Two typical assumption of our youth sport cultures are that sport contributes to positive youth development (PYD) and that participants learn something important not only for sport, but life in general. As our previous work with colleagues (as well as the work of other researchers) has pointed out, this learning in sport has been oftenContinue reading “Existential Learning in Sport: on Finding our Ways through Life”
Tag Archives: Existentialism
Dr Kurtis Pankow: Flourishing and Languishing in Sport
A complete mental health is not merely about the absence of mental illness. Yet, surprisingly few studies in a sport context have focused on understanding what contributes to positive mental health and high levels of well-being in athletes and coaches. Dr Kurtis Pankow recently completed a PhD dissertation that sought answers to this question. HeContinue reading “Dr Kurtis Pankow: Flourishing and Languishing in Sport”
Physical Activity Guidelines for Meaningful Living?
I have been long troubled by the fact that physical activity recommendations for the public are almost exclusively produced from a medical perspective. The goal is the promotion of physical and psychological health and reducing the risk of chronic diseases. Typically, the minimum amount is identified for producing the benefits. I mean, who would wantContinue reading “Physical Activity Guidelines for Meaningful Living?”
Prof John Kaag: Is running a way to flee the absurdity of human existence?
How can existential philosophy, especially the works of Albert Camus, help us understand how we slip from running as a life-affirming activity to running as an obsession? Professor John Kaag visited the podcast and shared some thought provoking ideas on how existentialism can inform how we live our sport-lives. In the American Scholar, professor JohnContinue reading “Prof John Kaag: Is running a way to flee the absurdity of human existence?”
Kriss Akabusi MBE: Finding Meaning in Movement during and after Elite Sport
I was honoured to discuss with Kriss Akabusi his outstanding athletic career and meaning he has found from sport, both as an elite athlete and after athletic retirement. Kriss achieved three Olympic medals, as well as World, European and Commonwealth titles in his outstanding career as a sprint and hurdling athlete. Very interestingly for ourContinue reading “Kriss Akabusi MBE: Finding Meaning in Movement during and after Elite Sport”
Dr Emily Ryall: Is Technology changing the Meaning and Values we Ascribe to Sport?
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/ryall3/ It is difficult to imagine any sporting activity that is devoid of technology. But how do new sporting technologies affect the values we ascribe to sport? In this episode with Dr Emily Ryall, we revisit some of our discussion in a previous episode about the intrinsic/extrinsic values of sport and start exploring how technologyContinue reading “Dr Emily Ryall: Is Technology changing the Meaning and Values we Ascribe to Sport?”
Dr Mark Nesti (Pt2) | Sport Under COVID-19 | Existential Psychology | Applied Sport Psychology | Joy | Beauty
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to bring uncertainty concerning the future of sports and reveals the underlying uncertainty of our lives and life projects. In the second part of the discussion with Dr Mark Nesti, we explore applied sport psychology with athletes during the pandemic. Mark has worked with a number of athletes and coaches duringContinue reading “Dr Mark Nesti (Pt2) | Sport Under COVID-19 | Existential Psychology | Applied Sport Psychology | Joy | Beauty”
Dr Matteo Luzzeri (Pt2) | Meaning in Sport Questionnaire (MSQ) | Writing Interventions | Sport Psychology | Existential Psychology
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/luzzeri2/ Sport and exercise psychology has been somewhat behind other fields of psychology in the study of meaning and meaningfulness. Fortunately, Dr Matteo Luzzeri has taken up the challenge and his research has focused on studying meaning in sport. I met Matteo in the FEPSAC conference in Munster (July 2019), where we presented in theContinue reading “Dr Matteo Luzzeri (Pt2) | Meaning in Sport Questionnaire (MSQ) | Writing Interventions | Sport Psychology | Existential Psychology”
Dr Emily Ryall (Pt2) | Sport Philosophy | Authenticity | Existentialism | Being a Substitute
What does it mean to be authentic in sport? The idea of authenticity has been central to many existential philosophers, but it has been also highly contested and debated. Dr Emily Ryall shared her take on the notion of authenticity in sport in the Meaningful Sport podcast and the implications it has for the organisationContinue reading “Dr Emily Ryall (Pt2) | Sport Philosophy | Authenticity | Existentialism | Being a Substitute”
Meaningful Sport – Prof Gunnar Breivik (Pt1) | Heidegger | Sport Philosophy | Sporting Human Being | Existentialism | Worldmaking | Exploration
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/breivik/ Professor Gunnar Breivik’s work has been foundational in the field of sport philosophy and especially in relation to existential philosophy in sport. For Gunnar, a human being is the homo movens and the homo ludens: a playful and active being that explores the world and its own possibilities. Often drawing on Heidegger’s philosophy andContinue reading “Meaningful Sport – Prof Gunnar Breivik (Pt1) | Heidegger | Sport Philosophy | Sporting Human Being | Existentialism | Worldmaking | Exploration”
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