informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t901682222 Travelling with a Purpose: Understanding the Motives and Benefits of Volunteer Vacationers Sally Brown a a Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management‚ Purdue University‚ Indianapolis‚ Indiana‚ USA To cite this Article Brown‚ Sally(2005) ’Travelling with a Purpose: Understanding the Motives and Benefits of Volunteer Vacationers ’‚ Current Issues in Tourism‚ 8: 6‚ 479 — 496 To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/13683500508668232
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responsibility to maximise volunteer opportunities? Why? Introduction Volunteering is defined as "any activity in which time is given freely to benefit another person‚ group‚ or organization" (Wilson‚ 2000). It is often mentioned in the context of social capital. Researchers believe that volunteering has contribution to the development of social capital so that it produces social and economic benefits to society. Beside this‚ volunteering also brings about benefits to volunteers themselves. Therefore
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done. After that week I got back in the gym‚ and kept playing every day as usual. I went to all of their games because I loved the sport and I wanted to support my friends. After the season ended everything went back to normal‚ we kept going to the YMCA every day. Now school has ended and summer league starts. Coach put me on Jr. Varsity just too test my skills and the first game‚ it was the best game of my life. I dunked the ball on a fast break and I couldn’t miss. I was the star player and that
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than 46 million people in North America who play volleyball. There are 800 million players worldwide who play volleyball at least once a week. Volleyball was created in 1895 by William G. Morgan an instructor at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke‚ Mass. William Morgan wanted to create a game which would have less physical contact then basketball for his class of businessmen at the time. William G. Morgan He then decided to use a combination of elements from popular existing sports
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were then later revised by the YMCA and the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1912‚ "the number of players was set at six per team‚ the size of the court was increased to 35 by 60 feet‚ and rotation of players before service was established." The game of volleyball was increasingly being improved upon and was also being adapted so that young adults were to play and enjoy it more since volleyball was a sport that was first introduced to older men at the YMCA by William G. Morgan. Volleyball
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The History of Basketball The multi-million dollar‚ money making game of basketball has came a long way since its humble beginning. The sport of basketball was born at a training school in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. For a century‚ basketball was played with soccer balls and peach baskets. With outstanding players‚ evolving rules and records set‚ basketball has became an international sensation. This sport is enjoyed by people of all financial statuses and has transcended gender barriers. This
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History of Volleyball: Who invented volleyball? William G. Morgan (1870-1942) born in State of New York‚ USA. He was a director of physical education at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA). Why was volleyball invented? Mr Morgan was looking for a game that was less violent and intense than basketball (a popular and new sport at that time) that would be suitable for the older people Where was volleyball invented? Holyoke (State of Massachusetts‚ USA) How was volleyball invented
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grew in the United States‚ it is now played and watched in more than 150 countries. When Dr. Naismith invented the game basketball‚ he was a physical education teacher at the International Training School of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Spring Field‚ Massachusetts. It was winter‚ and his students needed a fast-paced game that could be played indoors. After a lot of thinking he finally decided of a game where players would be throwing a ball into baskets. So he attached a couple
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almost immediately renamed. To which he originally gave the name "Mintonette". At that time Morgan knew of no similar game to volleyball which could guide him; he developed it from his own sports training methods and his practical experience in the YMCA gymnasium. Describing his first experiments he said‚ "In search of an appropriate game‚ tennis occurred to me‚ but this required rackets‚ balls‚ a net and other equipment‚ so it was eliminated‚ but the idea of a net seemed a good one. We raised it
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Since its beginning over a century ago‚ basketball has evolved from a simple form of exercise with only a few rules to a highly competitive and complex national sport. Basketball was invented by James Naismith at a YMCA in Springfield‚ Massachusetts‚ in 1891 (Fox 11-13). It began as an activity for the “‘ball-game’ void” months of winter (Hanson 65)‚ and Naismith had five standards for the game. He wanted a ball that could be handled by a player’s hands; no one was to run with the ball‚ and anyone
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