Moya Kneafsey wrote:
>Surely sport is for all - no matter where you come from ??
The use of the all-embracing word 'sport' is not too helpful here. Choice is dependent on the
awareness/knowledge of alternatives - not only different 'sports' but different configurations
of a particular kind of body-cultural practice.
Compare football with just kicking a ball; compare swimming with sliding and splashing;
compare racing with running. Gunnar Olsson wrote: 'Those who race are different from
ordinary people. To hide their feelings, they dress in strange outfits. Their helmets are
designed to hold their heads in place. Their goggles are cut to ignore what cannot be
counted. They have left their hearts at home, for otherwise they cannot be objective. They
feed on a diet of certainty and they get upset by ambiguity' (_Birds in Egg/Eggs in Bird_, 1980,
p. 198).
John Bale
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Keele University
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