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Meaning of Sport

Sport organized play that is accompanied by physical exertion, guided by a formal structure, organized within the context of formal and explicit rules of behavior and procedures, and observed by spectators (dict.Of sp.And ex.Sc.1991, 143P) sport originally english term for amusement and play, short form of "disport" which means enjoyment (in old french desport, from latin deportare = to enjoy oneself), collective term for all physical activities performed by people in the form of movement, play or competition. The sport of an era mirrors a specific human engagement and interaction with physical forces, which is mediated by the society and may range from self-presentation (active sport) to spectator participation (passive sport). Sport always contains an externally observable » performance or (artistic) movement which can be attributed to personal ability being specifically improved (through training). Due to its simple testability, partly by means of objectified measurement (registering of the best performance as a record), sport functions as a means for personal confirmation and for social competition (sport competition). A general under-standing of sport, according to which a sport performance is delivered in an inextricable bond with the spontaneity of the individual practicing sport on the self-made reality level of » play, is in contrast with an absolute understanding of sport, according to which sport per formance is regarded as a product and objectively quantifiable record mark detached from the individual. The interpretation of sport as a human activity that has its purpose in itself (amateur sport, mass sport, recreational sport, holiday sport, etc.) Is supplemented by a health and social- pedagogical justification for sport activity (compensatory sport, break callisthenics, etc.). The possibilities for systematically categorizing sport are as manifold and complex as the entire phenomenon of sport itself. Apart from the differentiation of sport into the different concrete » sport discipline, active sport (in- cluding most sport disciplines) can be categorized under the following knowledge-guiding interests: 1. Justification of sport activity: enjoyment of movement and play (recreational, mass, holiday sport, small games), striving for personal achievement and recognizing one‟s limits (performance and top-level sport), counterweight to everyday anc occupational life (leisure-time sport, remedial sport), striving for comparing performances (competitive sport), maintaining or renewing physical and mental well-being (health sport, compensatory sport, rehabilitation, physiotherapy, etc.), Striving towards self-experience through social contacts (large games, club life), securing of existence (professional sport), striving for prestige (top-level sport). 2. The actors of sport: division into age categories (children‟s, youth, adult, senior sport), according to gender (sport for boys and girls sport, sport for men and women), occupational criteria (pupil, student, company, professional sport), or other grouping characteristics (e.G. Sport for the handicapped). 3. Time of engaging in sport activities: morning sport (morning callisthenics), break sport, sport after work, weekend sport, holiday sport, leisure-time sport, professional sport. 4. Organizational forms for sport activities: school, club, university, company, police sport, sport in communal or church groups, and non-institutionalized forms. However, sport does not only stand for the active practicing of sport, but also for a wealth of other possibilities of dealing with the phenomenon of sport (passive sport), e.G. Participation (as a spectator) in sport events, the en- tire employment and honorary work in sport clubs and federations as well as the areas of sport science and sport journalism. (H.Haag & g.Haag, dictionary, 2003, 472p)

 

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List of Literature and The List of Abbreviations sources used in the source document


1.   Chambers  Sports  Factfinder.  Chambers  Harrap  Publishers  Ltd  2005.  [ISBN  0550  101616] (Chambers. Sports Factf.,2005)
2.   Dictionary  of  Leisure,  Travel  and  Tourism.  Third  edition.  A&C  Black  Publishers  Ltd,  2008. [ISBN 9780713685459] (Dict. of Leis., Trav. and Tour., 2008)
3.   Dictionary. Sport, Physical Education, Sport Science. Editors Herbert Haag&Gerald Haag. Kiel, Institut für Sport und Sportwissenschaften, 2003.  [ISBN 3-7780-3419-7]  ((H.Haag &G. Haag, Dictionary, 2003)
4.   Dictionary   of   Sport   and   Exercise   Science   A&Black   Publishers   Ltd   2006.   [ISBN   -10: 0713677856;   ISBN-13: 9780713677850]  (Dict. of Sp.and Ex.Sc,2006)
5.   Dictionary of the Sport and Exercise Sciences. Mark H.Anshel, Editor. Human Kinetics Books Champaign, Illinois, 1991 [ISBN: 0-87322-379-9] (Dict. of sp. and Ex. Sc. 1991)

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