Public agencies that provide facilities.

Free time that people can spend.

From Anglo-Sacon "plega" means game, sport, fight or battle.

Emerging in active recreational hobbies.

Desire to belong to a social group.

Helps a person's mental well-being.

Positive Self-esteem.

Influenced by Plato and Aristotle

Viewed as a social threat.

Importance of play in childhood education.

Play is primarily motivated by the need to burn-off excess energy.

To restore energy than expend it.

Play to prepare children for adult life.

Play to release pent-up emotions.

Play to express their energies, abilities and personalities.

Participants have equal chances of winning.

Outcomes are beyond control of participants.

Play that involves pretending imaginary roles.

Games that causes dizziness.

Play is often fun but can lead to addiction.

Element that moves people toward a behavior.

Performance done without any intention of doing so.

Performance of an activity because of a reward.

Performance of an activity to alleviate guilt.

Performance is fone because the individual gets something out of it.

Performance of an activity matches the individuals values and desires.

The feelings that result from the activity.

2 Physical Motivators:

2 Social Motivators:

4 Psychological Motivators:

It involves commitment like training or learning.

Unacceptable/Inappropriate Activities

Playing alone

2 or more children playing.

Play together but have different ideas/goals.

Play with specific roles and rules.

Biological or physical classification.

Broad range of characteristics, roles or behaviors.

San Francisco City Supervisor who was assasinated to help homosexuals.

Play a significant role in shaping leisure values and behaviors.

It is the skin color, hair texture or physical features.

Cultural Heritage, language and traditions.