Jay Coakley
Biographic Data
| ID | 3685749 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jay Coakley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jay |
| FAMILY NAME | Coakley |
| SIGNATURE | COAKLEY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Colorado Springs |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 568 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Elite athletes: What lessons for the future can be learned from their responses to the social disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic
In mid-March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic was declared, disrupting established routines and impacting every aspect of our lives. Sport as a social phenomenon was no exception. On the one hand, with the suspension and postponement of competitions and the various restrictions, the pandemic seemed to stop time, destroying the previously familiar ways of functioning of the sports sector, and forcing it to constantly reinvent, restructure and adapt. On…
Teamwork, Spirit of the Game and Communication: A Review of Implications from Sociological Constructs for Research and Practice in Ultimate Frisbee Games
Ultimate Frisbee (UF) is a non-contact, challenging, and self-promoted team sport. Its characteristics, such as the game environment and rules, appear to influence the on-the-pitch behaviour of players. This article examines the content of qualitative studies to determine if and how the unique characteristics of UF may be related to nine sociological themes, that may be identified during gameplay. These themes include the following: (a) competiti…
Hip-Hop and Sport—An Introduction: Reflections on Culture, Language, and Identity
How far is too far? Understanding identity and overconformity in collegiate wrestlers
The Eternal Present of Sport: Rethinking Sport and Religion
Mega sporting events and public funding of sport in Brazil (2004–2011)
Brazilian law states that it is the duty of the State to promote sport as a right of each citizen, noting the allocation of public funds for the priority promotion of educational sports and – in specific cases – of elite sports. In view of this legislation, the objectives of this study were to investigate the amount of funds planned and executed by the Brazilian federal government on sport between 2004 and 2011, and to verify how these funds were…
Fields of Play: An Ethnography of Children’s Sports
Socialization and Sport
There is a long tradition of research on socialization and sport. Roots of this research are grounded in theories on play in child development, in progressive‐era notions that team sports constituted an environment in which valuable lessons could be learned, and in popular twentieth‐century assumptions that playing sports was an inherently character‐building experience
Sport
Sport is an embodied, structured, goal‐oriented, competitive, contest‐based, ludic, physical activity. Given the multitude of sport forms and the vast variety of specific sports, ranging from rural, primitive athletic folk games of old, to new urban, hi‐tech, extreme sports, this definition is unlikely to satisfy one and all. It does, however, (1) highlight the major social characteristics of modern sport; (2) suggest the specification of the emb…
Assessing the sociology of sport: On cultural sensibilities and the great sport myth
On the 50th anniversary of the ISSA and IRSS, Jay Coakley, a foundational scholar in the development of the sociology of sport, reflects on the lasting power of the Great Sport Myth (GSM) to shape cultural understandings of sport. Situated in an unshakable belief about the inherent purity and goodness of sport, it is argued that the GSM has shaped uncountable decisions to embrace and sponsor sports despite their costs and what they may preclude i…
Youth Sports: What Counts as “Positive Development
There is a widespread belief that sport participation inevitably contributes to youth development because sport's assumed essential goodness and purity is passed on to those who partake in it. Promoted and perpetuated by sport evangelists and kindred spirits, this belief inspires the strategy of using sports to create among young people the attributes needed to achieve personal success. This neoliberal approach to development is perpetuated by an…
Complicating the Relationship Between Sport and National Identity: The Case of Post-Socialist Slovenia
Sociology of sport knowledge on national identity is grounded in research that focuses primarily on long established nation-states with widely known histories. The relationship between sport and national identity in postsocialist/Soviet/colonial nations that have gained independence or sovereignty since 1990 has seldom been studied. This paper examines the role of sports in the formation of national identity in postsocialist Slovenia, a nation-st…
Socialization and Sport
