Change in sport

History of UAE sports, leisure, and society

Every country has its own special culture and society that is different from other countries; because of this deferens it is very interesting to study different cultures all over the world to get more knowledge about others life and to know more about the societies. In this report I will take a closer look in Emirati culture and life between the past and the present and to know how the concept of leisure has been changed through the decades. I started my report by an interview with Emirati old man lists to us about changes in sports and leisure practices in the UAE.

I choose Obaid for the interview because he started his carrier early, and he has been living in many different decades, before the oil and after it, so he knows the different and he can compares between the decades.

Khamis hamdan, 59 years old, born in Abu musa (island). He visited many countries all over the world that it was his dream when he was young.

From the interview, I realized that the sport and leisure have been important in every society long time ago, because the reasons for doing sport or leisure is the same and it did not change through the years because it have many benefits such as it Reduce stresses that comes from work and life.

As I find from the interview, People stared to care about their leisure’s in postmodern societies, this is due to the presence of several factors such as reduce working hours compared to the past And improved living conditions for most people, and the proliferation of entertainment venues everywhere.

In the past, the recreational places were limited in the UAE compared to today; there were no gardens or parks, and the markets are to shop only not to spend time. Maximum ways of entertainment for the boys were swimming in the sea or fishing, or playing football with the presence of some simple traditional games such as Al Qabba a game involving two sticks and two teams of 10 players each. The situation was more limited for girls, because the customs and traditions do not allow them to get out of the house, so you have less means to entertain, one of the girls games is “Almeryihana” which is rope that is tied to tree brunch, and the girl sits in the rope then the other girl push her.

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Part 1

On the first day when teacher divide our class into groups we decided as a group to work together as teamwork. We were 4 members helping each other, to save time and lessen the load on each one. The group chose to do our project in Army Offices Club. The reason why we choose this club is it has several different sporting, leisure and facilities. I am a member of the club, I decided for my group to collect the information from the supervisor there because I know him for a long time and I think he is the best to help us looking for his 8 years working in the club. Also some of my group members try to get some information from the website of the club and collecting data from the brochure on the reception desk.

Part 2

During the interview and our tour in the club we found out that club have a lot of leisure and sporting facilities with highly professional coaches and most modern equipment in the world for gym and weightlifting. As a result I am really surprised because of the size of the club and the hospitality that they are offering to the members. Even the numbers of the members Are the members the joying the club is a huge and it is growing because everyone can join the club and it is not considering only on the army officers and their families talking about the relation between the club leisure and society .I think the club have a lot of options in many kinds of sports even outdoor and indoor courts ,with a lot of leisure Like international restaurants and coffee shops so it is benefit for people who like to make public relationship with others and met new people.

Part 3

As a group we needed to have a lot of skills to finish our project in a proper way for example photography skills editing the video skills and interviewing skills I suggest to the club to be better in the future it should advertise more in the social media because few people know that the club is not only for the army officers and their families .Also I think they have two reduce the price and offer some of our promotion for students comparing to the other clubs I think the price range to join the club is very expensive .To improve my next case study i suggest to provide a list for students of the clubs that have never been visited before .also I think the student should prepare the whole assessment before they are going to the club, because some of the clubs where not co-operative with us and they delayed us because of the appointment with people who are in charge and this way we submitted our project too late.

 

 

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The great Ronaldo

 

Ronaldo is a Brazilian footballer, who is described as the greatest pure striker in the history of the modern game, and as one of the greatest prolific strikers in the world. He won the Ballon D ‘or in the two years of 1997 and 2002, and  has won other major awards , which are the FIFA Player of the Year  Award for three times , the World Cup Golden Ball, and Golden Boat .  When not an international player, Ronaldo played for Corinthians. Another famous footballer from Brazil is Pelé.

Renaldo played 98   international matches, and scored 15 goals in the World Cup .He retired on 14 February 2011, when he was 35 years old.