The meaningful sport thematic series has now been going for about 1.5 years as a part of Physical Activity Researcher podcast. During this time, the podcast has grown steadily and we have been delighted to have a third host, Liis Kukkonen, leading her “practitioner viewpoint” series. Meaningful Sport episodes have been released on Fridays andContinue reading “Meaningful Sport Podcast: What is New for 2022?”
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Prof. Emmanuelle Tulle: Understanding Careers in Veteran Running and Women’s Mountaineering
Professor Emmanuelle Tulle from Glasgow Caledonian University is one of the leading scholars in theorising how older sports people make sense of and manage the process of bodily ageing. She visited the Meaningful Sport podcast to share insights from her research in two movement subcultures, Veteran/Masters running and mountaineering. Emmanuelle’s work often uses a lifeContinue reading “Prof. Emmanuelle Tulle: Understanding Careers in Veteran Running and Women’s Mountaineering”
Dr Ross Wadey: Telling Stories of Adversity in Sport
Adversity is something most people will inevitably encounter in sport and life. Yet, the way we give meaning to these experiences through storytelling can be very different for different people. Dr Ross Wadey visited the Meaningful Sport podcast to share his exciting work on stories of sport injury and adversity. What are the consequences ofContinue reading “Dr Ross Wadey: Telling Stories of Adversity in Sport”
Dr Simon Cook: Meanings of Run-Commuting as a Mobile Practice
I had the pleasure to interview Dr Simon Cook on his PhD work which explored – as a first study of its kind – “Run-Commuting” as a mobile practice. It is a term coined by Simon and means using running as a transport to move from home to work. Did you ever try run-commuting? I’veContinue reading “Dr Simon Cook: Meanings of Run-Commuting as a Mobile Practice”
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?”
Dr Trish Jackman: Flow in sport, exercise and physical education
This episode with Dr Trish Jackman is focused on flow in sport, exercise and physical activity. Flow experiences are often described as highly rewarding and contributing to our well-being, but have we managed to capture it with our models and explore it with appropriate methods? Might flow be experienced differently in different types of sportContinue reading “Dr Trish Jackman: Flow in sport, exercise and physical education”
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”
Sport, loneliness and solitude
The value of sport and physical activity is often found in the potential to bring people together, to form communities, to develop new friendships or strengthen existing ones. Self-determination theory, which often informs initiatives to promote exercise and physical activity, has relatedness as one key component. This often translates to emphasising social support and connectednessContinue reading “Sport, loneliness and solitude”
Positive and Negative Experiences – Part 2
I had an earlier post on the role of positive and negative experiences in living a meaningful sport-life. I mentioned that we might have focused too much on positive experiences when thinking of meaningfulness in sport. In this post, I will look into a couple of more studies on how the emotional tone of ourContinue reading “Positive and Negative Experiences – Part 2”
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