This chapter discusses active sports and recreation. It defines key terms like active recreation, active sports, lifetime sports and participation sports. It explains that sports require rules, competition, strategy and tactics while active recreation uses large muscles during free time. Examples are given of participation sports played regularly and spectator sports watched by others. Benefits of active sports and recreation include cardiovascular fitness, stress relief, weight control and socializing. Biomechanical principles like velocity, acceleration and deceleration are also explained in the context of sports.