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Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, 2009

1 online zdroj

ISBN 9781492596011 (online)

ISBN 9781492577799 (PDF ebook)

ISBN 9780736074292 (print)

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True Competition: A Guide to Pursuing Excellence in Sport and Society offers a blueprint for maximizing the potential of competition to foster excellence and enjoyment. It provides a novel perspective on competition that challenges traditional beliefs through a research-backed defense that--up until now--has been lacking. With this text, readers will learn the differences between positive and negative competition, and they will discover how to implement change in their organizations, teams, and individual practices. The authors of this groundbreaking book, who are leading experts in sport psychology, redefine what competition is and should be. Unlike the more typical and often socially destructive form of competition--which they call decompetition--true competition brings out excellence in participants, fosters positive character development, and leads to lasting enjoyment. This socially and psychologically positive perspective on competition challenges Alfie Kohn’s No Contest: The Case Against Competition, which has been called the definitive critique of competition. The authors propose that competition itself is not problematic; rather, they question how competition is sometimes envisioned, interpreted, and implemented. They provide suggestions for achieving positive outcomes from competition, including creating challenging yet supportive environments in sport programs and teams, fostering the well-being of athletes, and encouraging athletes to handle various situations. The research-based text uses a field-guide approach, in which the components of true competition are presented in chapter 3 and then detailed in the following chapters. This approach helps readers understand competition and how it is being used in their own lives.-.

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Foreword / by Senator Bill Bradley -- Prelude: Compass for the Journey -- Chapter 1. The Case Against Competition: Was Kohn Right? ; Groundbreaking Anticompetition Research ; Kohn’s Case Against Competition ; Competition’s Appeal -- Chapter 2. Naming the Imposter: Unmasking Decompetition ; Decompetition ; The Power of Metaphors ; Why Metaphors Matter ; Competition and Cooperation -- Chapter 3. True Competition: A Field Guide ; Motivation ; Goals ; Opponents ; Regulation ; Playing and Winning ; The Ideal Contest ; Field Notes -- Interlude: Character and Competition -- Chapter 4. Motivation: Pathways to Enjoyment ; Two Types of Motivation ; The 3 Cs of Intrinsic Movitation ; Enjoyment ; Finding Enjoyment in True Competition ; The Threat of Rewards ; Importance of Democratic Leadership -- Chapter 5. Goals: Pathways to Excellence ; Two Views of Success ; Social Comparison ; Decompetition in D Minor ; The Ultimate Goal of True Competition ; Excellence ; Excellence and Character ; The Threat of Insecurity ; Leading for Excellence -- Chapter 6. Opponents: Allies and Adversaries ; Structure of Competition ; Respect ; Challenge of the Decompetitive Opponent ; Leadership: Cultivating Allies, not Adversaries -- Chapter 7. Regulation: Upholding the Spirit of the Game ; Decompetition and Rules ; Players vs. Officials ; The Role of Perceived Injustice ; Leading for Responsibility -- Chapter 8. Playing and Winning: The Pursuit of Victory ; Playing to Win ; Values of the Game ; Winning and Losing ; Pressures and Loyalties ; Leaders as Culture Creators -- Chapter 9. The Ideal Contest: Embracing the Challenge ; The Art of Competition ; Threats to Balanced Competition ; Guiding Youth Into Competition ; Postlude: Reclaiming Competition