Leisure activities and the weather

People all around the world love to enjoy leisure activities. We play many indoor and outdoor games and sports at our leisure time. Weather matters a lot to outdoor activities whereas we can do indoor activities at any time of the year. Let’s talk about some of these leisure activities through this lesson.

Division of leisure activities

Division of Leisure Activities

Which leisure activities are not affected by the weather?

Indoor activities

Which leisure activities are affected by the weather?

Outdoor activities

E.g. – Seasonal activities such as summer sports, winter sports or wind sports

Examples of leisure activities

Examples of indoor sports

Example of a basketball game	Example of bowling	Example of playing billiards	Example of playing cards
Example of playing ice hockey	Example of a game of boxing	Example of gymnastics	Example of playing chess

Examples of outdoor sports

Summer Sports

Example of a football game

Example of a cricket match

Example of a baseball game

Example of cycling

Winter Sports

Example of skiing

Example of biathlon

Example of playing curling

Example of bobsleighing

Wind Sports

Example of windsurfing

Example of kite-wing

Example of gliding

Example of flying kites

Beating the weather

Countries with unpredictable (changeable) weather, like in British Isles, need to beat the weather to do outdoor activities.

How have the people beaten the weather to do outdoor activities?

1)   Building indoor swimming pools

2)   Building indoor tennis courts

3)   Building indoor ice-skating rinks

4)   Building dry ski slopes for skiing or snowboarding etc.

Cardiff Millennium Stadium

Cardiff Millennium Stadium is one of the largest sports stadiums. It is the national stadium of Wales, located in the capital Cardiff. This stadium has a roof that can be slid across in bad weather, or opened in fine weather. Cardiff Millennium Stadium holds many large scale events, such as rugby, football, rally, speedway, boxing and many music concerts. It is very expensive and difficult to build such indoor stadiums as well as the maintenance (to look after/ repairs) cost is very high. There are only a few large sports stadiums in the world since all the countries cannot afford to build such indoor stadiums.

 
Hope this article helps you to understand about different leisure and recreational activities done in different types of weather. Also, read the lessons Leisure and Recreation and Leisure and Land Use.