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On sport processes

Em Athens 2004: Pre-olympic Congress

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Introduction

Modernized sport emphasizes the product, the measurable results of competition. Some eastern exercises such as Taiji Quan [1] have not been Olympic sports yet. It might be because exercise processes are so complex that their representation and modulation has been little studied. For example, the coaching process is vulnerable to differing social pressures and constraints, the humanistic nature of the coaching process remains a little understood and under researched area [2, 3]. Hochstetler [4] has examined the process in sport. This paper would do further research.

Methods

Process thought [5] in general seeks to elucidate the developmental nature of reality, emphasizing becoming rather than static existence or being. It seeks the-many-becoming-one in a sequence of integrations at every level and moment of existence. Reality is the process of creative advance in which many past events are integrated in the events of the present, and in turn are taken up by future events. Events particularize ultimate creative power. The world is the realization of a selection of creative potentials. Process thought was used to study exercise processes in this paper

Results

The best assessment of sports should be the representation of the whole sport processes. The best form of coaching should be process training, i. e., apprenticeship education.

Discussion / Conclusions

Process thought should be the best philosophy of sports science. Though an outgrowth of Western philosophy, process philosophy has many affinities with the Chinese tradition [6] so that some eastern exercises such as Taiji Quan have the possibility to become Olympic sports.

References

  1. Lan C, Lai JS and Chen SY. 2002. Tai Chi Chuan: an ancient wisdom on exercise and health promotion. Sports Med. 32(4):217-24.
  2. Potrac P, Brewer C, Jones R, Armour K, Hoff J. 2000. Toward an holistic understanding of the coaching process. QUEST 52 (2): 186-199.
  3. Jones RL, Armour KM, Potrac P. 2002. Understanding the coaching process: A framework for social analysis. QUEST 54 (1): 34-48.
  4. Hochstetler DR. 2003. Process and the sport experience. QUEST. 55 (3): 231-243.
  5. Whitehead AN. 1978. Process and Reality. New York: Free Press.
  6. Neville R. 1977. Wang Yang-Ming’s ‘Inquiry on the Great Learning’. Process Studies. 7(4): 217-237.