Based on recent trends in positive psychology, on ancient Greek sport literature and particularly on Aristotle’s philosophy, the holistic, harmonious and internal motivational components of excellence and their implications for students’ motivation for physical activity, health and well-being are presented. While modern motivational theories and research have partly addressed the holistic and internal motivational components of excellence, they have yet to address its harmonious part. In this article it is explained why all three components of excellence are required to promote eudaimonic well-being, which is the ultimate aim of Olympism. It is argued also that the conceptualization of hedonic-eudaimonic well-being should be primarily based on the “me” versus “us” meaning. While current physical activity experiences more often reflect a hedonistic perspective, to promote health and well-being for all, an eudaimonic perspective in teaching in physical education and youth sport is needed. This should primarily focus on the promotion of Olympic ideals, such as excellence, friendship, and respect. These three ideals and well-being are all very much interconnected, when all three components of excellence exist in excess. To promote excellence, Olympic ideals, and well-being, the core ideas of an educational philosophy promoting excellence in physical education and youth sport are presented.
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David A. Urquhart, Gordon A. Bloom, and Todd M. Loughead
& Bloom, 2005 , 2016 ). Looking at passion more closely, Lara-Bercial and Mallett ( 2016 ) developed the term “driven benevolence” to describe the single-minded pursuit of excellence of SWC. This driven benevolence was rooted in a coach’s personal philosophy and included a dual responsibility pertaining
Cesar R. Torres
Gladwell does not yet hold a tenured professorship at the University of the Bleedin’ Obvious.” What seems, or is, apparent about the amount of toil it takes to achieve excellence has attracted researchers for quite a while. As Gladwell ( 2013 ) points out in an article in which he responds to some
Matthew T. Mahar, Harsimran Baweja, Matthew Atencio, Harald Barkhoff, Helen Yolisa Duley, Gail Makuakāne-Lundin, ZáNean D. McClain, Misty Pacheco, E. Missy Wright, and Jared A. Russell
activity, in all its varied forms. Students who understand and value inclusive excellence and the principles of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) will thrive. Students will be better prepared to study and promote physical activity and wellness in an ever-changing world. For students to
Mark Urtel, NiCole Keith, and Rafael E. Bahamonde
and aspiring to demonstrate inclusive excellence, the aforementioned take-home message still rings true. Leadership matters. Leading by example matters. Leadership is challenging. And leading with vision, values, and practice is vital for success to be achieved. Kinesiology is still evolving from
Julian North, Bettina Callary, Kristen Dieffenbach, Larissa Galatti, Sergio Lara-Bercial, Christine Nash, and Donna O’Connor
current work. It is into this landscape of growth, turbulence, and innovation that the International Council for Coaching Excellence’s (ICCE) Research Committee (RC) chose to reflect on and build interactions and engagements with, and service provisions to, the international sport coaching research
Sergio Lara-Bercial, John Bales, Julian North, Ladislav Petrovic, and Guillermo Calvo
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David Light Shields and Brenda Light Bredemeier
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Jacquelyn Cuneen
Sport management was acknowledged early in its formative years as an academic area with great potential for success in the academy. Due largely to the efforts of members of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM), sport management quickly became entrenched in academe and is starting to be recognized as an academic area of merit. It is important to manage our overall program excellence as we move from “potential” to “merit” if sport management is to thrive as an academic discipline and profession. It is particularly important to mange our merit since our transition phase occurs amidst many changes and challenges (e.g., the student as consumer; under-representation of National Association for Sport and Physical Education/NASSM Approved Programs; under-recognition of sport management teaching excellence, and diminishing service roles and interests within industry and academe). The purpose of this essay is to posit approaches through which sport management’s educational programs might maintain their well-earned meritorious reputations amid shifting academic and social cultures. This essay is the text of the 2003 Dr. Earle F. Zeigler Lecture presented on May 30 at the 18th Annual Meeting of NASSM in Ithaca, New York.
