RECREATIONAL

ACTIVITIES
RECREATIONAL

• Revitalize all the different aspects of life (physical, mental, social, emotional)
• All activities are held for everybody’s enjoyment and it relaxes your mind and body. It relieves your
day to day tension
• Recreational activities are actions that are performed solely for the enjoyment, pleasure and
amusement of individuals. Recreational activities are fun, mentally or physically engaging
activities that people usually plan to do during their time off from work or school.
CLASSIFICATIONS OF RECREATIONAL
ACTIVITIES

SPECTATOR TYPE PARTICIPANT TYPE

• People spend their time watching the • People do not gain enjoyment merely by
event and derive enjoyment from it watching; they do so by joining the
activity
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE TYPE OF RECREATION

ACTIVE TYPE PASSIVE TYPE

• People have to function effectively in • People have no excessive movement in
performing the action performing the task
EXAMPLES OF
RECREATIONAL
GAMES
SCRABBLE
• To grope frantically
• •Invented by Alfred Mosher Butts
• •Originally known as Criss-Criss-Word
DOMINOES
• Dominoes - A French word for the black
and white hoods worn by Catholic priest
in winter. It was played in Europe in 18th
century (Italy in the courts of Venice and
Naples)
BENEFITS OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
• Physical Benefits
Regular outdoor activity provides a number of
physical health benefits, including lower blood
pressure, reduced arthritis pain, weight loss
and lowered risk of diabetes.
• Social Benefits
Along with an increase in physical activity,
outdoor recreation offers the chance to
socialize, an important benefit in itself.
• Intellectual Benefits
Outdoor activities lead to an increased confidence,
improved creativity and better self-esteem.
Natural settings rejuvenate and calm the mind,
improve outlook and increase positive effect.
• Emotional Benefits
Both physical activity and outdoor settings reduce
stress, anxiety and depression. Spending time
exercising in a park leads to an increase in positive
moods and a reduction in cortisol levels, a
hormone released when the body feels stress
TYPES OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
INDOOR
• Indoor activities are also a part of the
recreation programmed. The word literally
tells us that indoor recreation activities are
undertaken on the comfort of one’s home
or more specifically indoor and they are to
recreate the mind and soul.
OUTDOOR
• Outdoor recreation or outdoor activity
refers to leisure pursuits engaged in the
outdoors, often in natural or semi-natural
settings out of town. The primary purposes
for outdoor recreation are beneficial use and
pleasurable appreciation.