PROFILE OF RECREATION EXPERIENCE*Recreation should be recognized as an essential part of

life.

Man inherits play as a biological urge in his childhood.

*It is person-centered.

The focus in recreation should be on the individual, not on the activity.

*Recreation is participation as opposed to inactivity.

The activity may involve quiet discussions or contemplation, participation in the most rigorous sport, or any point on the continuum between.

*Recreation occurs in leisure.

The time for recreation is the time when one is free the demands of work of self-maintenance.

*Involvement is Voluntary. Individual participant in recreation voluntarily and are free to disengage themselves.

*Satisfactions are inherent in the experience. Recreation is it’s own paymaster, the rewards lie in the doing, although delayed values may also accrue.

Recreation is broad in concept. The types of recreation are as