Serious Leisure and Sport

Serious Leisure and Sport
Reporter: Hsin-Chan Hsin Chan Tsai
Adviser: Hsueh-Wen Chow
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Outline
�� Introduction
� Leisure
� Serious Leisure
�� Methods
� Summary
� Future Research
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Introduction
◎ When we talk about leisure leisure……
� An antithesis to “ work “
� A pleasant expectation and recollection
� A minimum of involuntary social role
obligations
� A psychological perception of freedom
� A close l relation l i to values l of f the h culture l
� Often, but not necessarily
(Kaplan,1960)
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�� Leisure is typically conceived of as
positive mindset composed of ,
among other othe sentiments, sentiments pleasant
expectations and recollections of
activities and situations.
(Stebbins, 1992)
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Leisure
�� Casual Leisure
� Serious Leisure
� Project-Based Leisure
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Casual Leisure
�� An immediately immediately, intrinsically
rewarding, relatively short­lived
pleas pleasurable able core co e activity, acti it requiring eq i ing
little or no special training to enjoy it.
� The place accorded casual leisure in
the larger world of all leisure is is.
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�� Play
� Relaxation
Casual Leisure
� Passive entertainment
�� Active entertainment
� Sociable conversation
� Sensory stimulation
� Casual volunteering
� Pleasurable aerobic activity
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Project-Based j
Leisure
�� A short short­term, term moderately
complicated, either one­shot or
occasional occasional, tho though gh infrequent,
inf eq ent
creative undertaking carried out in
free time. It requires considerable
planning, p g, effort, , and sometimes skill
or knowledge, but for all that is
neither serious leisure nor intended by
the participant to develop into such.
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Serious Leisure
�� It is defined as “the the systematic
pursuit of an amateur, hobbyist, or
volunteer ol ntee acti activity it ssufficiently fficientl
substantial and interesting for the
participant to find a career there in
the acquisition q and exprssion p of
combination of its special skills,
knowledge knowledge, and experience
experience.
(Stebbins, 1982)
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Serious Leisure
�� Three types of serious leisure
1. Amateurism
2. Hobbyist pursuits
3 3. Volunteering
(Stebbins, 1982)
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Amateurism
�� Modern amateurs in art art, science science,
sport, and entertainment pursue an
acti activity it chosen beca because se of its strong st ong
appeal.
� Linked with the public whom the two
groups share share, into a three three-way way
system of relations and relationships
(h (the professional-amateur-public, f i l bli or
P-A-P P A P system.)
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PUBLIC
AMATEUR
PROFESSIONAL
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Hobbyist y pursuits p
�� Hobbyists lack the professional alter
ego of amateurs.
� Hobbyists are classified according to
five categories:
1 1. collectors ll
2. makers and tinkerers
3. activity participants
4 4. players of sports and games and
5. enthusiasts of the liberal arts
hobbies.
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Volunteering
�� Voluntary action is uncoerced
uncoerced.
� The primarily aimed is not financial
gain.
�� Volunteering is the form of voluntary
action involving helping activities
deemed beneficial beneficial.
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�� Perseverance
� Long-term careers
Serious Leisure
� Significant personal effort
�� Durable-self benefits
� Unique ethos
� Identification
(Stebbins, 1982)
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Persevere
�� The need to persevere with some
forms of voluntary chosen activity.
� Although they suffer stage fright,
embarrassment, , freezing g cold, ,
anxiety, fatigue and injury, and other
strains strains.
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Long-term g careers
�� Finding a sense of development and
improvement in the activity.
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Significant g ppersonal
effort
�� Expressing personal effort in
acquiring knowledge, training, skill.
� This can distinguish serious leisure
from casual leisure.
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Durable-self benefit
�� Achieving durable benefits include: include
1. Self-actualization
2 2. Self-enrichment
S lf i h t
3. Recreation or renewal of self
4. Feelings of accomplishment
5 5. Enhancement of self-image
self image
6. Self-expression
7. Social interaction and belonginess
8 8. Lasting physical products of the
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activity

Unique q ethos
�� Participating in the unique ethos that
grows up around an activity.
� Th There i is the h development d l of f a
subculture with its relevant values,
beliefs, norms…….
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Identification
�� Participants in serious leisure tend to
identify strongly with their chosen
ppursuit. s it
� They y are inclined to speak p proudly, p y,
excitedly, and frequently about them
to other people people.
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Gator fans, , Serious Leisure
�� background:football fandom
� subject:20 white people
- 16 males and 4 females
- 30-78 30 8y years a old od
(mean age of 53.8 years)
� The study is part of a three three-year year
investigating the behaviors of Gator
fans.
(Heather Gibson et al.,2002)
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� Orange and blue
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Development of the Serious
Leisure Inventory and Measure
�� Sample 1: Convenience/students
256 university students
� Sample 2:Targeted pursuits
276 targeted pursuits
- 55 adventure racers
- 46 trail runners
- 175 paddlers
(J (James Gould G ld et t al., l 2008)
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Development of the Serious Leisure
�� Methods:
Inventory and Measure
* contains 6 qualities of which 18
operations were tested.
* include the 72 item SLIM
Short form with 54 item
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� Result
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A Study on the Relationships between
Serious Leisure and Leisure Constraints for
Golfer
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(You-Jin Lin,1993)

Summary
�� Leisure is a happy science!
� Leisure is not always a good time.
The growth of leisure does not
automatically y enhance the quality q y of
life.
� Serious leisure makes our life more
meaningful.
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�� Serious leisure in
university school
team team.
� Combined with
interview and
quantify.
Future Research
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Thanks for your listening!
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