ABSTRACT
Casual leisure, which in comparison with serious leisure is considerably less substantial and offers no career, requires little or no special training to enjoy it. Over the years eight types have been identified: play (including dabbling, dilettantism); relaxation (e.g., sitting, napping, strolling); Passive entertainment (e.g., through TV, books, recorded music); active entertainment (e.g., games of chance, party games); sociable conversation (e.g. gossip, "idle chatter"); sensory stimulation (e.g., sex, eating, drinking, sight seeing); casual volunteering (e.g., handing out leaflets, stuffing envelops) and pleasurable aerobic activity. The last and newest addition to this typology—pleasurable aerobic activity—refers to physical activities that require effort sufficient to cause marked increase in respiration and heart rate. Project-based leisure can also enhance a person's leisure lifestyle. The study of kayakers, snowboarders, and mountain and ice climbers revealed that the vast majority of the three samples used various forms of casual leisure to optimally round out their use of free time.
