Thought Question s

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Thought Question (s)

• High School Athletics vs. High School Intramurals
• College Athletics vs. College Intramurals

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Recreation - defined

• Diversion from work
• Re-tooling of energy for work
• Socially acceptable leisure activity

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Quantitative

• Time span
• Leisure and 3 eights
• Work, personal maintenance needs, leisure.

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Qualitative

• State of mind
• Personal growth and rejuvenation of spirit

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Program areas of Recreation

• Social non-competitive activities
• Dances, parties, socials, etc.
• Cultural creativity and self-expression
• Arts and crafts, dance, music
• Special Events programs that provide change of
  pace
• Golf tournament, Wild-n-Wacky Wed.
• Sports competitive/cooperative activity

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• SPORTS- institutionalized, competitive activities
  that require physical exertion or use of
  relatively complex skills by participants who are
  motivated by personal enjoyment and external
  rewards

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Sports - Defined

• Competitive/Cooperative activity in a game form
• Rules and regulations
• Strategies
• Facilities
• Equipment

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What is a sport?

• Horse Racing
• NASCAR
• Ice Skating
• Gymnastics
• Cheerleading
• Badminton
• Beach Volleyball
• Poker game of skill or chance - California

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Types of Sport

• Educational
• Teaching, academic courses, PE Courses
• Recreational
• Fitness, fun, social interaction, competition
• Athletic
• Margin of excellence, winning, specialized
  leadership
• Professional
• Entertainment, spectator support, highly skilled
  participant

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College Recreational Sports

• Intramurals refers to sports events for
  participants within the confines of the
  university. Activities are structured and
  require guidance and supervision
• Club Sports comprises individuals who organize
  with the purpose of playing a particular sport.
  Club sport organizations determine their own
  activities, leadership, and internal policies(p.
  148).

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• Open Recreation also known as informal sport
  is characterized as self-directed participation
  in cooperative/competitive play activity in the
  game from which utilizes indoor and outdoor sport
  facilities that are not scheduled for short-term
  events or ongoing structured programs (p. 78).
• Instructional Programming an area within
  recreational sports programming that provides
  knowledge and skill to participants (p. 60).
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• Special Events is a catch-all area of
  activities providing a change of pace in a unique
  or non-traditional format (p. 5).
• Outdoor Recreation are natural,
  resource-oriented activities. Some that strongly
  depend on the use of natural resources are
  sailing, fishing, camping, hiking and climbing
  (Edginton, Hanson, Edginton, Hudson, p. 170,
  1998).

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Other

• Family and Youth Activities
• Aerobics
• Aquatics

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Benefits of College Rec. Sports

• Improves emotional well-being
• Reduces stress
• Improves happiness
• Improves self-confidence
• Makes students feel a part of college community
• Social aspect of college
• Time management
• Improves leadership skills

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5- Life Stages

• Youth- (6 12)
• Skill development, create a social environment
  for bonding sport interaction
• Adolescence (13 - 19)
• Intensity of sport experience and recognition of
  leadership and development opportunities

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5 - Stages

• Early Adulthood (20- 39)
• Program sport for safety and time considerations.
  Greater responsibility is assumed by
  participants
• Middle Adulthood (40 65)
• Ongoing fitness needs. Care for physiological
  aspects and chance of injury increases

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5 stages

• Later Adulthood (over 65)
• Greater education needed for movement to prevent
  sedentary lifestyles

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Program design and delivery

• 1. Staff
• 2. Program
• 3. Rules and Regulations
• 4. Governance
• 5. Personnel
• 6. Evaluation
• 7. Recognition

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Examples of recognition programs