The population who participates in Outdoor Leisure Sports has been increased in contemporary society. However, the studies on sport sociological significance of Outdoor Leisure Sports are lack. Since 1987 when I began Skin-SCUBA diving and 1992 when I taught Skin-SCUBA diving, I have recognized that the people who participate in Outdoor Leisure Sports do not have enough understanding about their sports. Based on these questions, the purpose of this study is to explore how adventure experiences on Outdoor Leisure Sports have the sport sociological significance by using hermeneutic phenomenological methodology. To accomplish this purpose, the researcher had reviewed literatures on Outdoor Leisure Sports for two years from March, 2007 to March, 2009, and has collected data since April 2009 by using In-depth Interview, Participant Observation, and Archival Research. In this study, the researcher used checking technique like as triangulation to establish the trustworthiness of the data, and also collected the critical comments from a four-member panel at the 2009 annual conference to improve this dissertation (Lim, 2009). The summary of the study is as following. Consequently, through participating in Outdoor Leisure Sports, divers and paragliders of this study found their ego newly, learned how to cooperate with others as a member of society, and had a new harmony with nature. As a result, the results of this study imply the significance of Outdoor Leisure Sports such as Skin-SCUBA Diving and Paragliding Nature-friendly with in the sport sociological perspective.
현대사회에 있어서 신체활동 연구의 주요 탐구과제는 ‘신체활동을 통한 교육’으로부터 ‘인간의 기본적인 움직임’을 목표로 하는 스포츠적인 움직임을 중심으로 한 생명 활동의 개념으로 급속히 변화되고 있는 추세이다. 이러한 환경변화에 대응하기 위하여 본학회는 ‘체육’적인 요소에서 ‘스포츠’적인 요소를 중심으로 한 학문적 정체성을 견고히 하고, 정기적인 학술지 발간과 학술활동을 통해 한국스포츠츠 문화의 발전과 학문적인 발전에 기여하는데 그 목적이 있다.