Soccer in Mind : A Thinking Fan's Guide to the Global Game.
From the FIFA World Cup to pick-up games at your local park, soccer is the closest thing in our world to a universal entertainment. Many writers use this global popularity to describe the game's winners and losers, but what happens when we use social science to explore how soccer intersects wit...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Langue: | anglais |
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New Brunswick :
Rutgers University Press,
2021.
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| Collection: | Critical Issues in Sport and Society Ser.
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| Accès en ligne: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3124974 |
Table des matières:
- Cover
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1. LENSES: Psychology, Sociology, and the Ways Soccer Explains Us
- 2. FANS: Losing Your Mind and Finding Your Place
- 3. CULTURES: Soccer Is Familiar, Soccer Is Strange
- 4. PLAYERS: Talent Development Versus Human Development
- 5. PERFORMANCES: Mental Skills, People Skills, and the Psychology in Soccer
- 6. IMPACTS: Players, Games, and the Greater Good
- 7. INITIATIVES: Soccer for Development and Peace
- 8. FUTURES: Toward Thinking Fandom
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author