KINE 1000 Quiz: Test Week of February 11th
11 Feb 2019
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We live in a point in time where we are bombarded by threat which causes us to begin to understand risk only as negative. Sport is an outlier to risk society. In sport we voluntarily seek thrill, risk, our limits/the edge. Sport operates as an exception to the risk society thesis. We love athletes who train at the edge and then go over the edge to get the best performance. We pursue limitless performance but the body does have limits, which leads to injury. A culture in which health-compromising norms and practices are accepted, tolerated and re/produced. Pain and injury are seen as physical and symbolic markers of identity. Tolerance (or lack of) for pain and injury are seen as reflections of good character. Their health is important in the short term, healthy enough that they still have the ability to perform. Health is seen as having the ability to perform.
