Talent development, existential philosophy and sport : on becoming an elite athlete
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Talent development, existential philosophy and sport : on becoming an elite athlete
（Ethics and sport）
Routledge, 2015
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
'Why don't young athletes in sport just quit?' Starting with this question and drawing on existential philosophy, phenomenology and hermeneutics, Talent Development, Existential Philosophy and Sport seeks a deeper understanding of the experience of being a talented young sportsperson striving to become an elite athlete.
As an alternative to conventional approaches to talent development governed by a worldview of instrumental rationality, the book introduces key ideas from educational philosophy to describe talent development through the concept of elite-Bildung. It pursues an existential understanding of developing in sport as a process of freedom, self-transcendence, striving for excellence and building up habits.
The book highlights a range of ambiguous and intriguing existential phenomena - most prominently wonder, question, expression, humour and repetition - and reveals an existential layer of meaning within talent development in sport, which can facilitate the process of becoming an elite athlete and give young athletes a number of reasons not to quit.
By deepening our understanding of performance and development in sport, and the process of becoming an elite player, this book is important reading for any serious student or researcher working in the philosophy of sport, sports coaching, sports development, sport psychology or applied sport science.
Table of Contents
Introduction Part I: Navigating in the Landscape 1. The Phenomenal Field of Talent Development 2. To be, or to have a talent: that is the question 3. Talent Development as Elite-Bildung Part II: Moving in the Landscape 4. Wonder - Where It All Begins 5. Question - The Piety of Development 6. Expression - Enacting the Drama of Sport 7. Humour -The Mature Eye for the Comic of Sport 8. Repetition - Stepping into the Virtuous Circle of Development
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