Sport and Recreation’ Chris Gratton and Peter Taylor: Tocopherol and FN Spon Evaluating the Role of Sport and Recreation in Society Mapping of results for the above unit Click to see PowerPoint presentation Revision The inquiries in the quiz are based on information which can be found on the links provided on the PowerPoint presentation. Check your replies with the information on the links. Click for quiz.
