Play, game, and sport as a ‘tricky triad’ in the philosophy of sport

This text is an attempt to see sport in different ways in the light of ancient philosophical themes. Philosophy of sports gets less attention than other areas of the discipline that examine the other major components of contemporary society: philosophy of religion, political philosophy, aesthetics, and philosophy of science. Talking about sports is often cheap, but it does not have to be that way. One of the reasons for this is insufficiently paid attention to the relation between sport and philosophy in Greek. That is it's important to talk about sports, just as important as we are talking about religion, politics, art and science. The argument of the present text is that we can try to get a handle philosophically on sports by examining it in light of several key idea from ancient Greek philosophy. The ancient Greeks, tended to be hylomorphists who gloried in both physical and mental achievement. Тhe key concepts from Greek philosophy that will provide the support to the present text are the following: arete, sophrosyne, dynamis and kalokagathia. These ideals never were parts of a realized utopia in the ancient world, but rather provided a horizon of meaning. We will claim that these ideals still provide worthy standards that can facilitate in us a better understanding of what sports is and what it could be. How can a constructive dialogue be developed which would discuss differences in understanding of sport in Ancient Greece and today? In this paper, the authors will try to answer this question from a historical and philosophical point of view. The paper is divided into three sections. The first section of the paper presents two principally different forms or models of focus in sport competitions – focus on physical excellence or focus on game. The dialectic discourse regarding these two approaches to physical activity is even more interesting due to the fact that these two models take precedence over one another depending on context. In the second section of the paper, the focus shifts to theendemic phenomenon of the Ancient Greek Olympic Games, where the topic is discussed from the perspective of philosophy with frequent historical reflections on the necessary specifics, which observeman as a physical-psychological-social-spiritual being. In the third section of this paper, the authors choose to use the thoughts and sayings of the great philosopher Plato to indicate how much this philosopher wasactually interested in the relationship between soul and body, mostly through physical exercise and sport, because it seems that philosophers who came after him have not seriously dealt with this topic in Plato’s way, although they could.

Download Full-text

Formulating, Testing, and Evaluating Principles of Morality in Sport: An Overview of Robert L. Simon’s Contributions to the Philosophy of Sport

Journal of the Philosophy of Sport ◽

10.1080/00948705.2015.1112238 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 3-14

Author(s):

Cesar R. Torres

Keyword(s):

Philosophy Of Sport

Download Full-text

B-PO05-190 ATHLETES WITH SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH-PREDISPOSING GENETIC HEART DISEASE: WINNING THE ‘RETURN-TO-PLAY’ GAME

Heart Rhythm ◽

10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.06.1109 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (8) ◽

pp. S449

Author(s):

Kathryn E. Tobert ◽

Johan Martijn Bos ◽

Ramin Garmany ◽

Michael John Ackerman

Keyword(s):

Heart Disease ◽

Sudden Cardiac Death ◽

Cardiac Death ◽

Return To Play ◽

Play Game ◽

Genetic Heart Disease

Download Full-text

Routledge handbook of the philosophy of sport

Journal of the Philosophy of Sport ◽

10.1080/00948705.2016.1224089 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 43 (3) ◽

pp. 460-464

Author(s):

Sharon Stoll

Keyword(s):

Philosophy Of Sport

Download Full-text

Educação sobre risco a drogas para público escolar do Ensino Fundamental: o lúdico como estratégia

Research Society and Development ◽

10.33448/rsd-v9i8.4667 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (8) ◽

pp. e54984667

Author(s):

Karina Andrade de Oliveira ◽

Manuelli Paim Alende ◽

Fernanda Godoy Engers ◽

Marciana Demarchi ◽

Betina Loitzenbauer da Rocha Moreira ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Role Play ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul ◽

Play Game

Esta pesquisa-ação foi realizada junto a estudantes do ensino fundamental de uma escola pública de uma cidade do interior do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, com o intuito de diminuir o risco de exposição a drogas através de atividades educativas sob aspectos conceituais, atitudinais e de autovalorização. Para isso, foi realizado um levantamento da realidade dos estudantes envolvidos no contexto da temática através de um questionário padronizado, que pautou uma exposição dialogada sobre as principais drogas lícitas e ilícitas apontadas, seguido de um jogo com viés cognitivo. Em outro momento, foi realizado um segundo jogo (Role Play Game) para trabalhar aspectos atitudinais; finalmente, foi proposto para que construíssem, através de texto e desenho, o que entendiam como um bairro ideal e o que poderiam fazer, ao seu alcance, para melhorar o seu bairro. Ao abordarmos o tema da drogadição utilizando essas estratégias lúdicas, somado ao exercício reflexivo sobre seu contexto de convívio social, testemunhamos envolvimento positivo dos estudantes, materializado pelas respostas a um questionário aplicado no final do último encontro. Percebemos um melhor entendimento dos estudantes sobre as consequências do consumo de drogas, o que pode corroborar para diminuição da exposição dos mesmos às drogas.

