What are the Advantages and disadvantages of leisure activities?

Answer 1

leisure activites contributes to physical and mental fitness, helps to enhance communication skills by exposing hidden talents and encourages people to socialise and to develop new relationships with each other.

Answer 2

Importance of recreation

· provides benefits relating to psychological, physical and social health

· improves school performance and performance on cognitive measures

• improves self-concept

• teaches values of participation

• activity prevents adult disease and saves health care costs

• youth are less likely to use tobacco, alcohol, or other drugs

· youth are less involved in juvenile delinquency

· alleviates stress as well as teaching how to recognize and prevent it

· good health results from living in healthy environments and having good health habits

· recreation enhances self-esteem and self-confidence, and enables us to be in control of something which provides us with meaning and satisfaction