Moczygemba Brandon February 26, 2007
REC 1310 Dr. Gustafson
One Sunday morning, I went along with three of my friends to go golfing in San Antonio. I could not play
because I still have not found a set of left handed golf clubs, so I went along to observe them and the other
golfers.
After observing them shortly during the time they
were playing golf, I still could not exactly figure out if I could consider this to be play, leisure, or recreation to them. By the time they finished, I figured the best thing
to call it is recreation. My first consideration was that my friends playing
golf was just that, "play".
The reason I thought that is
because it was to some point spontaneous and with intrinsic motivation. I know for a fact the motivation was intrinsic They played because
because they were not forced to play. they were motivated from within.
The only thing that made
me not want to consider this "play" is because play is usually non-goal oriented, but I could definitely tell each one of their goals and that was to shoot well and
ultimately beat the other two. The next idea I got was that maybe this was just plain leisure. My thoughts behind this idea were simply because,
for the most part, they looked totally relaxed, physically
Brandon Moczygemba February 26, 2007
REC 1310 Dr. Gustafson
and
mentally. shots
However, became
that
quickly more
changed crucial
as than
each the
player's
more
and
previous because, one as I stated earlier, each one wanted to win as bad as the others. completely relaxed for some Even though they looked periods while they were
playing, they definitely were not relaxed at other times. After thinking about that for a while, I no longer wanted to consider it as "leisure." My final consideration was that maybe golfing to them was recreation, and after thinking about that for a while, I realized that was the term that fit it best. I believe this can is be because, many forms to of me, play the and The reason of
definition can be
recreation oriented.
goal
As I stated earlier, you could consider this to As soon as the event
be play but only to an extent.
becomes competitive, I believe you should no longer call it "play." I say it was goal oriented because each player
wanted to be on top of their game and come out victorious. Judging by my thoughts and what I had to say about this, I definitely realized that it can be somewhat hard to distinguish play, leisure, and recreation from one another, but I know it surely can be done. Maybe you could consider
it a little bit of the three because what I observed could fall into each of the categories. Though, in my eyes it
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Brandon Moczygemba February 26, 2007
REC 1310 Dr. Gustafson
fit best into recreation.
To me, recreation is a mixture
of a little bit of play along with a little bit of leisure.
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