Characteristics of Recreation

• Recreation occurs during leisure
• Recreation is as different as people are different; it is extremely wide and varied
• Recreation is activity; it is some sort of action as distinguished from rest
• Recreation must be voluntary; it cannot be ordered, imposed, or forced
• Recreation has no single form; it offers a variety of choices with endless possibilities
• Recreation is flexible; it can be organized or unorganized; it can be enjoyed in a group or alone
• Recreation to one individual may be work to another
• Recreation involves an individual's attitude, motive, and incentive
• Recreation may occur or not occur; a specific activity may be recreation for an individual at one time, but not at another time
• Recreation is necessary in order for an individual to have balanced growth
• Recreation and work are not the same thing; although an individual may be very happy in his job, it is not possible for that individual's work to be his recreation