Download Full-text

Hook to the Chin

Physical Culture and Sport Studies and Research ◽

10.2478/v10141-009-0005-1 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 46 (1) ◽

pp. 70-78

Author(s):

Lev Kreft

Keyword(s):

Early Stage ◽

Bertolt Brecht ◽

Physical Culture ◽

Anglo Saxon ◽

European Continent ◽

Avant Garde ◽

Weimar Germany ◽

Philosophy Of Sport ◽

Power And Energy

Hook to the ChinWithin historical avant-garde movements from the beginning of the 20th century, a curious taste and fascination for boxing burst out, and developed later into the claim that art must become more similar to boxing, or to sport in general. This fascination with pugilism in the early stage of its popularity on the continent included such charismatic figures of the Parisian avant-garde as Arthur Cravan, who was Oscar Wilde's nephew, a pretty good boxer and an unpredictable organizer of proto-dada outrages and scandals.After WWI, the zenith of artists' and intellectuals' love for boxing was reached in Weimar Germany. One of the well known examples connecting boxing with art was Bertolt Brecht with his statement that we need more good sport in theatre. His and other German avant-garde artists' admiration for boxing included the German boxing star May Schmeling, who was, at least until he lost his defending championship match against Joe Louis, an icon of the Nazis as well. Quite contrary to some later approaches in philosophy of sport, which compared sport with an elite art institution, Brecht's fascination with boxing took its anti-elitist and anti-institutional capacities as an example for art's renewal.To examine why and how Brecht included boxing in his theatre and his theory of theatre, we have to take into account two pairs of phenomena: sport vs. physical culture, and avant-garde theatre vs. bourgeois drama. At the same time, it is important to notice that sport, as something of Anglo-Saxon origin, and especially boxing, which became popular on the European continent in its American version, were admired by Brecht and by other avant-garde artists for their masculine power and energy. The energy in theatre, however, was needed to disrupt its cheap fictionality and introduce dialectical imagination of Verfremdungseffect (V-effect, or distancing effect). This was "a hook to the chin" of institutionalized art and of collective disciplinary morality of German tradition.

Download Full-text

La acción de juego en desigualdad numérica por periodos en waterpolo (The game action of the power play in water polo by periods)

Retos ◽

10.47197/retos.v0i27.34337 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 14-18

Author(s):

Pablo García-Marín ◽

Francisco Manuel Argudo Iturriaga ◽

José Ignacio Alonso Roque

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Design ◽

Match Analysis ◽

Whitney Test ◽

Water Polo ◽

Mann Whitney Test ◽

Play Game ◽

The Right ◽

Power Play

El objetivo de este estudio fue conocer la influencia de los periodos de juego en la dinámica de la acción de juego en desigualdad numérica temporal simple con posesión en waterpolo. Para ello se utilizó un diseño nomotético, multidimensional y de seguimiento. Se analizaron 1230 desigualdades en 95 partidos del Campeonato del Mundo de Waterpolo de Barcelona 2003. Se utilizó la prueba de Kruskal-Wallis para discriminar las categorías con diferencias entre periodos. Posteriormente la prueba U de Mann-Whitney permitió localizar qué periodos de los cuatro diferían entre sí. En la categoría masculina se encontraron diferencias significativas (p < .05) en: lanzamiento frente tenso, posición de lanzamiento izquierda delante, posición de lanzamiento derecha delante, y exclusión sin posesión. Las diferencias alcanzadas en el campeonato femenino fueron: posición de lanzamiento desde el palo derecho, pase previo al lanzamiento desde izquierda detrás, pase previo al lanzamiento desde el palo derecho, duración, parada e introducción del móvil en la portería por el lateral derecho. Se concluye que existe poca variación de la dinámica de la acción de juego en desigualdad entre periodos. El análisis del adversario previo y durante el partido puede ayudar a reducir la incertidumbre de los jugadores y aumentar el rendimiento del equipo.Palabras clave. waterpolo, desigualdad, periodo de juego, masculino, femenino.Abstract. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of game periods on dynamics of the game action during power play in water polo. A nomothetic, multidimensional and longitudinal design was used. Power play situations (n = 1230) were analyzed in 95 matches from World Water Polo Championships in Barcelona 2003. To discriminate the categories with differences by periods the Kruskal-Wallis test was used. Then the specific differences among periods were found with U Mann-Whitney test. Significant statistical differences (p < .05) were found in men championship: drive shot, origin of shot from left forward, origin of shot from right forward, and exclusion fouls without possession. Differences found in women championships were: origin of shot from right pole, last pass before throwing from left backward, last pass before throwing from right pole, duration, detention and goals on the right side. It was concluded that there were little changes on dynamics of the game in power play between periods. The previous and live match analysis of the opponent team could reduce the incertitude of players and increase team performance.Keywords. water polo, power play, game period, male, female.

Download Full-text