The change and continuity of
sports and other leisure activities in UAE
Hassan Ali Al hammadi
CJM
H00280531
The change and continuity of sports and other
leisure activities in UAE
Abstract:
In this report I will discuss about sport and leisure before how it
was and now by interviewing
My teacher Mr. Hedeley, where he has a lot of highlights in sport activities.
Introduction
The purpose of this report is to compare and contrast the change
and continuity of sports and other leisure activities in UAE. To perform this
analysis, a one to one interview was taken with an aged teacher who taught in a number of
countries and he started his first career
in Brunei , before he came to UAE in
2003 he taught for several years in the Arabic gulf.
Biographical
His name Mr.Hedley is from England
he is teaching English since 1971 started in London and after that he left his home
to teach in Brunei for some years then china after that he has been teaching for
a while in Arabic gulf. Presently he has passed thirteen years of his teaching
career in Abu-Dhabi men college. He explained his career as a teacher, player
and instructor in sports which explains that change and continuity of sports
and other leisure activities in UAE. The thirteen year teaching career of the
interview in Abu-Dhabi and other parts of the world explain the changes that
happened in terms of sports and leisure activities. The scope of this report is
to explain of changes in last thirteen years in sports and leisure activities
in UAE.
The change and continuity of
sports and other leisure activities in UAE
The profile of the interviewee shows that apart from teaching
English and history he is an active person in sports. He likes to play soccer
and rugby and also worked as instructor of these sports in England. He also
played squash in Brunei. When he came back in UAE in 1992, he joined a club and
started playing as well as coaching squash. He viewed and analysis the changes
happening in UAE for thirteen years and he can clearly mention the trend of
playing sports and other leisure activities in junior schools as well as
professional sports in the emirates.
He revealed that in the past
years players were not paid for playing game rather the players used to pay the
club in return of giving services to them. But presently, the condition is
totally different and now the players play and they are paid for this. Playing
is a job and profession for players. In Dubai, now teams from different parts
of the word including America, UK, England and other countries gather to play
rugby.
It is also important to note that the payment of players differ
from game to game. For example, players of Rugby are paid less as compared to
other games like golf etc. He revealed that can make half a money while playing
rugby as compared to the players playing professional soccer or any other
popular game. This shows that playing different games is now becoming a
profession and passion for people in UAE and they play after getting proper
training and coaching classes. But, the type of game is also important. People
now prefer to play easy games which so not hard work.
The trend of teaching and playing different games including rugby
is increasing in UAE now a days. Most of the junior schools are also arranging
coaching classes for the junior students. But, a game like rugby cannot be a
major game for students and even players in UAE as rugby is less common than
soccer in most of the countries of world. Also even most of the people in UAE
also like soccer more as compared to rugby. There were seven leagues of soccer
in 1994 but with the passage of time the leagues are decreasing in number which
shows that now most of the people in UAE have left playing soccer and even
other games. Also, most of the soccer grounds are now being turned into
gymnasiums. May be the reason for this is that weather in UAE is particularly
hot as compared to England so people prefer to remain fit with the help of
weight lifting inside sheltered gymnasiums.
Conclusion
In conclusion, it can be said that in UAE the trend of playing has
decreased. Even a handful of health conscious who want to take care of their
health, go to gyms instead of playing outdoors games which are less good for
health as compared to the games which are played outdoors. As compared to the
past thirteen years, the educational institutions are giving attention to
sports but most of these sports are indoor so, students as well professional
players in UAE prefer playing indoor.
