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Sporting Gentlemen: Men's Tennis from the Age of Honor to the Cult of the Superstar
by E. Digby BaltzellTennis is a high-stakes game, played by prodigies identified early and coached by professionals in hopes of high rankings and endorsements. This commercial world is far removed from the origins of the sport. Before 1968—when Wimbledon invited professional players to compete for the first time—tennis was part of a sportsmanship tradition that emphasized character over money. It produced well-rounded gentlemen who expressed a code of honor, not commerce.In this authoritative and affectionate history of men's tennis, distinguished sociologist E. Digby Baltzell recovers the glory of the age. From its aristocratic origins in the late ninteenth century, to the Tilden years, and through a succession of newcomers, the amateur era and its virtues survived a century of democratization and conflict. Sporting Gentlemen examines the greatest players and matches in the history of tennis. Baltzell explores the tennis code of honor and its roots in the cricket code of the late-nineteenth-century Anglo-American upper class.This code of honor remained in spite of the later democratization of tennis. Thus, the court manners of the Renshaw twins and Doherty brothers at the Old Wimbledon were upheld to the letter by Don Budge and Jack Kramer as well as Rod Laver, John Newcombe, and Arthur Ashe. Baltzell's final chapter on the Open Era is a blistering attack on the decline of honor and the obliteration of class distinctions, leaving only those based on money. For all who love the game of tennis, Sporting Gentlemen is both fascinating history and a badly needed analysis of what has made the sport great.
Sporting Times
by Kath WoodwardWritten against the backdrop of the 2012 London Olympics, this book examines the idea of 'time' in sport, using time as a conceptual lens to explore movement, bodies, sports reporting, memory, disability, technology and the role of the past and the future in sport.
Sportjournalistik
by Marcus BölzDer Band bereitet die systematisch und empirisch fundierten Ergebnisse der Sportjournalistik didaktisch auf: Wie die Arbeit der Sportjournalisten konkret aussieht, welche Rahmenbedingungen diese Arbeit prägen und wie Akteure und Rezipienten sportjournalistische Medientexte herstellen, distribuieren und rezipieren. In dem Buch werden dazu die wichtigsten Modelle, Theorien und wissenschaftlichen Befunde dargelegt, anhand von Beispielen der Transfer der Inhalte vom Theoretischen zum Anschaulich-Praktischen vollzogen und die Inhalte und Positionen kritisch reflektiert.
Sportkommunikation in digitalen Medien: Vielfalt, Inszenierung, Professionalisierung
by Christoph G. GrimmerUnter den Perspektiven Vielfalt, Inszenierung und Professionalisierung analysieren Wissenschaftler und Praxisexperten aktuelle Potentiale und Herausforderungen im Bereich digitaler Sportkommunikation. Die Autorinnen und Autoren werfen einen Blick auf verschiedene Sportarten, Nutzergruppen bzw. Kontexte. Nach einer Einführung zur Rolle Sozialer Medien im Sport widmen sich weitere Beiträge der Vielfalt des PR-Einsatzes im Basketball und österreichischen Profifußball. Der Schwerpunkt des Buches liegt auf der Perspektive Inszenierung und fokussiert die darstellerischen Möglichkeiten für u.a. Prominente, Olympioniken und Journalisten. Mit 360 Grad-Videos wird eine bislang in der Wissenschaft weitgehend ausgeblendete Innovation der Social Media-Kommunikation aufgegriffen. Im dritten Teil erhält der Leser vertiefende Einblicke in die durch Soziale Medien beeinflusste Öffentlichkeitsarbeit von Pressesprechern und Kommunikationsagenturen.
Sportphilosophie: Eine phänomenologisch fundierte Einführung
by Axel HornDie Einführung gibt einen Überblick über Inhalte und Methoden, holt den Leser mit seinen Vorverständnissen über Philosophie und Sport ab und eröffnet den Horizont für Themen, Fragen, Problemstellungen und Lösungsansätze einer Sportphilosophie.Der zweite Teil des Buches beschäftigt sich mit der Phänomenologie als einer der grundlegenden Strömungen der Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er zeichnet Anliegen und Entwicklung der Phänomenologie anhand einiger ihrer Hauptvertreter nach und arbeitet mit „Phänomenologien der Leiblichkeit“ ein zeitgemäßes Verständnis von Körper respektive Leib heraus.Im dritten Teil geht es um eine „Phänomenologie des heutigen Sports“. Sport ist längst eine feste gesellschaftliche Größe und ein florierender wirtschaftlicher Bereich geworden. Das Buch analysiert die Verbindung des Sports zu Geld, Macht, Politik, Medien, Doping und die Rolle, die er hinsichtlich Körperkult, Spiel, Gesundheit, Bildung usw. spielt. Der Autor geht den Fragen nach, wie sich die Phänomene genauer darstellen, was sie „eigentlich“ zum Vorschein bringen, und ob der Sport tatsächlich einem Umgang mit dem Körper respektive dem Leib entspricht, wie er im philosophischen Verständnis der Leiblichkeit dargelegt wurde.
Sportpsychologie: Grundlagen und Anwendung
by Henning Plessner Julia Schüler Mirko WegnerDieses Lehrbuch richtet sich an Studierende der Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft sowie an Personen, die in der Sportpraxis tätig sind und Themen der Sportpsychologie genauer und tiefgehender verstehen möchten. Zahlreiche auflockernde didaktische Elemente ermöglichen Ihnen das leichtgängige und freudvolle Lernen komplexer Sachverhalte. Im ersten Teil lernen Sie den Facettenreichtum der Sportpsychologie sowie die Untrennbarkeit von Theorie und Sportpraxis kennen. Theoretische Grundlagen sind nach den Subdisziplinen der Psychologie (Kognition, Motivation, Emotion, Persönlichkeit und soziale Prozesse) untergliedert und verständlich sowie praxisnah erläutert. Dabei werden Fragen beantwortet wie: Welche kognitiven Prozesse führen zu guten Entscheidungen in kritischen Sportspielsituationen? Wie entsteht intrinsische Motivation zum Sporttreiben? Welche Folgen hat Wettkampfangst? Trägt Sport zur Persönlichkeitsentwicklung bei? Wie hängen Teamklima und sportliche Leistung zusammen? Im zweiten Teil erfahren Sie alles Wichtige über die Anwendung der Sportpsychologie in den Kontexten Leistung und Gesundheit. Wie sehen beispielsweise theoriebasierte psychologische Trainings zur Leistungssteigerung im Spitzensport aus und wie effektiv sind diese? Besteht ein Zusammenhang zwischen Sport und Gesundheit? Die von den jeweiligen Fachexperten und -expertinnen verfassten Kapitel stellen eine umfassende und optimale Prüfungsvorbereitung dar. Zudem unterstützen die klare Struktur und Didaktik sowie die in sich abgeschlossenen Kapitel dabei, sich beim Vertiefen oder Nachlesen auf einzelne Inhaltsbereiche zu fokussieren. Das Werk ist prüfungsrelevant und regt zugleich mit wertvollen Impulsen zum Mit- und Weiterdenken an.
Sports Analytics in Practice with R
by Ted KwartlerSports Analytics in Practice with R A practical guide for those looking to employ the latest and leading analytical software in sport In the last twenty years, sports organizations have become a data-driven business. Before this, most decisions in sports were qualitatively driven by subject-matter experts. In the years since numerous teams found success with “Money Ball” analytical perspectives, the industry has sought to advance its analytical acumen to improve on- and off-field outcomes. The increasing demand for data to inform decisions for coaches, scouts, and players before and during sporting events has led to intriguing efforts to build upon this quantitative approach. As this methodology for assessing performance has matured and grown in importance, so too has the open-source R software emerged as one of the leading analytical software packages. In fact, R is a top 10 programming language that is useful in academia and industry for statistics, machine learning, and rapid prototyping. Sports Analytics in Practice with R neatly marries these two advances to teach basic analytics for sports-related use—from cricket to baseball, from basketball to tennis, from soccer to sports gambling, and more. Sports Analytics in Practice with R readers will also find: A broad perspective of sports, focusing on a wide range of sports rather than just one The first book of its kind that features coding examples Case study approach throughout the book Companion website including data sets to work through alongside the explanations Sports Analytics in Practice with R is a helpful tool for students and professionals in the sports management field, but also for sports enthusiasts who have a coding background.
