Hey Guys this is Matt Call and while thinking of what our groups definition for leisure might be, I skimmed over our first assignment blog which we discussed all our own personal definitions of leisure. Tyler, discussed that leisure “is what you do with your free time” and mentioned that he enjoyed basketball as a form of leisure. Similar to Tyler, Paul mentioned that his definition of leisure is also as “how one spend there free time” and likes to spend his leisure time with his brothers and playing sports. Max who likes to spend a lot his leisure time snowboarding felt that his definition of leisure “is spending your free time to the fullest”. Watching sports is a major way that Kevin spends his time, and thinks that leisure is “anything that you do during your free time that equals a positive state of mind”. I personally feel that leisure “is time to enjoy oneself” I used ice fishing as example of how I enjoy my leisure time. After reading all our definitions I can draw a conclusion that we all consider our definition of leisure “is how and what we do in our free time”.
Leisure as recreation is something that we all share connections with in our leisure time. Tyler seems to like recreational leisure a lot, and being active. Max also seems to share the same recreation sense as Tyler, but also has a connection with me and likes some of his leisure time as a state of mind. Meaning that we both don’t need a whole lot structure when enjoy our leisure. Paul also like Tyler seems to like a lot of recreation involved in his leisure time. Kevin seems to share the recreational factor and also like a good result from his leisure time. It is very evident that we all enjoy some productivity from our leisure time, and share that some structure is involved. Aside from the fact we do not spend our leisure time dong all the same activities it seems very evident that we spend our free time doing activities we consider leisure.
Tyler’s sports management on campus recreation and the report Max did on The ARC seem to be very similar. They seem to tie into each other, where the sport management side comes up with ideas for activity and the ARC puts them on. Management of recreation and The ARC both have high strength point, a few being keeping and providing students with physical activity keeping health involved. Both industries are included in our tuition which can automatically keep us motivated to spend some our leisure time being active. The ARC itself offers not only physical activity, but also has space equipped for workshops to promote health and easy ways to do so as a student or faculty. Sport management helps come up with all these ideas and comes up with the way to promote such activities and make them appealing to students. Kevin reported on the Orange Krush which also seems to be a very involved activity on campus. The big pro of the Krush is that it gets students involved and is funded by itself as a non profit organization. Krush helps students get out there and raise money for the university scholarships, which is students helping students. The community is also involved when the Krush go to work, because they help out many charities who have money donated by the Krush. Overall, I believe that these industries help highlight student activity, which is important to help promote things like leisure, connections, and life experiences.
Leisure as recreation is something that we all share connections with in our leisure time. Tyler seems to like recreational leisure a lot, and being active. Max also seems to share the same recreation sense as Tyler, but also has a connection with me and likes some of his leisure time as a state of mind. Meaning that we both don’t need a whole lot structure when enjoy our leisure. Paul also like Tyler seems to like a lot of recreation involved in his leisure time. Kevin seems to share the recreational factor and also like a good result from his leisure time. It is very evident that we all enjoy some productivity from our leisure time, and share that some structure is involved. Aside from the fact we do not spend our leisure time dong all the same activities it seems very evident that we spend our free time doing activities we consider leisure.
Tyler’s sports management on campus recreation and the report Max did on The ARC seem to be very similar. They seem to tie into each other, where the sport management side comes up with ideas for activity and the ARC puts them on. Management of recreation and The ARC both have high strength point, a few being keeping and providing students with physical activity keeping health involved. Both industries are included in our tuition which can automatically keep us motivated to spend some our leisure time being active. The ARC itself offers not only physical activity, but also has space equipped for workshops to promote health and easy ways to do so as a student or faculty. Sport management helps come up with all these ideas and comes up with the way to promote such activities and make them appealing to students. Kevin reported on the Orange Krush which also seems to be a very involved activity on campus. The big pro of the Krush is that it gets students involved and is funded by itself as a non profit organization. Krush helps students get out there and raise money for the university scholarships, which is students helping students. The community is also involved when the Krush go to work, because they help out many charities who have money donated by the Krush. Overall, I believe that these industries help highlight student activity, which is important to help promote things like leisure, connections, and life experiences.
