RECREATION

 Refreshes or renews one’s strength and spirit after toil

 Can be with or without physical activity

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

 1. Aquatics

 2. Mountaineering

 3. Martial Arts/ Self Defense

 4. Community Creation

NATURE OF AQUATICS

Aquatics are also known as water sports, or anything played in water. Water sport are fun and
popular forms of recreational activity.

Activities such as going to the beach or having swimming parties are enjoyable for most people
in general.

 Other importance of water sports include the inculcation of competitive values (for the
swimmer athlete), therapeutic values (for people injuries), psychological values (swimming can
induce an increase in cardiovascular endurance) and safety (sea and flood casualties can be
avoided if more people know how to swim.

 There are different kinds of water sports,

1. Sports played in water

eg. swimming, triathlons, water gymnastics, water polo, synchronized swimming and
snorkeling.

2. Underwater sports activities

Eg. scuba diving, and free diving.

3. Sports played on water

Eg. boating, canoeing, dragon boat racing, rowing ,Kayaking, fishing, sailing, surfing and
wakeboarding, among other sports

In Water

 Swimming -is the self-propulsion of a person through water or another liquid, usually
for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimming is consistently among top public
recreational activities, and in some countries, swimming lessons are a compulsory part of the
educational curriculum. As a formalized sport, swimming features in a range of local, national,
and international competitions, including every modern summer Olympics.
In water

Triathlon- is a multiple-stage competition involving the completion of three continuous and sequential
endurance disciplines. While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form,
involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances. Triathletes
compete for fastest overall course completion time, including timed "transitions" between the individual
swim, cycle, and run components. The word "triathlon" is of Greek origin from τρεῖς or treis ("three")
and ἆθλος or athlos("competition").

Water aerobics

 (waterobics, aquatic fitness, aquafitness, aquafit) is the performance of aerobic exercise in fairly
shallow water such as in a swimming pool. Done mostly vertically and
without swimming typically in waist deep or deeper water, it is a type of resistance training.
Water aerobics is a form of aerobic exercise that requires water-immersed participants. Most
water aerobics is in a group fitness class setting with a trained professional teaching for about
an hour. The classes focus on aerobic endurance, resistance training, and creating an enjoyable
atmosphere with music. Different forms of water aerobics include: aqua Zumba, water yoga,
aqua aerobics, and aqua jog.

 Water polo- is a competitive team sport played in the water between two teams. The game
consists of four quarters, usually of eight minutes, in which the two teams attempt to score
goals and throw the ball into their opponent's goal. The team with the most goals at the end of
the game wins the match. Each team made up of six field players and one goalkeeper. Except for
the goalkeeper, players participate in both offensive and defensive roles. Water polo is typically
played in an all-deep pool seven feet (or two meters) deep.

Synchronized swimming

 (renamed as Artistic swimming), is a hybrid form of swimming, dance, and gymnastics,

consisting of swimmers performing a synchronised routine (either solo, duet, mixed duet, free
team, free combination, and highlight) of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music.

 Synchronized swimming demands advanced water skills, and requires great strength,
endurance, flexibility, grace, artistry and precise timing, as well as exceptional breath control
when upside down underwater. During routines, swimmers may not touch the bottom of the
pool.

UNDER WATER

 Snorkeling

is the practice of swimming on or through a body of water while equipped with a diving mask, a
shaped breathing tube called a snorkel, and usually swimfins. Use of this equipment allows the snorkeler
to observe underwater attractions for extended periods with relatively little effort and to breathe while
face-down at the surface. Snorkeling is a popular recreational activity, particularly
at tropical resort locations. The primary appeal is the opportunity to observe underwater life in a natural
setting without the complicated equipment and training required for scuba diving. It appeals to all ages
because of how little effort there is, and without the exhaled bubbles of scuba-diving equipment. It is
the basis of the two surface disciplines of the underwater sport of finswimming.

 Scuba diving

is a form of underwater diving where the diver uses a self-contained underwater breathing
apparatus (scuba) which is completely independent of surface supply, to breathe underwater. Scuba
divers carry their own source of breathing gas, usually compressed air, allowing them greater
independence and freedom of movement than surface-supplied divers, and longer underwater
endurance than breath-hold divers. Scuba diving may be done recreationally or professionally in a
number of applications, including scientific, military and public safety roles, but most commercial diving
uses surface-supplied diving equipment when this is practicable.

 Freediving

-is a form of underwater diving that relies on divers' ability to hold their breath until resurfacing
rather than on the use of a breathing apparatus such as scuba gear. Besides the limits of breath-hold,
immersion in water and exposure to high ambient pressure also have physiological effects that limit the
depths and duration possible in freediving.