Sports Betting: How People Bet on Sports (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society)
by Przemysław NosalThis is the first book to focus on sports betting from a sociological perspective. Drawing on multi-stage sociological research, it deepens our understanding of an increasingly significant aspect of the contemporary sport industry.The book examines how bettors engage in sports betting – why they perceive it to be attractive, what betting represents to them and how they know how to bet or how they do so – describing the social phenomenon of betting and placing it within a broader cultural context. Drawing on original empirical research, it uses a practice theory that makes it possible to see in the actions of individuals both the influence of and the impact they have on culture, lifestyle and technology. With sports betting an increasingly controversial subject in wider society, this analysis helps us to understand betting as a complex phenomenon with connections to other areas of social life and how to better understand its impacts and how to mitigate its potential social harms.This is a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in the sociology of sport, sport business, economy, psychology, gambling, sociology, cultural studies, social anthropology or social policy.
Sports Coaching Research: Context, Consequences, and Consciousness (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society #20)
by David Andrews Michael Silk Hugh Lauder Anthony BushThis book raises critical questions about the explanatory framework guiding sports coaching research and presents a new conceptualization for research in the field. Through mapping and contextualizing sports coaching research within a corporatized higher education, the dominant or legitimate forms of sports coaching knowledge are problematized and a new vision of the field, which is socially and culturally responsive, communitarian and justice-oriented emerges.
Sports Crazy: How Sports Are Sabotaging American Schools
by Steven J. OvermanSports Crazy: How Sports Are Sabotaging American Schools exposes the excesses of middle and high school sports and the detrimental effects our sports obsession has on American education. Institutions are increasingly emulating college and professional sports models and losing sight of a host of educational and health goals.Steven J. Overman describes how this agenda is driven largely by partisan fans and parents of athletes who exert an inordinate influence on school priorities, and he explains how and why school administrators shockingly and consistently capitulate to these demands. The author underscores the incongruity of public schools involved in an entertainment business and the effects this diversion has on academic integrity, learning, life experience, and overall educational outcomes.Overman examines out-of-control school sports within the context of a school’s educational mission and curriculum, with telling reference to impacts on physical education. He explores as well the outsized place of interscholastic sports beyond the classroom and scrutinizes the distorted relationship between intramural or recreational sports and elitist, varsity athletics. Overman’s chapter on tackle football explains many reasons why this sport should be eliminated from the school extracurriculum and replaced by flag or touch football.Overman presents a brief history of interscholastic sports, and he compares and contrasts the American experience of school-sponsored sport to the European model of community-based clubs. Which approach better serves students? Overman recommends reforms in the context of a radical proposal to phase out interscholastic sports in favor of an intramural or club model. This approach would alleviate such problems as elitism and gender bias and reign in hypercompetitiveness while freeing schools to educate students rather than provide public entertainment.
Sports Criminology: A Critical Criminology of Sport and Games (New Horizons in Criminology)
by Nic GroombridgeThis is the first book to provide a critical criminological perspective on sport and the connections between sport and crime. It draws on the inter-disciplinary nature of criminology and incorporates emerging perspectives like social harm, gender and sexuality, and green criminology. Written from an international perspective, it covers topics including sports scandals and the possibility of crime prevention through sport. American football, boxing, soccer and sumo are all examined. The book considers both sports law and the sociology of sport and will be essential reading for students and academics in these fields.
Sports Ergonomics: Proceedings of HWWE 2022 (Design Science and Innovation)
by Rauf Iqbal Vivek Khanzode Ajita D. SinghThis book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Humanizing Work and Work Environment (HWWE-2022) conducted at Punjabi University, Patiala. The conference proceedings examine a range of issues confronted by researchers and practitioners in the field of ergonomics and human factors engineering today. The book showcases latest research on physical ergonomics, workplace design, product design for usability, user interface and experience design, and assessment of cognitive workload, among other topics. The book also discusses various methodological approaches used by researchers and scientists in the field of ergonomics, such as participatory ergonomics, survey research, experimental design, data driven modeling and other recent approaches. This book will be a useful reference for researchers, practitioners, professionals, and consultants in the field of ergonomics, human factors engineering, and worksystem design.
