Health
Optimizing
Physical
Education 4
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
MELC:
Sets FITT goals
based on training
principles to achieve
and/or maintain
health-related fitness
(HRF)
EXPECTATIONS:
Discuss the nature and background of recreation
Identify the benefits of recreation
Identify the different recreational activities
Nature and Background of Outdoor
Recreation
What is recreation?
Recreational, from the term recreation , it is
an activity done for enjoyment when one is
not working. Recreational means, relating or
denoting activity done for enjoyment when
one is not working. It refers to the time spent
in an activity one loves to engage in, with
intent to feel refreshed.
A day can be divided into three parts according to Clayne
R. Jensen 2006 the existence time, subsistence time, and
free time.
Existence time is time spent for biological needs lie having
a meal, sleeping, and other personal care.
Subsistence time refers to the hours spent for economic
purposes such as going to work, chores, and for students,
hours spent in school and school work.
Free time, therefore, is all the remaining time after.
RECREATION
Anything that is stimulating and
rejuvinating for an individual.
Some people enjoys nature hikes,
others are mountain climbing.
The idea behind these activities
is to expand the mind and body
in a positive and healthy way
RECREATION
* Relaxing the mind and the body
* It is important to engage an
activity that relieve a day to day
tension
* Universal need of man
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
* Held during special occasions
*Revitalize all the different
aspects of life (physical,mental,
social, emotional)
*All activities are held for
everybody’s enjoyment
VALUES DERIVED FROM RECREATION
- Mental Health
-Physical and Health Growth
-Emotional Stability
-Social Fitness
-Psychologial Awareness
Classification of
Recreational Activity
Participant Type
Spectator Type
PLAYERS
AUDIENCE
Types of Recreational
Activities
Physical
Social
Cultural
Intellectual
Physical
1. Minor Sports
2.Group Games
3. Camping
4. Outing
Social
1. Social Dancing
2.Parties
3.Parlor Games Participation
Cultural
1. Arts and Crafts
2. Glee Club or music ministries
3. Dramatic Guilds or theatre arts
4.Dance Troupes
5. Writing and painting
Intellectual
1. Song
2. Poetry
3. Jingle
4.Short Story Writing
5.Puzzle
6. Board Games
Different outdoor
recreational activities?
LAND
Mountaineering Trekking/Hiking
Camping Backpacking
Picnic Bird-watching
Mountain Biking Orienteering
Canyoneering Rock Climbing
WATER
Swimming Snorkeling
Diving Surfing
Canoeing Kayaking
Whitewater Rafting Bamboo Rafting
Sailing Fishing
AIR
Parasailing Skydiving
Paragliding
7 BENEFITS
1. Be Happier- Feel Great
2. Build Family Unity ( Undertanding, love, and are)
3. Control Weight , Looking Better, Build Strong muscles
4. Diminish chance of disease -LIVE LONGER
5. Build Self-Esteem
6. Reduce Stress
7. Eliminate Loneliness- Conquer Boredom
BENEFITS OF OUTDOOR
RECREATION
Physical Health Benefits
Psycho-Emotional Benefits
Social Benefits
Economic Benefits
Spiritual Benefits
Assignment:
BEST SNORKELING PLACES IN THE PHILIPPINES
What are the top snorkeling spots in the
Philippines? Surf the internet and pick one
snorkeling spot. Create a short ad about the
place. Make sure you will be able to convince
other people that the place you have picked out
is indeed a snorkeling spot for them to go. Be
creative with your ad and in your presentation.
Important Reminders
Quote;
Recreation’s purpose is not to kill time, but to make
life , not to keep a person occupied, but to keep them
refreshed ; no to offer an escape from life , but to
provide a discovery of life.
-Un
THANK YOU and KEEPSAFE
ALWAYS!
