AQUATIC RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES Flashcards
activities performed in water for purposes that maybe utilitarian, competitive, educational, therapeutic, or recreational
Aquatic Activities
are excellent option in maintaining physical fitness as they can improve your cardiorespiratory endurance, muscle strength, and bone strength while you have fun in the process.
Aquatic recreational activities
is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one’s entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water.
Swimming
is often less structured than sessions designed to teach swimming and water safety, and may occur in a wider than usual range of environments.
Recreational swimming
Is the practice of swimming on or through a body of water while equipped with a diving mask, a shaped breathing tube called a , and usually swim fins. in cooler waters, a wetsuit may also be worn. 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.
SNORKELLING
is a sport where one gets into a little boat made for the sport called a canoe and using a single- bladed paddle to steer the canoe, tries to travel down a stream of a river. In some parts of the world, canoeing is also referred to as kayaking. In which the boat used is called a kayak.
CANOEING
Also called qajak, means “man’s boat” or “hunter boat”. K_______ is a fun water sport. It involves the use of a kayak, a narrow boat with a double-blade paddle to move on water. The driver is supposed to navigate through the waterways by sitting face-forward and marching ahead with alternating side-to-side paddle strokes. K_______ was originally invented for hunting.
KAYAKING
is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem s______), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore.
SURFING
is a mode of underwater whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore has a limited but variable endurance.
SCUBA DIVING
is a form of aerobic exercise that requires water- immersed participants. Most w____ a_________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.
WATER AEROBICS
B_____ r____ can be used as a means of transportation, which is fast and energy-saving when going down the river; can be used as a river crossing tool to help us reach the destination smoothly; can also be used as a Fish catching tool provide us with food.
BAMBOO RRAFTING
are recreational outdoor activities which use an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other body of water. This is often done on white water or different degrees of rough water. Dealing with risk is often a part of the experience.
WHITE WATER RAFTING
Recreational fishing, also called sport fishing or game fishing, is fishing for leisure, exercise or competition. It can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is professional fishing for profit; or subsistence fishing, which is fishing for survival and livelihood.
FISHING
BENEFITS OF AQUATIC ACTIVITIES
- Decrease Risk for Chronic Disease
- Decreases Risk for Diabetes and Chronic Heart Disease
- Beneficial for People with Arthritis
- Improves Bone Density
- Enhances Mental Health
