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Becoming and being a Master's athlete
conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-24, 18:25 authored by Palmer, C, Nicholas HookwayNicholas Hookway, Casey MainsbridgeCasey Mainsbridge, Anthea VreugdenhilThis paper explores the experiences of participation in the Australian Master’s Games. Drawing on preliminary research on the 2017 event, the paper documents and analyses the ways in which Master’s athletes define and understand their social and sporting identities. As well as addressing low physical activity engagement in older life through an ‘active ageing’ lens, training for and competing in the Master’s Games offers a key source of identity-making among participants that shapes their social world more broadly.
History
Publication title
ISSA 2018 Book of Abstracts, World Congress for the Sociology of SportPagination
77Department/School
School of Social SciencesPublisher
International Sociology of Sport AssociationPlace of publication
Lausanne, SwitzerlandEvent title
2018 World Congress for the Sociology of SportEvent Venue
Lausanne, SwitzerlandDate of Event (Start Date)
2018-06-05Date of Event (End Date)
2018-06-08Repository Status
- Restricted