Commercial Recreation-elliott7
Through Assignment number one, I think we all pretty much agreed that leisure is what someone chooses to do in their free time. The Putt Zone Fun Center fits into this because it provides leisure to those in the Champaign-Urbana Community. Although this may sound similar to the ARC, the Putt Zone aims to serve a much different age group than does the ARC. Obviously, the ARC was built for the large number of students at the University of Illinois to use. The Putt Zone, on the other hand, is more about serving families (younger children). This is evident through the opportunity of others to use the Putt Zone’s sheltered pavilion to host birthday parties for children. The Putt Zone also has a different way of charging people for their services and facilities than does the ARC and Orange Krush. The Putt Zone charges per usage and doesn’t offer the opportunity to become a member like the ARC. Also, there is not the possibility for financial discrimination at the Putt Zone like there is to be a member of the Orange Krush. The Orange Krush requires it’s members to get pledges of money for each three pointer made by the basketball team. Therefore, if you have family members and friends who are financially successful, you’re going to be better off than someone whose family and friends are poor.
The employment opportunities and current trends at the Putt Zone also are distinctive form other leisure agencies, but also share some similar qualities as well. Because of the Putt Zone’s size, it can’t come close to offering the quantity of jobs that the ARC and the White Hall Hotel can. However, the types of jobs offered and the benefits are similar. For example, the Putt Zone, White Hall Hotel, and the ARC all have people working the front desk selling items and working directly with customers. All three also have management positions that oversee the agencies operations. In addition, people working at all three leisure agencies make many connections that benefit them down the road. The current trends at the Putt Zone can also be seen at the White Hall Hotel and through the non-profit sector that Orange Krush exemplifies. Not surprisingly, the current trends at all three leisure agencies are tied to the current financial struggles of our economy. However, the ways in which the organizations are dealing with the poor economy differ greatly. While the Putt Zone and the White Hall Hotel are catering more and more to help the customer---Putt Zone now offers many different activities other than just mini-golf and the White Hall Hotel is advertising more than ever their free wireless internet, 5 star restaurant, and limo/taxi service to and from O’Hare/Midway---the Orange Krush is putting more pressure on members by moving up deadlines for pledges to be turned in.
The strengths and weaknesses of the Putt Zone are very interesting to compare to other leisure organizations. The main strength of the Putt Zone is the wide range of distinct facilities it can provide: batting cages, mini-golf courses, trampoline basketball, and sheltered pavilion. What I mean by distinct, is that the facilities aren’t very commonly available. For example, the ARC offers far more activities, but doesn’t offer batting cages, trampoline basketball, or mini-golf courses. So, in that regard, the Putt Zone has done an excellent job of distinguishing themselves from the competition. The weaknesses of the Putt Zone, however, are their advertising and capability to offer activities to the disabled. If it weren’t for my older brothers mentioning the Putt Zone, I would never have heard of the organization. I have yet to see any advertisement for the Putt Zone on TV, in the paper, or around campus; I guess that just goes to show that the Putt Zone isn’t attempting to serve the students. Also, although the min-golf courses are handicapped accessible at the Putt Zone, they would be very difficult to navigate with a wheel chair. The courses have narrow walkways at times and are bumpy. On top of that, batting cages and trampoline basketball aren’t handicap friendly sports in any way. Because of the ARC and the White Hall Hotel’s greater amount of funding/revenue, they are able to both advertise and be more handicap accessible.
