Sports complex tends to be a
one place sports arena with facility and equipment of all sports as far as
possible. From philosophical context sports alike any game is a social product
as an artificial construct by human. it is an outcome born by the need the
urban society for recreation, healthy life, entertainment and use of leisure time.
it is as the integral part of the city life similar to the one place shopping
complex, business and corporate center of downtown, streets, parks and gardens.
sports history dates back as far as the human social organisation for various
reason. sports must be started with recreation culture and entertainment for
kings and people and celebration times along with singing, dancing with their
own music. the sports culture has been used differently and with different
purpose and rules according the social and political structure. Colosseum is
living example for specific purpose of that particular political strategy and
to keep the system alive. since then sports has been an vital strategy for high
capitalist. At least the European football craze and influence all over the world for
games has shown that. We have our own history that the late king of Gorkha, king Dravya shah has been send to thrown because of winning the horse race which
proves that the strongest and healthy blood when possess thrown could change so
much that nobody could dream in that period and now we live on their unified
land and witnessed the consequence in our own lifetime.
Sports has its own benefit
especially on urban context where people are less physically active rather than are on rush all the time with the enslaving dogma ‘time is money’. In this
context within a short period of time, conscious and physically diagnosed people wants to
continue their good or improve health. This may be the birth of sports center on urban, otherwise there is no need of sports complex on village and rural
area neither on small town. There are lots of open field where they can play
and practice and because they are physically active and they don't need to loss
their weight nor they will have time and big buck to waste on sports center.
But on the urban context the
sports complex is gift for the people seeking for good health. They don't need
to run and walk along dusty and noisy roads which degrade heath rather then to improve. Complex itself can create a
jugging and sports arena with park and garden like environment along with
special time table routine and function for special kinds like gaining or
loosing weight, weight lifting, gym and body building, curing disease, heath
improvement and physical and mental improvement. and also learners and trainers
with hostel facility could provide course practice for regional, national and
international competition also could host it too. this could be great platform
for improving an individual performance.
From an analysis of society
and lifestyle of people too this habit of going sports arena is better on an
individual health and one psychology and thoughts. lots of children today waste
their time on screen watching and playing games instead of practicing in real.
they are addicted by the virtual world of 2D screen exploiting the mentality of
teens and children. they are being the ‘indoor human’ a total degrading
mutation is happening right in front of our eyes. one hand the children are depressed
by the rules and constrains cutting off their freedom by man made laws and again
the urban physical chaos has directed them to rebellion character with
dangerous thoughts. This is sure increasing streets robbery, crime and drug
addiction. most of polite or obedient children sits as old fatigue body inside
room and one who wants to peep out of window stock on social ambush of
vulgarity. so i hope the culture of sport center will definitely catch the
essence of time and change the society and lifestyle to positive direction.
‘Sports for all’ this logo
which i think is necessary in present context. now most
of clubs and sports center are of public owned. those are more profit oriented rather
than service. most of them has targeted their costumer as high economic class
and tourists. this has nothing to do with middle class and poor people and
specially for an average Nepali citizen. So its necessary that sports complex
should be opened on community level or through governmental sector keeping it
basic need of urban as parks, garden and open spaces. a little bit awareness
program could multiply the consciousness on people about the need of sports
complex which really meant for them neither as expensive clubs. as an
example the practice of Ram Dev has such a popular culture on valley so why not
about sports complex. sports complex could be a new trend, only more level
of consciousness is necessary. This will eradicate the screen based learning and
could give more lively and natural way doing along with improving social bond.
Thus the sports complex
could be a social center or more as communal hub like the chowks and Bahals of Newar settlements. the complex stands as temple where people respect from their
heart, not by praying but practicing.
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