Physical Education Recreational Activities

Recreation

Voluntary participation in an activity during free time that gives enjoyment

Experts Suggest That In Choosing Your Recreational Activities

Should be your interest and not others, Should be voluntary and not pressured by somebody, and should meet your recreational satisfaction

Inactivity

4th leading cause of disease according to World Health Organization

Genes

Inherited traits from parents

80%

Chance of having an obese child from obese parents

10%

Chance of having an obese child from non-obese parents

Environmental factors

Includes behavior and lifestyle choices

Energy Balance

Compares amount of energy as food as to amount of energy expended in physical activities, exercises and resting metabolism

Indoor Recreation

When the activity is within the premises of your comfort zone at home inside a building

Badminton

Sport origanted from poona

Poona

Played by english army officers stationed in India during the 17th century, then brought to England in the country house of Duke of Beaufort, called Badminton

Volleyball

A sport played volleying a ball

William J. Morgan

Made Volleyball from the name mintonette

Mintonette

Original name for volleyball

Zumba dance

Alternative indoor recreational activity with fitness benefits

Alberto “Beto” Perez

Accidentally discovered zumba, celebrity trainer of Colombia in the 90s