ACTIVE
RECREATION
Students like you are faced with lots of things to do in a day.
Many of your activities are less physically active (passive) that you
don’t need to exert extra effort and energy, but others are physically
active that requires you to burn extra calories.
Recreation is a voluntary participation in an activity during free and
unobligated time that gives enjoyment. It refreshes one’s mind
and body after a day’s work.
Recreation embraces both indoor and outdoor activities that refer
to sports and exercise leading to the attainment of enjoyment.
The activities that you voluntarily participate in during
your free time are called RECREATION.
Experts suggest that in choosing your recreational
activities, it should be of your interest and not of others.
According to the World Health Organization, the 4th
leading cause of disease is inactivity. This is due to the
popularity of the technological gadgets that you are up
to and the poor health lifestyle.
How do you maintain a healthy lifestyle?
1. Engage yourself in a regular activity.
2. Eat healthy food.
3. Find time to manage stress.
4. Follow a good personal healthy habits.
Badminton
It originated from the game “poona”
that was played by English Army
officers stationed in India during the
17th century.
It was only in 1992 Barcelona Olympics
when the game became an Olympic
sport with singles and doubles events.
VOLLEYBALL
• The beginning of volleyball
can be traced from
Dr. William G. Morgan in
1895 at the
Holyoke, Massachusetts.
• Initially, the game was called “mintonette”.
In 1910, the game was brought to the
Philippines by Elwood S. Brown.
• The Filipinos are credited in the changes of
the game with the addition of the skill called
“spike” .
BASKETBALL
• Basketball is a team sport in which
two teams, most commonly of five
players each, opposing one
another on a rectangular court,
compete with the primary objective
of shooting the ball through the
defender's hoop, while preventing
the opposing team from shooting
through their own hoop.
• In December 1891,
James Naismith, a Canadian
professor of physical education in
Springfield, Massachusetts
invented the game basketball.
Dance
Dance another indoor alternative
is
recreation for those who enjoy the beat
of rhythm and movement. It is a
fantastic and fun form of exercise that
gradually raises heart rate. That’s why
dance is a very good cardio work out.
Zumba Dance
• Zumba dance was accidentally discovered by a
Alberto “Beto” Perez , a celebrity fitness trainor
of Colombia in the mid 90’s.
• Zumba involves a combination of latin dance
steps such as Salsa, Samba, Merengue, Cha-
cha-cha, rumba. Many steps have been included
to make the dance more exciting.
Benefits of Sports
1. Physical Dimensions - enhances the metabolism of body
which in turn is a factor of losing weight.
2. Emotional Dimensions – when players controltheir
feelings in the games.
3. Intellectual Dimensions – Playing with strategies; and
4. Social Dimensions – When players build good trusting, your
teammate builds camaraderie and teamwork.
• Hiking is going on an
Hiking extended walk for the
purpose of pleasure and
exercise.
• Pleasure includes having
close encounter with
nature, enjoying the beauty
of the environment,
smelling the natural aroma
of flowers and trees, and
being one with Mother
Nature.
Orienteering
It is an outdoor navigational
recreational activity using
specially drawn and detailed
maps. It requires navigational
skills to navigate from point
to point normally moving at a
speed.
An orienteering course consist
of a series of control points
which have to be located in
order in the shortest
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to
catch fish. Fish are often caught
in the wild but may also be caught
from stocked bodies of water.
Techniques for catching fish include
hand gathering, spearing, netting,
angling and trapping.
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