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"Choose a leisure activity and discuss what motivates individuals to participate in this activity. Use theoretical models, perspectives and practical examples to justify your argument"
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Essay title: "Choose a leisure activity and discuss what motivates individuals to participate in this activity. Use theoretical models, perspectives and practical examples to justify your argument" The leisure activity I have chosen to look at is the participation of individuals in football, both at an amateur and professional level. Football used to be played as a running battle between villages and small towns. There were no boundaries and there were no limits to the amount of people on each side. It was often played on bank holidays on some open ground; in many ways it was a form of gang warfare. These battles were contested between sides of working-class men. They often took place when the factory had closed early or on Sundays, a day of rest. The later introduction of the half-day off proved to be vital, allowing men to both play and watch football. Pupils of...
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