Sports In Society: Issues and Controversies
by Jay CoakleySports in Society is the definitive text for the sport sociology course. Taking a global, issues-oriented approach to the study of the role of sport in society, this text encourages the discussion of current sports-related controversies and helps students develop critical thinking skills.
Sports Journalism and Women Athletes: Coverage of Coming Out Stories
by William P. Cassidy“Women’s sports have typically been grossly under-represented in sports media coverage. Although elite lesbian athletes far outnumber ‘out’ male athletes, media scrutiny of their experiences remains largely non-existent. Largely situated in the context of improved cultural attitudes toward sexual minorities across the West, Bill Cassidy’s Sports Journalism and Women Athletes: Coverage of Coming Out Stories is, therefore, a valuable contribution to the study of sports journalism and media, offering – for the first time – a dedicated and detailed account of the coming out of some of sports’ most high-profile lesbian athletes.”- Dr. Rory Magrath, Solent University, UKThis book examines sports journalism coverage of the coming out stories of three prominent women athletes: tennis legend and feminist icon Billie Jean King, Basketball Hall of Fame Member Sheryl Swoopes and WNBA champion Brittney Griner. When King was outed in 1981 it marked a pivotal moment in which journalists were forced to discuss lesbian athletes in sports for the first time. Swoopes’ 2005 coming out was hailed as a historic moment due to her status as one of the best women’s basketball players of all time, while Griner’s casual public acknowledgment of her sexuality came during what many have called a more receptive environment for gay and lesbian athletes. By directly analysing and comparing the media attention given to these three superstars, Cassidy provides a comprehensive overview of how journalists have historically addressed women and lesbian athletes in professional sports. This book will appeal to readers interested in sports journalism, the role of sport in society, and media coverage of gay athletes.
Sports Management in an Uncertain Environment (Sports Economics, Management and Policy #21)
by Michel Desbordes Bhaskar Basu Soumya SarkarThis edited book delves into several aspects of sports and sports management from a vantage of uncertainty and turbulence unleashed initially by COVID-19. The book, divided into three broad sections, deals in strategy and governance of sports organizations, use and evolution of technology in sports, and sports consumption and media. It starts from the backdrop of how sport assumed a new-found importance in people's lives while reeling under several phases of pandemic-induced lockdowns. Consumers felt how integral sports was in their lives when there were no live games to watch and bond on. Players, leagues, organizers, and media are still recovering, along with viewers, as sports makes a tentative comeback in our lives. COVID-19 was a precursor of the disruptions to come. Both the supply and demand sides have taken note of those disturbances to prepare themselves for any such potential derailments. The organizations, franchises, athletes, media, health care, logistics on sports have been reworking their strategies to keep coping with uncertainties. On the other hand, the consumers have transformed their sports consumption behavior over these two years, aided by the enormous technological changes. Such a backdrop paved the way for researchers to understand how the sports industry has dealt with this impact and has rediscovered itself to take its coveted spot. This book is a snapshot of several global sports changes and how they continue to evolve in an increasingly turbulent and uncertain world. It will be a rich resource not only for academics studying sports management, but also event management organizations, administrators, and policymakers.
Sports Marketing and the Psychology of Marketing Communication
by Chris Riley Lynn R. KahleSports marketing is one of the fastest growing areas of marketing communication. This book advances understanding in this emerging area. It presents sports marketing in a scholarly and comprehensive way, covering major topics of discussion in sports marketing and the psychology of communication. Several new, innovative topics are introduced, such as SportNEST and consumption communities, and many classic topics are brought up to date, including sponsorship, ambush marketing, identification, endorsements, basking in reflected glory, and licensing. Many of the topics that seem to center around sports show up as well, such as sneakers, ethics, risky behavior, and even investments. Utilizing a psychological approach to understanding sports marketing, first-rate authors discuss the most important topics. The book covers all major topics of sports marketing, including: sponsorship from several different perspectives--the major force in sports marketing; ambush marketing--how non-sponsors seek to reap the benefits without paying the price; and licensing--using the sale of items, such as T-shirts to increase profit and marketing.
