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Chapter 5
Active Sports & Recreation

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Vocabulary
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Active Recreation
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Active Sports
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Anerobic Games
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Lifetime Sports
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Participation Sports
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Physical Recreation
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Recreation
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Spectator Sports
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Sports
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Strategy Tactics

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What are Active Sports?
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SPORTS are physical activities that use
the large muscles of the body.
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Well-defined rules
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Competition
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Require STRATEGY (an overall plan)
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Require TACTICS (specific plans to meet
your goals.)
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GAMES (chess and cards) are typically not
considered sport

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Sport vs Active Recreation
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Competitive cross country
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Long distance conditioning run

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Active Sports
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Vigorous Sports

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Participation Sports
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Sports performed on a regular basis.
Spectator Sports
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Sports that is watched on TV or in person
Lifetime Sports
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Sports that many people participate in all ages

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Active Sports and Recreation
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Level 2 of your Physical Activity Pyramid
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F = 3-6 days a week
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I = Moderate to vigorous (increased heart rate)
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T=20 or more minutes

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What is Active Recreation?
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Activities that you do during your free time.
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Recreation means: recreate, or to be refreshed.
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Physical recreation: using the large muscles of
your body.
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Active Recreation: physical recreation activities
that are vigorous enough to get your heart to
beat faster

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Fit or Fact
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The “topspin” serve in tennis has a high bounce because the spin
causes a downward curve that makes the ball hit the ground at a
steep angle.

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Vocabulary
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Acceleration
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Deceleration
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Velocity

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Fit or Fact
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Sports and recreation activities can be adapted for people with
disabilities. In “beep-beep softball,” the ball makes a beeping noise
so that people who are visually impaired can participate. In
wheelchair tennis, a person in a wheelchair is allowed two bounces
to get to the ball.

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Benefits of Active Sports &
Recreation…
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Cardiovascular fitness.
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Relax and reduce stress.
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Weight control.
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Social vehicle

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Biomechanical Principles:
Velocity, Acceleration, Deceleration
 Velocity,
Acceleration, and Deceleration are important in
the performance of physical activities, especially those
that require speed and fast movements.
 VELOCITY: speed of movement
 ACCELERATION: causing an increase in speed of a
movement
 DECELERATION: reduction in velocity

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Acceleration and Velocity
…are important when a catcher
wants to throw out a runner who is
trying to steal a base.
Performing gymnastic stunts
requires acceleration and fast
movements, but is also
requires controlling body
movements for safety.

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What types of Sports & Recreation
Are Best?
 Provide
 Match
benefits that you need
your abilities
 Different
activities
 Accessible
 You
will practice
 Good
instruction