Definitions of sport, play and
game
- Play – spontaneous, voluntary, simple, no rules, no age limit.
- Games – formal, organized, skills, strategies and luck involved, specific to a culture.
- Sports – highly organized, has rules, competitive, designed to produce a winner, involved skills, physical and mental preparation.
Reasons for Participation
Individual
- Cultural demand
- Social
- Helth and fitness
- Recreatition
- Competition
- Aggression theory
- Visibility
- Joy theory
- Acculturation
- Material
- Pursuit of excellence
Nation
- Politic
- Propaganda
- International relations
- Education
- Helth
- Economics
- Recreation
- Militarism
Reasons for Increased Awareness
in Sports
- Fitness and lifestyle
- Women emancipation
- Increased Youth Programs
- Sponsorship
- Common links between nations not found in religion and politics
- Proliferation of activities
- Interaction
Concept of Sport Science
Definition of sport sport science:
- Sport science is a discipline that studies the application of scientific principles and techniques with the aim of improving sporting performance. Human movement is a related scientific discipline that studies human movement in all contexts including that of sport. The discipline of Sports Science is also known as “Exercise Science” and “Exercise Physiology”
Concept of Sciencein Sport
- The study of sports science traditionally incorporates areas of physiology, psychology, motor control and biomechanics but also includes other topic such as nutrition and diet, sports technology, anthropometry kinanthropometry and performance analysis.
- Sports scientists an performance consultants are growing in demand and employment numbers, with the ever-increasing focus within are sporting world on archieving the best results possible. Through the study of science and sport, researchers have developed a greater understanding on how the human body reacts to exercise, training, different environments and many other stimuli.
