The study of sport is often thought of simply in terms of the sport sciences. This book explains how a phenomenological approach is capable of revealing the nature and meanings of sport in ways that are beyond the reach of the sciences - and how the very concepts required by sport science stand in need of philosophical explanation. The book has a 'didactic' intention - to present and discuss ideas and tools developed in the phenomenological tradition in order to illuminate issues in sport, in a clear and straightforward manner, so as to be understandable for those without any previous...