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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Автор: Guest, Andrew M.
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Мова:Англійська
Опубліковано: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2021.
Серія:Critical Issues in Sport and Society Ser.
Онлайн доступ:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3124974
Зміст:
  • 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