Action and Practice: Approaching Concepts of Sport Science from a Praxeological Perspective / Handeln und Praxis: Eine praxeologische Annäherung an sportwissenschaftliche Konzepte

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Brümmer
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Practical Action ◽  
Sport Science ◽  
Action Theories ◽  
Blind Spots ◽  
Human Kinetics

SummaryThe article aims at addressing a sport sociological research desideratum: the question of acting in sport. So far, this question has mainly been dealt with in human kinetics and sport psychology. Here, action theories refer to action as a rational-reflective and individual phenomenon whose cognitive and ideational foundations must be given particular attention. Recently, however, the focus has begun to be shifted to embodied, pre-reflective, and relational dimensions of action in these sub-disciplines of sport science. Similar reorientations can be observed in sociology, where the mentalism and individualism inherent in action theories is undermined by practice theories emphasizing the bodily, tacit, and collective properties of practice. Practice theories promise additional advances and insights into practical action in sport insofar as they explicitly take into account dimensions of practice widely abstracted from by approaches of human kinetics and sport psychology. By means of a praxeological reflection of the existing approaches to action in sport, the article identifies their blind spots and presents initial ideas for overcoming them.

Human Rights as an Ideology? Obstacles and Benefits

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lea David
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Sociological Inquiry ◽  
Liberal Peace ◽  
Accepted Practice ◽  
Blind Spots ◽  
Successes And Failures

Sociology has an important part to play in understanding human rights. In this article, I trace obstacles within sociology to theoretically conceptualize human rights as an ideology. These impediments, I suggest, demonstrate the need to recognize the blind spots within sociological research. However, instead of trying to persuade readers why human rights qualifies as an ideology, I attempt to demonstrate why it is beneficial for sociological inquiry to conceptualize human rights as an ideology. Instead of following the widely accepted practice of understanding human rights as a desirable set of values designed to promote a liberal peace, I propose conceptualizing human rights as an ideology which, through its institutionalization, produces coercive organizational and doctrine power. The question of whether its organizational and doctrine power is capable of value penetration in micro-solidarity groups opens up a new prism through which sociologists can assess the successes and failures of human rights ideology on the ground.

Toward the Professionalization of Sport Psychology

1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Silva
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Professional Issues ◽  
Sport Science ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
The Media

The application and professionalization of sport psychology has attracted increased attention from various sources including colleagues in the field, sport science and psychology departments, collegiate, Olympic, and professional sport organizations, and the media. Unfortunately, the attention generated has not resulted in significant organizational progress on issues crucial to the integrity of a developing specialization such as sport psychology. These crucial professional issues include the orderly growth of the field, requirements for the establishment of a recognized profession in sport psychology, the training of future sport psychologists, and the process and procedures required to develop and implement the certification of sport psychologists. The present paper was written to address these critical issues, identify progressive steps currently being taken, and recommend subsequent actions that can advance the field toward the professionalization of sport psychology without compromising the integrity of the academic subdiscipline.

scholarly journals Psikologi Olahraga dan Filsafat

Humaniora ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 246
Author(s):  
Dian Anggraini Kusumajati
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Sport Science

The awareness that sports was an international science that emerged in the mid of 20th century, and in Indonesia it was officially acknowledged in 1998 by an sport science declaration. The application of psychology in sports was to support the sport talent in a person could be well developed without any constraints in his/her personality. Eksistensialisme  is a branch of the Phylosophy that reflects that men always exists in his/her life. Phylosophgy played important role in integrating many science reviews that could be formulated in sports having ontology, episthemology, and axiology dimensions which was in line with other sciences. Sport Psychology and Phylosophy reviews reveal the importance of the “root” of them in order to develop it, as well as to introduce sport psychology in Indonesia.  

