Buch, Englisch, 101 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 150 g
Buch, Englisch, 101 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 150 g
ISBN: 978-3-89733-512-7
Verlag: Projekt Verlag
and self-understanding. The “golden end” was prepared through tough training, active devotion and personal commitment. And after all? What is the meaning of such performance that did - at that time - render neither bread nor pay nor rent nor sustenance, nor even scholarship? Is life but a race? Does an Olympic success make sense in itself, or perhaps by being applauded by many? One does not live on bread alone. Such a partial answer would not suffice. Would a sustaining surplus value result from this climax of overflowing power and the freely spending of energy albeit not really necessary for sustenance? Life seems far from such simple philosophies. But isn’t there a grain of truth involved? Sport is active life at its top. Its highest accomplishments cannot be artificially initiated, motivated,
delegated or organized by command. You can order somebody to march or enter a marathon, but you can’t simply compel anyone to establish a world record. In sport, as for any other top-level accomplishment, you have totally to identify with your goals, values, plans, activities, and decisions - or you will fail. Top training and races require total dedication. In this way sport is an exemplary realm for understanding self-achieved authentic personal accomplishments. “The structure of achievement is the same in all areas,” the eight’s
coach Karl Adam emphasised. This may sound exaggerated, but the pertinent structures are similar, so that some insights from top-level athletics might be transferred to other realms of authentic and creative achievement. And what about fairness and team cooperation? Rowing the eight is the most egalitarian team sport - democratic in essence: “We were all in the same boat. - The eight crew - it’s the team per se!”
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Wassersport Rudern
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Psychologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sport: Psychologie, Soziologie, Ethik
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Philosophische Psychologie, Logotherapie, Existenzanalyse
- Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Geschichte des Sports