AS LEVEL FACT FILE Sports Science Subject content link: AS Unit 2: Health, Fitness and Lifestyle • The Active Leisure Industry

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Key Components fall intheLeisure andRecreation Industry demand for leisure andrecreation andservices. products yearsneeds over hasledto today’s thepastforty huge Technological developments alongsidechanging consumer Country Networking Playgrounds Parks Computer Adventure Games Social Social swimming) Health andFitness jogging, (gym-based activities, yoga, sailing) (orienteering,Outdoor activities climbing, gliding, (football,Competitive rugby, Sport tennis, golf) recreationInformal (play, walking, gardening) Games Games Shops Theme Attractions Parks Eating Out Shops Craft Heritage & Visitor Heritage and Recreation Venues Sports Sports Attractions Leisure Reading Leisure Where Music Centres Gyms & Health Art Galleries Art Museums & Libraries Sports andPhysicalSports Sport TV Community Centres Home-based Rental Recreation DVD Walking Cinema Restaurants Pubs & Cinema & Leisure Theatre 2 As with other areas of the industry, activities can be put into Activities more than one category.

Sport is a form of physical activity that usually has some Additional Work: element of competition and is usually governed by a set of rules. Physical recreation is participating in any physical 1) What are the key components of the Leisure and activity that refreshes the body and mind. Some sports can Recreation Industry? Discuss and give examples of the be physical recreation when the competition is not present, different key components in Northern Ireland. e.g. swimming, sailing and cycling. Both sport and physical recreation may be aimed at improving health and fitness. 2) What are the four categories of activities that make up sport and physical recreation? Draw a table showing Sport can be: what activities your class participate in and divide them • Active – playing football, rugby, cycling, swimming into the four categories. • Passive - watching a football match

3) What is home-based leisure? Provide examples with Sport and physical recreation can take place indoors, your answer. Find out which home-based activities outdoors, on land or on water. However, some sports e.g. different members in your class participate in and ask athletics, cycling, can be indoor and outdoor. why?

4) Draw a diagram categorising the various sports and The role of the sectors in various sports recreational activities available in your local area, into and recreational activities

Component Private Public Voluntary Informal Recreation Equipment Provision and upkeep Support Organisations Magazines of Public facilities Clothing & merchandise e.g. Parks and footpaths Occasional development projects Amateur Competitive Sport Equipment Facility provision support Facility provision Magazines development (inc. Instruction Clothing & merchandise Instruction) Coaching Profitable facility Service Funding Administration and provision regulation Professional Competitive Owned and managed Some funding Sports Clubs Sport Equipment Regulation Rules of the Game Magazines Some broadcasting Sells events Clothing & merchandise (e.g. Olympics) Broadcasting Outdoor Activities Equipment Provision and upkeep Facility provision Magazines of Public facilities Instruction Clothing & merchandise funding Coaching Profitable facility Service Regulations Administration and provision Instruction regulation Health and Fitness Equipment Facility and service provision Little involvement – Magazines (pools, gym) although some youth clubs Clothing & merchandise Funding provide gyms & instructors Facility and service provision Development when profitable

3 Health, Fitness and Lifestyle Davis, B. Roscoe, J. Roscoe, D. Bull, R. Physical Education andtheStudy ofSport Torkildsen, G Leisure andRecreation Management Gibson, J. Wood, I Leisure andRecreation Resources private, sectors. publicandvoluntary and theactiveleisur e industry Health, Fitness and Lifestyle 5