Leisure and spors

LEISURE AND SPORS
PLAN:
Introduction

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   Leisure sport activities: Sporting Champions
   
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   Role of sport in our life
   
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   Impact of professional sports upon modern day leisure life
   

Conclusion


INTRODUCTION
Sports play a vital role in modern contemporary society. It is an integral part of life essential for the physical and mental well-being of individuals. More recently, sport has become a major leisure activity globally. Its prominence in the media which devotes considerable more coverage has significantly contributed to sports as a major leisure spectator activity. This essay explores on sports as a major leisure spectator activity. Further, it examines the various ways through which sports impact on modern day leisure life.
Sports play a vital role in modern contemporary society. It is an integral part of life essential for the physical and mental well-being of individuals. Not only is it a physical activity but also an area where people socially interact. Maguire et al suggested that sport and leisure activities are an integral part of social life and that they are intricately linked to politics and the society. For most people, sports play a fundamental role whether as passive spectators or active participants.
Generally, sports has been praised for its numerous benefits which include: bridging the cultural and ethnic divides, improving on health and fitness, creating opportunities for employments and businesses to flourish, fostering teamwork and fair competition, contributing to the cross cultural dialogue and ensuring peaceful-coexistence. In the educational process sports are used as a pedagogical and social factor supporting active health and fitness, which helps influence the intellectual, social and physical development of students in tertiary education. The role of sports is to offset the one-sided study strain and support the prevention of risk factors of lifestyle such as smoking or obesity. The contents of sports activities influence social understanding, networking, responsibility and cooperation.
In implementing leisure activities progressive forms of teaching are used in order to maintain the quality of education by introducing students to the practical workings of public administration in selected regions of Slovakia.
The mission of the Department of sports and leisure activities is to make the study and education appealing by offering sports activities and by organizing sports events, and to form conditions which would enable students to represent the school in sports events and competitions.
There is a small but growing body of sociological literature with reference to sports as a spectator activity. At present the coverage in sports sociology, in particular the spectator phenomenon is still sketchy and thin, with many residual areas still unexplored. Relatively few studies have explored extensively on professional sports as the major spectator activity in the modern society. Ascertaining the various factors that motivate individuals to watch sports remains a practical and theoretical challenge for researchers and sports practitioners.
Studies by James & Ridinger, Bilyeu & Wann and Wann & Ensor examined the effect of demographic characteristics such as race and gender on the outcome of spectator sports, whilst Wann & Wilson and Wann, Schrader & Wilson explored on the motivation patterns and how motivation is related to the preference of the type of sporting activity. The general impression is that research into sports sociology in the modern contemporary society has been sketchy. This essay thus significantly contributes to the research topic by discussing the different ways through which professional sport has impacted upon the modern day leisure life.
In the educational process sports are used as a pedagogical and social factor supporting active health and fitness, which helps influence the intellectual, social and physical development of students in tertiary education. The role of sports is to offset the one-sided study strain and support the prevention of risk factors of lifestyle such as smoking or obesity. The contents of sports activities influence social understanding, networking, responsibility and cooperation.
The mission of the Department of sports and leisure activities is to make the study and education appealing by offering sports activities and by organizing sports events, and to form conditions which would enable students to represent the school in sports events and competitions.
More recently, sport has become a major leisure activity globally. Its prominence in the media which devotes considerable more coverage has significantly contributed to sports as a major leisure spectator activity. Research has identified that a vast number of people attend to sporting events. There is a wide variety of sports which cater for a large number of spectators. Some are minority or class based sports such as rugby, golf and yachting while others such as football appeal to majority tastes.
Britain today is very much shaped around leisure, sport in particular. The most common professional spectator sports in Britain are football, golf, rugby, hockey, badminton, tennis, cycling, motor racing and swimming. Professional football, however, is by far the most popular spectator sport in Britain. Reading about sports or watching games on big screens or at the stadium has become more prevalent in today’s society. This represents a predominant form of leisure behaviour in the modern society.