The Putt Zone
The employment opportunities and current trends at the Putt Zone also are distinctive form other leisure agencies, but also share some similar qualities as well. Because of the Putt Zone’s size, it can’t come close to offering the quantity of jobs that the ARC and the White Hall Hotel can. However, the types of jobs offered and the benefits are similar. For example, the Putt Zone, White Hall Hotel, and the ARC all have people working the front desk selling items and working directly with customers. All three also have management positions that oversee the agencies operations. In addition, people working at all three leisure agencies make many connections that benefit them down the road. The current trends at the Putt Zone can also be seen at the White Hall Hotel and through the non-profit sector that Orange Krush exemplifies. Not surprisingly, the current trends at all three leisure agencies are tied to the current financial struggles of our economy. However, the ways in which the organizations are dealing with the poor economy differ greatly. While the Putt Zone and the White Hall Hotel are catering more and more to help the customer---Putt Zone now offers many different activities other than just mini-golf and the White Hall Hotel is advertising more than ever their free wireless internet, 5 star restaurant, and limo/taxi service to and from O’Hare/Midway---the Orange Krush is putting more pressure on members by moving up deadlines for pledges to be turned in.
The strengths and weaknesses of the Putt Zone are very interesting to compare to other leisure organizations. The main strength of the Putt Zone is the wide range of distinct facilities it can provide: batting cages, mini-golf courses, trampoline basketball, and sheltered pavilion. What I mean by distinct, is that the facilities aren’t very commonly available. For example, the ARC offers far more activities, but doesn’t offer batting cages, trampoline basketball, or mini-golf courses. So, in that regard, the Putt Zone has done an excellent job of distinguishing themselves from the competition. The weaknesses of the Putt Zone, however, are their advertising and capability to offer activities to the disabled. If it weren’t for my older brothers mentioning the Putt Zone, I would never have heard of the organization. I have yet to see any advertisement for the Putt Zone on TV, in the paper, or around campus; I guess that just goes to show that the Putt Zone isn’t attempting to serve the students. Also, although the min-golf courses are handicapped accessible at the Putt Zone, they would be very difficult to navigate with a wheel chair. The courses have narrow walkways at times and are bumpy. On top of that, batting cages and trampoline basketball aren’t handicap friendly sports in any way. Because of the ARC and the White Hall Hotel’s greater amount of funding/revenue, they are able to both advertise and be more handicap accessible.
Sports Management-Nelson47
I had to put the picture of the leisure suit in, just look at it, it's hilarious.
Non-Profit, Orange Krush, mroz2
Once again, our group's definition of leisure is "what you do in your free time." What I like to do in my free time and what members of the Orange Krush like to do is sit in the student section to watch basketball games. This is done by accomplishing the goal of collecting pledges to donate to the University of Illinois and the surrounding community. Like the ARC, funding is provided by the students and students are members. Also similar to the ARC, it takes more than just student participation to make this a successful organization. Members of the community and members of the University are also a part of the success.
The Orange Krush is a unique situation in which everyone benefits. Students are able to sit courside for basketball games, while the University and surrounding community are able to benefit from the students raising money for them. The strengths of the Orange Krush are that it is well organized and has a clearly explained mission. Students are able to receive leisure by going to basketball games while helping a good cause. The weaknesses of the Orange Krush are that there are few employment opportunities and that in order to be a member you must be a student. In Paul's example, going to play mini golf, almost anyone can play, which is a stength to his organization.
The Orange Krush does actually fulfill its purpose. This year, over a thousand people joined the Orange Krush. For every three point shot that the Illini hit this year, the Orange Krush Foundation will receive over a thousand dollars. This does not even include flat pledges. The Orange Krush will be able to help out numerous organizations in need of finances.For this reason, I believe the impact of the Orange Krush has a much more widespread effect on the community than most of the other organizations in my group.
I'm going to start off this assignment by comparing each individual in our groups definition of leisure. I will start off with mine, I consider leisure to be "what you do with your free time." Paul considers his definition to be "how one chooses to spend his or her free time." Max believes leisure is a time to "enjoy your free time to the fullest." Moving on to Matt, he thinks leisure is "time to enjoy oneself." The last member of our group Kevin thinks leisure is "anything that you do during your free time that equals a positive s
tate of mind." As a group we discussed our definition of leisure, we came up with "what you do in
your free time."