There is a long tradition of research on socialization and sport. The roots of this research are grounded in theories that explain the role of play in child development, in progressive‐era notions that team sports constituted an environment in which valuable lessons could be learned, and in popular twentieth‐century assumptions that playing sports was an inherently character‐building experience
Sport
Sport is an embodied, structured, goal‐oriented, competitive, contest‐based, ludic, physical activity. Given the multitude of sport forms and the vast variety of specific sports, ranging from rural, primitive athletic folk games of old, to new urban, hi tech, extreme sports, this definition is unlikely to satisfy one‐and‐all. It does, however, (1) highlight the major social characteristics of modern sport; (2) suggest the specification of the emb…
The Good Father: Parental Expectations and Youth Sports
Family life and expectations for parents have changed dramatically over the past two generations. In the United States these changes have been fuelled by a combination of factors, including a conservative emphasis on traditional family values and fathers as heads of households, a neo‐liberal emphasis on individualism and the need for fathers to take responsibility for the development of their children, a liberal feminist emphasis on gender equity…
Sport in Society: Issues and Controversies
Handbook of Sports Studies
PART ONE: MAJOR PERSPECTIVES IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT PART ONE: MAJOR PERSPECTIVES IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT Editors' Introduction Functionalism, Sport and Society - John W Loy and Douglas Booth Marxist Theories - Bero Rigauer Cultural Studies and the Sociology of Sport - Jenny Hargreaves and Ian McDonald Feminist Theories for Sport - Susan Birrell Interpretive Approaches to the Sociology of Sport - Peter Donnelly Figurational Sociology and Its …
Power at Play: Sports and the Problem of Masculinity
Burnout among Adolescent Athletes: A Personal Failure or Social Problem
Most explanations of burnout among young athletes identify chronic, excessive stress as the cause. Strategies for preventing burnout emphasize techniques that help athletes control stress and adjust to the conditions of sport participation. However, informal interviews with 15 adolescent athletes identified as cases of burnout suggest that the roots of burnout are grounded in the social organization of high performance sport; these roots are tied…
Making Decisions: Gender and Sport Participation among British Adolescents
This study explored the dynamics of how young people make decisions about their sport participation. In-depth semistructured interviews were conducted with 34 young men and 26 young women, ages 13–23 (only 3 were older than 18), from predominantly working-class families residing in an industrial area southeast of London. Interviews focused on descriptions of sport experiences, how young people defined and interpreted those experiences, how this i…
Positive Deviance among Athletes: The Implications of Overconformity to the Sport Ethic
The purpose of this paper is to develop a working definition of positive deviance and use the definition in an analysis of behavior among athletes. It is argued that much deviance among athletes involves excessive overconformity to the norms and values embodied in sport itself. When athletes use the “sport ethic”—which emphasizes sacrifice for The Game, seeking distinction, taking risks, and challenging limits—as an exclusive guide for their beha…
Sociology of Sport in the United States
This paper updates and extends previous analyses of the sociology of sport in the United States. It provides a chronology of major events in the history of the field as well as a description of the social context in which the field emerged and grew. Then a review of data from both sociology and physical education leads to the conclusion that the sociology of sport in the United States continues to lack full legitimacy and a critical mass of membe…
Mass Society and the Commercialization of Sport
Over the past three decades top-level sporting events have increasingly been converted into mass media events. This phenomenon raises questions about why sport appeals to the masses. What is it that creates and sustains the interest and enthusiasm of millions of media viewers? In order to discuss this question it is necessary to look at the ways in which sport has changed as it has become a form of mass media entertainment
Holmes Lowell D., Other Cultures, Elder Years: An Introduction to Cultural Gerontology
Handbook of Social Science of Sport
Positive Deviance among Athletes: The Implications of Overconformity to the Sport Ethic
The purpose of this paper is to develop a working definition of positive deviance and use the definition in an analysis of behavior among athletes. It is argued that much deviance among athletes involves excessive overconformity to the norms and values embodied in sport itself. When athletes use the “sport ethic”—which emphasizes sacrifice for The Game, seeking distinction, taking risks, and challenging limits—as an exclusive guide for their beha…