ON THE WATER

 Surfing

is a surface water sport in which the wave rider, referred to as a surfer, rides on the forward or
deep face of a moving wave, which is usually carrying the surfer towards the shore. Waves suitable for
surfing are primarily found in the ocean, but can also be found in lakes or in rivers in the form of
a standing wave or tidal bore. However, surfers can also utilize artificial waves such as those from boat
wakes and the waves created in artificial wave pools.

 The term surfing refers to the act of riding a wave, regardless of whether the wave is
ridden with a board or without a board, and regardless of the stance used.

 Boat racing

is a sport in which boats, or other types of watercraft, race on water. Boat racing
powered by oars is recorded as having occurred in ancient Egypt, and it is likely that people have
engaged in races involving boats and other water-borne craft for as long as such watercraft have
existed.

 Dragon Boat Racing

is a human-powered watercraft. Dragon boats are the basis of the team paddling sport
of dragon boat racing, a watersport which has its roots in an ancient folk ritual of contending
villagers, which has been held for over 2000 years throughout southern China. . But the history
of dragon boats in competition reaches as far back as the same era as the original games
of Olympia in ancient Greece.
 Rowing

is often referred to as crew in the United States, is a sport whose origins reach back to
Ancient Egyptian times. It involves propelling a boat (racing shell) on water using oars. By
pushing against the water with an oar, a force is generated to move the boat. The sport can be
either recreational for enjoyment or fitness, or competitive, when athletes race against each
other in boats. There are a number of different boat classes in which athletes compete, ranging
from an individual shell (called a single scull) to an eight-person shell with coxswain (called
a coxed eight).

 Banana boat

(or water sled), is an unpowered, inflatable recreational boat meant to be

towed. Different models usually accommodate three to ten riders sitting on a larger, main tube
and resting their feet on two laterally flanking tubes which stabilize the boat. The main tube is
often yellow and banana-shaped. Some models have two main tubes.

 Water skiing

is a surface water sport in which an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski
installation over a body of water, skimming the surface on two skis or one ski. The sport requires
sufficient area on a smooth stretch of water, one or two skis, a tow boat with tow rope, three
people (depending on state boating laws), and a personal flotation device. In addition, the skier
must have adequate upper and lower body strength, muscular endurance, and good balance.

 Sailing

employs the wind—acting on sails—to propel a craft on the surface of the water (sailing
ship, sailboat, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger
plan of navigation. A course defined with respect to the true wind direction is called a point of
sail.

Conventional sailing craft cannot derive power from sails on a point of sail that is too
close into the wind. On a given point of sail, the sailor adjusts the alignment of each sail with
respect to the apparent wind direction (as perceived on the craft) to mobilize the power of the
wind.

 Fishing

is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for
catching fish include hand-gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping. Fishing may
include catching aquatic animals other than fish, such as molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans,
and echinoderms. The term is not normally applied to catching farmed fish, or to aquatic
mammals, such as whales where the term whaling is more appropriate.

 Kayaking
 is the use of a kayak for moving across water. It is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting
position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is a low-to-the-water,
canoe-like boat in which the paddler sits facing forward, legs in front, using a double-bladed
paddle to pull front-to-back on one side and then the other in rotation. Most kayaks have closed
decks, although sit-on-top and inflatable kayaks are growing in popularity as well.

 Kitesurfing

is a surface water sport combining aspects

of wakeboarding, snowboarding, windsurfing, surfing, paragliding, skateboarding and sailing into
one extreme sport. A kiteboarder harnesses the power of the wind with a large
controllable power kite to be propelled across the water on a kiteboard similar to
a wakeboard or a small surfboard, with or without footstraps or bindings.

Kitesurfing is a style of kiteboarding specific to wave riding, which uses standard

surfboards or boards shaped specifically for the purpose.

 Windsurfing

is a surface water sport that combines elements of surfing and sailing. It consists of a
board usually 2.5 to 3 meters long, with displacements typically between 60 and 250 litres,
powered by wind on a sail. The rig is connected to the board by a free-rotating universal
joint and consists of a mast, boom and sail. The sail area generally ranges from 2.5 m2 to
12 m2 depending on the conditions, the skill of the sailor, the type of windsurfing being
undertaken and the weight of the person windsurfing.

 Flyboard

is a brand of hydroflighting device which supplies propulsion to drive the Flyboard into
the air to perform a sport known as hydroflying.

A Flyboard rider stands on a board connected by a long hose to a watercraft. Water is

forced under pressure to a pair of boots with jet nozzles underneath which provide thrust for
the rider to fly up to 15 m (49 ft) in the air or to dive headlong through the water down to 2.5 m
(8 ft).