2. What is
recreational
sports?
• Recreational sports are those activities where
the primary purpose of the activity is
participation, with the related goals of
improved physical fitness, fun, and social
involvement often prominent.
3. Importance of recreational
sports
• 1. Improves emotional well-being
• 2. Reduces stress
• 3. Improves happiness
• 4. Improves self-confidence
• 5. Builds character
• 6. Makes students feel like part of the college community
4. • 7. Improves interaction with diverse sets of people
• 8. Is an important part of college social life
• 9. Teaches team-building skills
• 10. Is an important part of the learning experience
• 11. Aids in time management
• 12. Improves leadership skills
5. Improves emotional well being
Professionals in the recreation and physical education
field have always believed that emotional well-being
had a direct link to physical activity and participation
in recreational activities.
6. Improves interaction with diverse sets of
people
Participation in recreational sports plays a significant
role in developing the positive qualities of a
community. Participation in recreational sports helps
develop such personal qualities as respect and
acceptance for and of others.
7. Builds character
Sports and character go hand in hand with each other
in the development of a participant’s character.
Because it develops at a young age for many people,
and many people may feel like their character doesn’t
need further developing, it probably gets lower
responses than warranted.
8. Teaches team-building skills
Team building, in this context, refers more to qualities
of personal relations, improved cooperation, and
collaboration on an individual or small group basis
and is closely aligned to terms like community and
campus.
Developing team building skills through recreational
sports is an enhancement of the overall academic
preparation of our students for their respective
professions.
9. Reduces stress
At universities that are more residential student based,
participation in recreational facilities increases during
times commonly associated with stress such as final
exams. This increase has always been viewed as a result
of stress relief at those universities and the profession.
10. Aids in time management
Time management skills transfer directly to academic
success and are a vital enhancement to that success.
People who participate in the informal part of the
program tend to be seen in the facilities at the same
time every day.
They have obviously planned to have a workout at a
specified time each day and have included that in their
time management for their schedule.
11. RECREATIONAL SPORTS IN
CURRICULUM
• Most modern schools' goal is to provide
students with knowledge, skills, capacities,
values, and the enthusiastic to maintain a
healthy lifestyle into adulthood.
• Activities included in the program are
designed to promote physical fitness, to
develop motor skills, to instill knowledge and
understanding of rules, concepts, and
strategies.
12. • In Singapore, pupils from primary school
through junior colleges are required to have 2
hours of PE every school week, except during
examination seasons.
• Some martial arts classes, like wrestling in
the United States, and Pencak Silat in France,
Indonesia and Malaysia, are taught to teach
children self-defense and to feel good about
themselves.