Youth Sports: What Counts as “Positive Development
There is a widespread belief that sport participation inevitably contributes to youth development because sport's assumed essential goodness and purity is passed on to those who partake in it. Promoted and perpetuated by sport evangelists and kindred spirits, this belief inspires the strategy of using sports to create among young people the attributes needed to achieve personal success. This neoliberal approach to development is perpetuated by an…
Handbook of Sports Studies
PART ONE: MAJOR PERSPECTIVES IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT PART ONE: MAJOR PERSPECTIVES IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT Editors' Introduction Functionalism, Sport and Society - John W Loy and Douglas Booth Marxist Theories - Bero Rigauer Cultural Studies and the Sociology of Sport - Jenny Hargreaves and Ian McDonald Feminist Theories for Sport - Susan Birrell Interpretive Approaches to the Sociology of Sport - Peter Donnelly Figurational Sociology and Its …
The Good Father: Parental Expectations and Youth Sports
Family life and expectations for parents have changed dramatically over the past two generations. In the United States these changes have been fuelled by a combination of factors, including a conservative emphasis on traditional family values and fathers as heads of households, a neo‐liberal emphasis on individualism and the need for fathers to take responsibility for the development of their children, a liberal feminist emphasis on gender equity…
Making Decisions: Gender and Sport Participation among British Adolescents
This study explored the dynamics of how young people make decisions about their sport participation. In-depth semistructured interviews were conducted with 34 young men and 26 young women, ages 13–23 (only 3 were older than 18), from predominantly working-class families residing in an industrial area southeast of London. Interviews focused on descriptions of sport experiences, how young people defined and interpreted those experiences, how this i…
Assessing the sociology of sport: On cultural sensibilities and the great sport myth
On the 50th anniversary of the ISSA and IRSS, Jay Coakley, a foundational scholar in the development of the sociology of sport, reflects on the lasting power of the Great Sport Myth (GSM) to shape cultural understandings of sport. Situated in an unshakable belief about the inherent purity and goodness of sport, it is argued that the GSM has shaped uncountable decisions to embrace and sponsor sports despite their costs and what they may preclude i…
Burnout among Adolescent Athletes: A Personal Failure or Social Problem
Most explanations of burnout among young athletes identify chronic, excessive stress as the cause. Strategies for preventing burnout emphasize techniques that help athletes control stress and adjust to the conditions of sport participation. However, informal interviews with 15 adolescent athletes identified as cases of burnout suggest that the roots of burnout are grounded in the social organization of high performance sport; these roots are tied…
Complicating the Relationship Between Sport and National Identity: The Case of Post-Socialist Slovenia
Sociology of sport knowledge on national identity is grounded in research that focuses primarily on long established nation-states with widely known histories. The relationship between sport and national identity in postsocialist/Soviet/colonial nations that have gained independence or sovereignty since 1990 has seldom been studied. This paper examines the role of sports in the formation of national identity in postsocialist Slovenia, a nation-st…
Hip-Hop and Sport—An Introduction: Reflections on Culture, Language, and Identity
Sport
Sport is an embodied, structured, goal‐oriented, competitive, contest‐based, ludic, physical activity. Given the multitude of sport forms and the vast variety of specific sports, ranging from rural, primitive athletic folk games of old, to new urban, hi tech, extreme sports, this definition is unlikely to satisfy one‐and‐all. It does, however, (1) highlight the major social characteristics of modern sport; (2) suggest the specification of the emb…
Mega sporting events and public funding of sport in Brazil (2004–2011)
Brazilian law states that it is the duty of the State to promote sport as a right of each citizen, noting the allocation of public funds for the priority promotion of educational sports and – in specific cases – of elite sports. In view of this legislation, the objectives of this study were to investigate the amount of funds planned and executed by the Brazilian federal government on sport between 2004 and 2011, and to verify how these funds were…
