SSP AND SOCIAL STATUS OF SPORTS PARTICIPANTS
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“Sport” refers to all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organized participation, aims at expressing or improving physical fitness and mental well-being, forming social relationships or obtaining results in competitions at all levels. (Council of Europe, 2001).
Sports is not just an exhibition of muscular and physical power. Sports is a combination of physical as well as psychological skills. Sports is a way for improving an individual’s physical, mental fitness and health.
In formulating the definition of sport, consideration was given to its physical, competitive and institutional characteristics, as well as how sport is shaped by social and cultural influences.
Emerging sports may begin with popular physical recreation activities, like running lifting, jumping, and now developing as a sport governed by rules and competition. Sport may also have a very local flavor, with different societies preferring different types of sports (e.g. ice sports are more prevalent in cold climates, water sports in coastal region etc).
Sport includes recreational sports, adventure sports, combat sports, competitive sports etc. Formal rules are flexible in recreational sports. In recreational sports, characteristics and rules vary from place to place. In this, the rules can be framed according to the local availabilities of person, availability of equipment, availability of time etc.
Details
- Publication Date
- Jun 5, 2021
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781008922587
- Category
- Education & Language
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Dr. Haridas K
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- Format
- EPUB