Sports Matters: Race, Recreation, and Culture
by John Bloom Michael Nevin Willard"Most of the contributions strongly project the authors' perceptions of the role of race on their subjects, and essays should elicit lively discussions in the classroom. " --CHOICE Frederick Douglass liked to say of West Indian boxer Peter Jackson that "Peter is doing a great deal with his fists to solve the Negro question. " His comment reflects the possibilities for social transformation that he saw in the emerging modern sports culture. Indeed, as the twentieth century developed, sports have become an important cultural terrain over which various racial groups have contested, defined, and represented their racial, national, and inter-ethnic identities. Sports Matters brings critical attention to the centrality of race within the politics and pleasures of the massive sports culture that developed in the U. S. during the past century and a half. The contributors collected here address such issues as popular representations of blacks in sports. They consider baseball--from Nisei players in Oregon to Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles. And they look at the use of warrior imagery in representations of Native American athletes and the evolution of black expressive style within basketball. Sports Matters challenges our presumptions about sports, illuminating in the process the complexities of race and gender as they relate to popular culture. Contributors include Amy Bass, John Bloom, Annie Gilbert Coleman, Gena Caponi, Montye Fuse, Randy Hanson, Michiko Hase, George Lipsitz, Keith Miller, Sharon O'Brien, Connie Razza, Sam Regalado, Greg Rodriguez, Julio Rodriguez, Michael Willard, and Henry Yu.
Sports Media History: Culture, Technology, Identity (Routledge Research in Sports History)
by John CarvalhoThis research collection explores the ongoing interaction between sports, media, and society throughout important periods in history, from the ninetenth century to the present day. It examines both historical moments and broader trends in sports, with an emphasis on the media’s role. Encompassing a variety of research approaches and perspectives, the book looks at the individuals, mass media outlets and communication technologies that have affected societies on a global scale, including print, photography, broadcast (radio and television), Internet-based media, and public relations/marketing. It presents fascinating new case studies covering topics as diverse as sports journalism and the Third Reich, Argentina at the Mexico World Cup, post-9/11 sports reporting, Martina Navratilova and women’s tennis, the growth of fantasy sport, and the significance of Joe Louis and Jackie Robinson in the history of US sports reporting. This is essential reading for any researcher, student or media professional with an interest in the relationships between sports, culture, and society or in the history of media, culture, or technology.
Sports Media: Transformation, Integration, Consumption (Electronic Media Research Series)
by Andrew C. BillingsLooking toward a future with increasingly hybridized media offerings, Sports Media: Transformation, Integration, Consumption examines sports media scholarship and its role in facilitating understanding of the increasingly complex world of sports media. Acknowledging that consumer demand for sports media content has influenced nearly every major technology innovation of the past several decades, chapters included herein assess existing scholarship while positing important future questions about the role sports media will play in the daily lives of sports fans worldwide. Contributions from well-known scholars are supplemented by work from younger researchers doing new work in this area. Developed for the Broadcast Education Association's Electronic Media Research series, this volume will be required reading for graduate and undergraduate students in media, communication, sociology, marketing, and sports management, and will serve as a valuable reference for future research in sports media.
Sports Medicine, Performance Enhancement and Doping: A Critical History (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society)
by Ivan Waddington Christophe BrissonneauTracing the history of sports medicine from the ancient world through to the present day, this book shines new light on the embedded relationship between physicians, performance enhancement and doping in elite sport.Combining historical and sociological analysis, the book shows how sports medicine, as it developed in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, became increasingly disengaged from its origins in preventive medicine to become closely linked with elite level competitive sport. The book demonstrates how this link between sports medicine and elite competitive sport drew sports physicians into the search for enhanced performance so that by the second half of the twentieth century performance enhancement had become an essential raison d’être of sports medicine practitioners. It examines how this search for enhanced performance has often led sports physicians to play a prominent role in the development and provision of performance-enhancing drugs, and looks in depth at the case study of France and professional cycling, scene of some of the most high-profile and consequential doping cases of all time.This book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in sport history, the history of medicine, medical ethics, the ethics of sport, sport and society, or science and society.
