Skills, Knowledge and Expertise in Sport

Download or read book Skills, Knowledge and Expertise in Sport written by Gunnar Breivik and published by Ethics and Sport. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking part in a sport means that one must acquire the relevant skills: mental, physical and strategic. This book presents a new perspective on the role of skills, knowledge and intentionality in sporting contexts, examining how these skills and practical 'know how' can be perfected to a level of expertise. Contributors study broader trends of how we can best understand the role of skills, as well as using case studies of expertise to add depth and nuance to existing scholarship. This book was originally published as a special issue of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy.