Definition and Function of Sport

FerrerMateoTagoc

Population

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Questions

1. What is Sport? (Ano ang Sport?)

2. What is its function? (Para saan ito?/Ano ang gamit nito?)

Responses

Respondent 1 (Male, 32)

• Q1: Ang sport eh parang mga palaro, palakasan.

• Q2: Para, parang exercise na rin kasi ‘yan eh. Pero di lang katawan ang ginagamit diyan. Gumagamit din ng utak. Parang sa chess. Kaya nga chess ang pinakapaborito kong sport eh.

Respondent 2 (Male, 33)

• Q1: Sports? Sports! Uhh.. Fantastic! Hobbies.. Uhmmm.. Paglilibang..

• Q2: Anong gamit? Nagagamit yan sa pakikipag-kapwa tao, pakikisama sa iba.

Respondent 3 (Male, 26)

• Q1: Sa’kin, ang ibig sabihin ng sports para sa akin, exercise, tama na rin yun di ba? Tsaka halos karamihan ng mga Pilipino ngayon ay mahilig sa mga sports, pati mga bata, basketball, number 1 niyan basketball. Kaya yun ang ibig sabihin sa’tin ng sports, parang pampabata na rin, ganun.

• Q2: Ang sports kasi, ano yan eh, gumagana lahat sa atin, ang katawan, ang utak, kung baga para iwas tayo sa sakit, maging healthy living, ganun.

Respondent 4 (Male, 28)

• Q1: Sports.. Mga bagay na gusto mo. Mga bagay na gusto mong gawin.

• Q2: Parang enjoy.. Enjoy ka.. Ganun.. Para makapag-enjoy ka. Kapag naglalaro ka kasi, nag-eenjoy ka di ba? Tapos nag-eenjoy ka rin kasama ng mga kalaro mo. Hehe.

Respondent 5 (Male, 37)

• Q1: Sports? Laro? Basketball, parang mga ganun.

• Q2: Exercise. Para sa pangangatawan.

Respondent 6 (Female, 27)• Q1: Sport? Di ko alam yun.

Sport, e di ba para sa laro yan?• Q2: Ay, di ko alam yan eh.

Siguro libangan.

Respondent 7 (Female, 31)• Q1: Sports? Sports is something

that you learn and play.• Q2: Exercise. It is good for the

body. It makes you healthy and makes you happy.

Respondent 8 (Male, 26)

• Q1: Mahirap i-explain e. Basta yung nilalaro ng mga team, parang basketball at volleyball. (It’s difficult to explain. It’s the ones being played by teams, like basketball and volleyball.)

• Q2: Para ma-exercise yung katawan, para sa kalusugan. (To workout the body, for people’s health.)

Respondent 9 (Male, 29)

• Q1: Yung mga events na nilalaro sa competition. (Those events that are played in competitions.)

• Q2: Para maging healthy yung mga tao. Para pumayat. (To keep people healthy, to help them lose weight.)

Respondent 10 (Female, 31) • Q1: Yung nilalaro ng mga sikat

na atleta. (The ones played by famous athletes.)

• Q2: Para pampalipas oras. Para malibang ang mga tao. (A pastime; for them to have fun.)

Respondent 11 (Male, 34)• Q1: Pag nilalaro mo ng may

kalaban ka. (If you play it with someone else, it’s a sport.)

• Q2: Para maiba naman ang ginagawa, hindi yung puro trabaho nalang. (To have a different type of activity, and not just focus on working.)

Respondent 12 (Male, 32)• Q1: Yung mga laro na

nakakapagod. (Games that are very tiring.)

• Q2: Para hindi manaba ang mga tao! (To prevent people from getting fat!)

Respondent 13 (Male, 38)• Q1: Yung mga activity na

maganda sa katawan. (Those activities that are good for your body.)

• Q2: Para dun ibuhos yung sama ng loob sa buhay. (To be an outlet for your frustrations in life.)

*Respondent 13 goes to the gym regularly.

Respondent 14 (Male, 35)• Q1: Boxing, basketball, yun

sport yun. (Boxing, basketball, those are sports.)

• Q2: Para enterainment sa mga manonood. (To provide entertainment for the viewers.)

Respondent 15 (Male, 32)

• Para sa katawan, kailangan ng katawan sa pang araw-araw

Respondent 16 (Male, 29)• Ang sports ay para sa health at

pangangatawan

Respondent 17 (Male, 33)• Para sa exercise sa katawan;

para masubukan mo rin yung resistensya mo

Respondent 18 (Male, 33)• Importante na pampalusog ng

katawan

Respondent 19 (Male, 33)• Paligsahan ng mga malalakas;

connection doon sa community

Respondent 20 (Male, 27)• Exercise at saka katalinuhan

kasi nakakapag-isip ka ng mga moves kapag naglalaro ka; libangan

Respondent 21 (Male, 33)• Challenge siya; halimbawa kung

ako’y runner, nakakabuti siya sa health ng tao

Definitions

World Health Organization • Sport is a moderate intensity

physical activity which may reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, colon and breast cancer, depression and other illnesses. It is a physical activity, thus, it necessitates bodily movements produced by skeletal muscles that require energy expenditure (WHO, 2012).

Vinokur

• from French desportes meaning to divert or amuse

• Traditional-sport is a game or an athletic form of play engaged in for the sheer enjoyment of it (Vinokur, 1988)

Vinokur

• Alternative-sport is a playing attitude extended from childhood; sport is a physical activity engaged primarily for amusement or recreation with no ostensible religious ritual or substance-activity training significance and involving at least two adult individuals (Vinokur, 1988)

Coakley

• Traditional-sports are institutionalized competitive activities that involve rigorous physical exertion or the use of relatively complex physical skills by participants motivated by internal and external rewards (Coakley, 2007)

Coakley

• Alternative-Using questions to define sports (Coakley, 2007)

1. What activities do people in a particular group or society identify as sports?

2. Whose sports count the most in a group or society when it comes to obtaining support and resources?

Jarvie

• Modern sport has been described as a ritual sacrifice of human energy; providing a common cultural currency between peoples; a means of compensating for deficiencies in life; a mechanism for the affirmation of identity and difference; business rather than sport; a social product; a contested arena; shaped by stuggles both on and off the field of play and being a euphemism for Western or capitalist sport (Jarvie, 2005).

Australian Sports Commission “a human activity capable of

achieving a result requiring physical exertion and/or physical skill, which, by its nature and organisation, is competitive and is generally accepted as being a sport (Australian Sports Commission, 2010).”

Conclusion

• Definitions of sport from the respondents include: competition, entertainment, game, team or community event, form of socialization, activity requiring an opponent, exhausting event, bodily activity, exercise and desirable activity. Their definitions are very varied and mostly stem from observation or personal experience. Some of their given definitions are inaccurate, while others are correct. Clarifications are still needed to increase people’s understanding of sports.

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