Performance Enhancement in Motocross: A Case Study of the Sport Science Team in Action

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Collins ◽  
Michael Doherty ◽  
Steven Talbot
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Behavioral Strategies ◽  
Sport Science ◽  
Set Up ◽  
And Training ◽  
Applied Sport Psychology

Using an exemplar case study of an intervention completed in the sport of motocross, the authors attempt to demonstrate the advantages inherent in using integrated multidisciplinary approaches in the application of sport sciences to performance enhancement. The need for comprehensive, detailed, and well-planned interventions, which of necessity take time to both set up and implement, is also highlighted. In addition, the authors furnish examples of practical techniques that can be used to facilitate cognitive behavioral strategies in this type of sport. Implications for the preparation and training of applied sport psychology consultants are briefly discussed.

The Adaptation to the Mainstream in Elite Sport: A Canadian Aboriginal Perspective

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Schinke ◽  
Ginette Michel ◽  
Alain P. Gauthier ◽  
Patricia Pickard ◽  
Richard Danielson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Recent Attempt ◽  
International Level ◽  
Aboriginal Community ◽  
Sport Science ◽  
Self Adaptation ◽  
Canadian Provinces

Cultural sport psychology (CSP) is a recent attempt by researchers to better understand respondents from marginalized cultures. CSP research provides useful suggestions of how to work effectively with unique populations for coaches and sport science practitioners. This paper addresses the struggles and adaptation strategies of 23 (16 male, 7 female) elite Aboriginal Canadian athletes. National and international level athletes elicited from seven sport disciplines and three Canadian provinces were interviewed with a semistructured protocol. Indications are that Aboriginal Canadian athletes engage in two higher order types of adaptation: (a) self-adaptation and (b) adapted environment. The study was developed, analyzed, and coauthored with an Aboriginal community appointed research team. Implications, such as the use of ongoing reflective practice, are proposed for aspiring CSP sport researchers and practitioners.

scholarly journals Climate emotions and emotional climates: The emotional map of ecological crises and the blind spots on our sociological landscapes

2021 ◽  
pp. 053901842199626
Author(s):  
Sighard Neckel ◽  
Martina Hasenfratz
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Environmental Destruction ◽  
Ecological Problems ◽  
Negative Feelings ◽  
Blind Spots

The public debate on climate change and environmental destruction belongs to those social conflicts that are carried out with an especially great emotional intension. In these disputes, the facet of emotions ranges from negative feelings such as shame, guilt and grief, to positive ones such as hope and compassion. In our paper, we put a focus on these feelings, drawing a conceptual map of emotions triggered by ecological crises. In doing so, our aim is to highlight the ambivalences of the intense emotionality of climate change and its societal effects. The great attention and the reflexivity accorded to ‘climate emotions’, however, should not obscure the view towards those emotional dynamics that are responsible for concealing and denying ecological problems. Based on ethnographic and other empirical studies from social sciences we outline that it is precisely these little-illuminated aspects of emotional re-framing and public emotional silence, which often turn out to be particularly consequential moments in politics. Hence, the emotional motives behind the scene should not go unnoticed in sociological research on emotions within the ecological crises.

An Evaluation of U.S. Olympic Sport Psychology Consultant Effectiveness

1991 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Gould ◽  
Vance Tammen ◽  
Shane Murphy ◽  
Jerry May
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
National Team ◽  
Evaluation Form ◽  
Sport Science ◽  
Fitting In ◽  
Olympic Sport ◽  
Favorable Light ◽  
Applied Sport Psychology

The present investigation had three purposes. It (a) evaluated U.S. Olympic sport psychology consultants and the services they provide; (b) used Partington and Orlick’s (1987b) Consultant Evaluation Form (CEF) to examine effective sport psychology consultant characteristics; and (c) identified future sport psychology consultant and program needs. U.S. Olympic sport psychology consultants, sport science and medicine administrators, national team coaches, and athletes from various Olympic sports were surveyed. Results revealed that consultants were perceived in a favorable light across the four subsamples, which did not differ significantly in their effectiveness evaluations. The consultants also received high ratings on all 10 CEF consultant characteristics. Moreover, correlations between the consultant characteristic and effectiveness ratings revealed that fitting in with the team and drawing on athletes’ strengths were among the most important characteristics. Finally, the respondents identified the need to individualize sport psychology strategies as a major way for consultants to better meet athlete needs. Results are discussed relative to ways of improving applied sport psychology consultations with athletes and coaches.

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