Sociology of Sport in the United States
This paper updates and extends previous analyses of the sociology of sport in the United States. It provides a chronology of major events in the history of the field as well as a description of the social context in which the field emerged and grew. Then a review of data from both sociology and physical education leads to the conclusion that the sociology of sport in the United States continues to lack full legitimacy and a critical mass of membe…
Mass Society and the Commercialization of Sport
Over the past three decades top-level sporting events have increasingly been converted into mass media events. This phenomenon raises questions about why sport appeals to the masses. What is it that creates and sustains the interest and enthusiasm of millions of media viewers? In order to discuss this question it is necessary to look at the ways in which sport has changed as it has become a form of mass media entertainment
Sport in Society: Issues and Controversies
The Eternal Present of Sport: Rethinking Sport and Religion
Socialization and Sport
There is a long tradition of research on socialization and sport. Roots of this research are grounded in theories on play in child development, in progressive‐era notions that team sports constituted an environment in which valuable lessons could be learned, and in popular twentieth‐century assumptions that playing sports was an inherently character‐building experience
Power at Play: Sports and the Problem of Masculinity
Women in Sport: Modalities of Feminist Social Change
Sport in Society: Issues and Controversies
Women in Sport: Modalities of Feminist Social Change
Handbook of Social Science of Sport
Mass Society and the Commercialization of Sport
Over the past three decades top-level sporting events have increasingly been converted into mass media events. This phenomenon raises questions about why sport appeals to the masses. What is it that creates and sustains the interest and enthusiasm of millions of media viewers? In order to discuss this question it is necessary to look at the ways in which sport has changed as it has become a form of mass media entertainment
Holmes Lowell D., Other Cultures, Elder Years: An Introduction to Cultural Gerontology
Sociology of Sport in the United States
This paper updates and extends previous analyses of the sociology of sport in the United States. It provides a chronology of major events in the history of the field as well as a description of the social context in which the field emerged and grew. Then a review of data from both sociology and physical education leads to the conclusion that the sociology of sport in the United States continues to lack full legitimacy and a critical mass of membe…
Positive Deviance among Athletes: The Implications of Overconformity to the Sport Ethic
The purpose of this paper is to develop a working definition of positive deviance and use the definition in an analysis of behavior among athletes. It is argued that much deviance among athletes involves excessive overconformity to the norms and values embodied in sport itself. When athletes use the “sport ethic”—which emphasizes sacrifice for The Game, seeking distinction, taking risks, and challenging limits—as an exclusive guide for their beha…
Burnout among Adolescent Athletes: A Personal Failure or Social Problem
Most explanations of burnout among young athletes identify chronic, excessive stress as the cause. Strategies for preventing burnout emphasize techniques that help athletes control stress and adjust to the conditions of sport participation. However, informal interviews with 15 adolescent athletes identified as cases of burnout suggest that the roots of burnout are grounded in the social organization of high performance sport; these roots are tied…
Making Decisions: Gender and Sport Participation among British Adolescents
This study explored the dynamics of how young people make decisions about their sport participation. In-depth semistructured interviews were conducted with 34 young men and 26 young women, ages 13–23 (only 3 were older than 18), from predominantly working-class families residing in an industrial area southeast of London. Interviews focused on descriptions of sport experiences, how young people defined and interpreted those experiences, how this i…
Power at Play: Sports and the Problem of Masculinity
Handbook of Sports Studies
PART ONE: MAJOR PERSPECTIVES IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT PART ONE: MAJOR PERSPECTIVES IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT Editors' Introduction Functionalism, Sport and Society - John W Loy and Douglas Booth Marxist Theories - Bero Rigauer Cultural Studies and the Sociology of Sport - Jenny Hargreaves and Ian McDonald Feminist Theories for Sport - Susan Birrell Interpretive Approaches to the Sociology of Sport - Peter Donnelly Figurational Sociology and Its …