Sports Mega-Events in Asia (Palgrave Series of Sport in Asia)
by John Horne Jung Woo Lee Younghan Cho Koji KobayashiThis book is the first comprehensive collection focusing on the hosting of sports mega-events within Asia and their impact on the politics, economics, and culture that shape, and are shaped by, the local idiosyncrasies of host cities and countries across this most culturally diverse continent. From the Olympic Games and single sport World Cups, to the Asian Games and their sub-regional variations, an increasing number of Asian countries have rapidly developed their capacity to host and mobilize large-scale sports events as a cornerstone of their economic growth, national identity formation, and international prestige. This book sets out to fill a gap in the literature and will be of particular relevance to those who are interested in globalization, sports studies, political economy, cultural studies, event management and policy, sociology, media studies, and Asian studies
Sports Policy and Politics in the Western Balkans (Routledge Research in Sport Politics and Policy)
by Marko BegovićThis book examines how states in the post-socialist Western Balkans region have used sport as a policy tool, and how sport in the region has been shaped by politics, history, and culture. Looking closely at the intersection of sports policy and politics in the countries of Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, this book explores the roles of sport in nation-building and how sport has been used by regimes looking to establish political legitimacy in the transition from the post-socialist era. It offers a fascinating insight into the way that sport has been co-opted for political purposes, and into the complexities of formulating sports policy and wider public policy in societies in which governance structures may be weak and in which clientelism, corruption, and partisanship pose constant challenges. This book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the history and politics of sport, in public policy, or in the history, politics, and culture of the former Yugoslav countries.
Sports Scandals: True Stories of Cheating, Corruption and Greed
by Norman FergusonThe high-pressure world of competitive sport has been shaken over the years by a series of major scandals involving drugs, sex, violence, money or pure and simple cheating. Highlighting memorable cases from around the world, Norman Ferguson explores recent and historic instances of outrageous unsporting behaviour.
Sports Spectators
by Allen GuttmannIn his previous books Allen Guttmann has provided incisive perspectives on Avery Brundage's role in the Olympic movement and on the nature of modern sports. Now, in his latest book, the accomplished historian of sport turns his attention from the playing field to the grandstand. Sports Spectators, the first historical study of the subject from antiquity to today, is at once erudite and entertaining; comprehensive and succint.Guttmann first examines the history of sports spectators, starting with Ancient Greece and Rome. He then moves on to the Renaissance and traces three early sports -the tournament, archery, and early versions of football. The author then focuses on the emergenece of sports in post-Renaissance England, and discusses the curious spectacle of animal sports (bear- and bull-baiting and cockfighting), as well as the first appearance of combat sports such as sword fighting, stick fighting, and boxing. The book concludes its historical view by exploring contemporary baseball, football, rowing, tennis, and golf.From his chronological narrative, Guttmann shifts to detailed analysis of the economic, sociological, and psychological aspects of sports spectatorship. Who were, and are, sports spectators? What is their gender and social class? Have they normally been participants as well as fans? What are the political functions of sports-watching? What are the social dynamics of spectatorship?Guttmann provides fresh insights which will be useful to scholars and fascinating to everyone. Sports Spectators also looks at the dramatic transformations radio and television have made, and offers an incisive critique of today's sports-related violence, including the increasingly frequent incidences of spectator hooliganism. How violent (or peaceful) have spectators traditionally been? Has spectator violence increased or decreased?You needn't be a season ticket-holder to enjoy Sports Spectators. Allen Guttmann makes the history of fandom come alive for any reader interested in Western culture and what forms of entertainment reveal about us, as well as those concerned with the recent growth of spectator violence.
Sports Videogames
by Mia Consalvo Abe Stein Konstantin MitgutschFrom Pong to Madden NFL to Wii Fit, Sports Videogames argues for the multiple ways that sports videogames—alongside televised and physical sports—impact one another, and how players and viewers make sense of these multiple forms of play and information in their daily lives. Through case studies, ethnographic explorations, interviews and surveys, and by analyzing games, players, and the sports media industry, contributors from a wide variety of disciplines demonstrate the depth and complexity of games that were once considered simply sports simulations. Contributors also tackle key topics including the rise of online play and its implications for access to games, as well as how regulations surrounding player likenesses present challenges to the industry. Whether you’re a scholar or a gamer, Sports Videogames offers a grounded, theory-building approach to how millions make sense of videogames today.