PERLS104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Fighting Instinct, Warrior, Ken Dryden

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Course: PERLS104
• Professor: Jay Scherer

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Violence in sports have historically always been a center of attention for viewers. Difficult to define due to similarity between violence and acts that are rough/hard/aggressive/physical. Michael smith defines aggression as behavior intended to harm another person physically or psy(cid:272)hologi(cid:272)ally, a(cid:374)d (cid:448)iole(cid:374)(cid:272)e is a (cid:373)ore spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) (cid:448)ersio(cid:374) of aggressio(cid:374) that(cid:859)s purely physi(cid:272)al. In combat and contact sports, physical contact is intrinsic and sanctioned. Smith scale of viole(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:859)s legiti(cid:373)a(cid:272)y: relatively legitimate. Brutal body contact accepted by rules. Borderline violence not accepted by rules but accepted as legitimate part of the sport. Fist fights in hockey, brushback pitches aimed hear a (cid:271)atter(cid:859)s head i(cid:374) baseball, pushes and bumps in distance runners. Quasi-criminal violence violates formal rules and informal norms of conduct. Cheap shots, sucker punches, and hits from behind into boards in hockey. Civil litigation more common in these cases. So serious that it is handled by the law.