Facing the Involvement of Youths in Competitions

Soviet Visions and Adaptations to the Rejuvenation of Elite Sports (Second Half of the 20th Century)

Bibliographic Data

ID4614197
AuthorsSylvain Dufraisse (0000-0002-4378-2343, Centre Nantais de Sociologie, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume2
Pages568025-568025
Publication date2020-10-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Sports and Active Living (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2624-9367 • E-ISSN: 2624-9367
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fspor.2020.568025
PMID33345123
OpenAlexW3094113669
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited37

This article focuses on Soviet sports authorities' adaptations to youth involvement in elite sports during the second half of the 20th century during the Cold War. It demonstrates that the quest for performance and success in world competitions meant that sportsmen needed to start training at younger ages. This trend led to the development of a biopolitical expertise on youth sports, that mixed scientific research, artistic and intellectual stances and public policy making. It contributed to determining age requirements and a specific system to intensify preparation while protecting the sportsmen involved. Since the mid-1970's, this system was not well-received within the Soviet Union as well as by the wider world. These youth systems embodied the poor Soviet management of childhood

Athletes · Economic growth · Elite · Embodied cognition · Political science · Politics · Rejuvenation · Sociology · Soviet union · Vision · World War II · Youth sports · Doping in Sports · Law · Medicine · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society · Gerontology

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