Get ready for the baby boomers
With their varied life experiences, values, and expectations, baby boomers are predicted to redefine the meaning of recreation and leisure programming for mature adults.
All posts tagged: Outdoor Activities
No walk on the wild side for today’s kids
Most adults agreed that they would like children to play outdoors more often, but cited road safety and concern about strangers as reasons for not giving them more freedom.
Outdoor pursuits – the theory behind the practice
Teaching Adventure Education Theory: Best Practices offers stimulating, enjoyable and engaging activities that instructors can use in teaching future teachers, outdoor leaders and group facilitators in making the connections between adventure theory and practice.
Become a skilled outdoor pursuits instructor
The book is intended as a curriculum guide for recreation and physical education students preparing to teach outdoor and adventure skills. It is also suitable for outdoor recreation and adventure instructors and for secondary school physical education teachers who want to teach outdoor activities.
Outdoor pursuits in extreme temperatures
Studies have shown that when people exercise in the cold they generally exercise at an intensity that will maintain sufficient metabolic heat to offset heat loss. Therefore under most conditions, cold temperatures should not preclude outdoor exercise. Some exceptions exist, so it is important to consider them before exercising outdoors.
Kayaking
Part I of Kayaking explains the background knowledge, fitness fundamentals, equipment and gear selection, nutritional needs and safety and survival skills for a successful expeditions.
National skills academy launched
The Academy was officially launched on the 19th November, at a special event held at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. The event was presented by Martin Havenhand, the Chair of the National Skills Academy, who introduced a number of speakers including Lord Young – the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills and Apprenticeships, Gerry Sutcliffe – the Minister for Sport and Frank Dick OBE. The initiative was set up to address the skills gap in the sector and help fill the deficit of qualified coaches and volunteers in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics. The academy aims to provide a single point of access for training 85,000 new entrants, existing staff and volunteers each year by 2013. Florence Orban, interim chief executive of the skills academy, said: “The skills academy will bring clarity to a confused training picture. Currently, learners have to choose from around 490 existing qualifications specific to our sector and these have historically been delivered through an uncoordinated mix of providers. ”It can be very confusing and that makes it …