Research Of The Recreational Sports On Aging In Rural Area In Shandong Province

By the method of investigation,interview,statistics and other mathematical methods,this paper takes 680 old people in rural area in Shandong province in Qingdao,Weifang and Dezhou as our investigating objects.It analyzed the rate of these people participation in recreational sports,the distribution of their leisure time,different recreational sports occasions and ways,purposes and consumptions on recreational sports.The results indicate that recreational sports for the elderly in rural area in Shandong is unfamiliar,it still takes a long time to let people the function of recreational sports.Besides, the assignment of the elderly leisure time is unreasonable.Most people choose such cost-free and peaceful recreational sports activities as walking and jogging to participate.There is still abig gap between the poor and rich,on the whole,it shows a growing trend.At the same time,there are some problems in the elderly participating in recreational sports as follows:The contradiction existed between the supply and need for exercise space,especially the public occasions couldn't be sufficient for the need.The major ways of participating in recreational sports were free combination and personal exercise,lacking of organization and stability.The elderly in rural area lacked the knowledge of recreational sports,they need more recreational sports instructors.The results indicated that the major factors affecting the elderly participating in recreational sports were personal and social factors.And the personal factors included the resident's sport values, the character career and the character contradiction,personal consumption tendency and their living mode.The social factors included exercise space and tools,spots regulations,social sports instructors.At the end this paper proposed countermeasures correspondingly: 1.Takerecreational sports seriously,set up sports mental consciousness from childhood,improve the countryside inhabitant's educational level.2.Invest more in recreational sports facilities,equipment and sports fund,broaden the source of funding for recreational sports.3.Create a good participation environment in recreational sports.4.Pay more attention on propagandizing for recreational sports, improve body-building level in rural area.5.Reinforce government departments administration,enhance the quality of managerial personnel, training more social instructor,implementing the corresponding policies and regulations carefully.6.Rationally guide the development of the recreational sports industry in rural area.7.Take the advantage of local area,make the elderly take part in diverse recreational sports activities that fit themselves voluntary.8.Take corresponding measures to resolve social security and medical security problems,encourage more people in rural area s participating in recreational sports.9.Promote more families participate in recreational sports for life long.10.Pay more attention on recreational sports research,training more professionals.