PhD, Associate Professor M.A. Elmurzaev¹
PhD I.A. Panchenko¹
PhD N.V. Smirnova^1
1St. Petersburg Mining University, St. Petersburg

Physical recreation may be interpreted as the special field of the sport theory and social practice subject to the interdisciplinary research in the marginal zones of the modern fundamental sciences of physical education and general recreation and some other natural and social sciences. Subject to natural sciences in the physical recreation domain is mostly the human physicality that implies the combined bodily functional qualities. The relevant social sciences tend to abstract from the biological basics of physical recreation that are so important for the natural sciences. The study makes an attempt to analyze the existing viewpoints on and social conceptions of physical recreation.

Keywords: physical recreation, health, personality culture, culture-creating resource, leisure, physical recreation activity.

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