Sport in Society: Issues and Controversies
The Good Father: Parental Expectations and Youth Sports
Family life and expectations for parents have changed dramatically over the past two generations. In the United States these changes have been fuelled by a combination of factors, including a conservative emphasis on traditional family values and fathers as heads of households, a neo‐liberal emphasis on individualism and the need for fathers to take responsibility for the development of their children, a liberal feminist emphasis on gender equity…
Socialization and Sport
There is a long tradition of research on socialization and sport. The roots of this research are grounded in theories that explain the role of play in child development, in progressive‐era notions that team sports constituted an environment in which valuable lessons could be learned, and in popular twentieth‐century assumptions that playing sports was an inherently character‐building experience
Sport
Sport is an embodied, structured, goal‐oriented, competitive, contest‐based, ludic, physical activity. Given the multitude of sport forms and the vast variety of specific sports, ranging from rural, primitive athletic folk games of old, to new urban, hi tech, extreme sports, this definition is unlikely to satisfy one‐and‐all. It does, however, (1) highlight the major social characteristics of modern sport; (2) suggest the specification of the emb…
Complicating the Relationship Between Sport and National Identity: The Case of Post-Socialist Slovenia
Sociology of sport knowledge on national identity is grounded in research that focuses primarily on long established nation-states with widely known histories. The relationship between sport and national identity in postsocialist/Soviet/colonial nations that have gained independence or sovereignty since 1990 has seldom been studied. This paper examines the role of sports in the formation of national identity in postsocialist Slovenia, a nation-st…
Youth Sports: What Counts as “Positive Development
There is a widespread belief that sport participation inevitably contributes to youth development because sport's assumed essential goodness and purity is passed on to those who partake in it. Promoted and perpetuated by sport evangelists and kindred spirits, this belief inspires the strategy of using sports to create among young people the attributes needed to achieve personal success. This neoliberal approach to development is perpetuated by an…
Fields of Play: An Ethnography of Children’s Sports
Socialization and Sport
There is a long tradition of research on socialization and sport. Roots of this research are grounded in theories on play in child development, in progressive‐era notions that team sports constituted an environment in which valuable lessons could be learned, and in popular twentieth‐century assumptions that playing sports was an inherently character‐building experience
Sport
Sport is an embodied, structured, goal‐oriented, competitive, contest‐based, ludic, physical activity. Given the multitude of sport forms and the vast variety of specific sports, ranging from rural, primitive athletic folk games of old, to new urban, hi‐tech, extreme sports, this definition is unlikely to satisfy one and all. It does, however, (1) highlight the major social characteristics of modern sport; (2) suggest the specification of the emb…
Assessing the sociology of sport: On cultural sensibilities and the great sport myth
On the 50th anniversary of the ISSA and IRSS, Jay Coakley, a foundational scholar in the development of the sociology of sport, reflects on the lasting power of the Great Sport Myth (GSM) to shape cultural understandings of sport. Situated in an unshakable belief about the inherent purity and goodness of sport, it is argued that the GSM has shaped uncountable decisions to embrace and sponsor sports despite their costs and what they may preclude i…
Mega sporting events and public funding of sport in Brazil (2004–2011)
Brazilian law states that it is the duty of the State to promote sport as a right of each citizen, noting the allocation of public funds for the priority promotion of educational sports and – in specific cases – of elite sports. In view of this legislation, the objectives of this study were to investigate the amount of funds planned and executed by the Brazilian federal government on sport between 2004 and 2011, and to verify how these funds were…
How far is too far? Understanding identity and overconformity in collegiate wrestlers
The Eternal Present of Sport: Rethinking Sport and Religion
Hip-Hop and Sport—An Introduction: Reflections on Culture, Language, and Identity
Sociology (22 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (19 works) · Political science (17 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (17 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Law (10 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works)