Now it's time to analyze are different definitions of leisure. To begin mine and Paul's are virtually the same. I think it would be a safe bet to assume that Matt is someone who enjoys alot of unstructured leisure in his life with his definition. Max looks to get the most out of his free time, he has talked about and has put in his past assignments about how enjoys snowboarding, with this i think he also likes unstructured leisure, but looks to get alot out of what he does. Kevin also looks to get a positive feedback out of his leisure time, I would guess that he likes to structured leisure in activities that enjoys participating in. Overall as a group all of us enjoy our different leisure studies, and look forward to our leisure every day at the end of our classes.
In my last paragraph I'm going to talk about how the organizations we did for assignment 2. I talked about the sports management oppurtunites through campus rec, while Max talke about campus rec also, but he talked about campus rec as a whole. I talked about the various intramural oppurtunties that are offered by campus rec. Max focused more on the ARC and its renovations, and how it is now arguably the top campus workout facility in the nation. I was really interested in Kevin's assignment about the Orange Krush. He talks about the Orange Krush's fundraiser through thier own foundation, which is a great thing. While my assignment can be considered sports management, Max's can be considered a campus recreation program, and Kevin's is a non-profit organization, they all are similar in the fact that they are all encompassed in the field of leisure.
Non-Profit, Orange Krush, mroz2
Once again, our group's definition of leisure is "what you do in your free time." What I like to do in my free time and what members of the Orange Krush like to do is sit in the student section to watch basketball games. This is done by accomplishing the goal of collecting pledges to donate to the University of Illinois and the surrounding community. Like the ARC, funding is provided by the students and students are members. Also similar to the ARC, it takes more than just student participation to make this a successful organization. Members of the community and members of the University are also a part of the success.The Orange Krush is a unique situation in which everyone benefits. Students are able to sit courside for basketball games, while the University and surrounding community are able to benefit from the students raising money for them. The strengths of the Orange Krush are that it is well organized and has a clearly explained mission. Students are able to receive leisure by going to basketball games while helping a good cause. The weaknesses of the Orange Krush are that there are few employment opportunities and that in order to be a member you must be a student. In Paul's example, going to play mini golf, almost anyone can play, which is a stength to his organization.
The Orange Krush does actually fulfill its purpose. This year, over a thousand people joined the Orange Krush. For every three point shot that the Illini hit this year, the Orange Krush Foundation will receive over a thousand dollars. This does not even include flat pledges. The Orange Krush will be able to help out numerous organizations in need of finances.For this reason, I believe the impact of the Orange Krush has a much more widespread effect on the community than most of the other organizations in my group.
Campus Recreation, The ARC tane1
So if you just like hearing our group definition over and over, it is that leisure is "what you do in your free time." I cant stress it enough. In my free time, I like to participate in multiple recerational activities, and what better place to do them, then at the ARC. There are a plethora of activities at my disposal. This is what the University of Illinois gave to the students, based on what the students asked for. Like Orange Krush, most of the membership and funding comes from the students. However, people living in the Champaign-Urbana community can be members at the ARC as well. With the student population and community population having the ARC at their the disposal, it stimulates the University and community's well being.
The ARC is where everyone can benefit and find their own niche. Students can find different acts of leisure everywhere they turn. There is plenty of employment. Not just at the ARC, but the whole division of Campus Recreation at the University of Illinois. With so may job oppurtunites they rank third on campus. Its weaknesses are its pricing and availabilty. Places like the Putt Zone are economical and available to all. The ARC is only open students at the Univeristy and members who a hefty yearly fee. However both of these organiztions share the same mission, which is to have maximum amounts of leisure.
Campus Receration and the ARC have fulfilled their purpose. Stats have shown that yearly the traffic through the ARC is equivalent to the traffic through Six Flags Great America in Gurney, Illinois. Intramural sport regristrations have had to cut off sign-ups because of too many teams wanting to participate. There is always a place for someone at the ARC and Campus Recreation in general.
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