Perspectives of the Philosophy of Sport.- Sport as a Medium of Self- and Life-Fulfilment.- Sport as “Excess Strength” and a Root of Creative Living.- Sport as Play.- Sport as an Aesthetic Phenomenon.- Sport as “Ethical Training”.- Sport as a Reaction Compensating for and Adjusting to the Conditions of Living in the World of Industrial Labour.- Sport as a Sign-World.- Sport as Safety-Valve for Aggression, Instinctive Reaction for the Preservation of the Race, and Discharge through Appetency.- Sport as a Means in the Class Struggle, of Increasing Production and Overcoming Alienation.- Sport as Symbolized Father-Son Conflict and as Substitute Narcissistic Satisfaction.- Sport in Theological Perspective.- Sport in Catholic Theology in the 20th Century.- From the Turn of the Century to the End of the First World War.- Catholic Theology and Sport from 1945 to the Present.- The Antropological Change in Theology.- Deeper Insight into the Statements of Revelation.- The Re-Assessment of the Body in Theological Literature.- Conclusion.- Problems and Trends in Protestant Theology.- Theology and Sport—an Unsatisfactory Relationship.- On the Genesis of the Unsatisfactory Relationship.- Historical Points of Contact.- Confrontation: Points of Contact.- Corporality and Experience of the Self and the World.- Sport and the Achieving Society.- Play.- Sport Ideology.- Some Conclusions.- Sport and Non-Christian Religions.- Some Introductory Observations in the Light of the History of Religions.- Religions of Peoples with no Written Language.- Past Religions.- Present Non-Christian Religions.- Concluding Outline.- On Sociology of Sport — General Orientation and Its Trends in the Literature.- The Problem of Definition.- Methodological Approaches in Sociology of Sport.- Institutions and Disciplines Engaged in the Sociology of Sport.- Organization at the Material and Theoretical Levels.- Programmatic Theoretical and Methodological Discussions.- Sport and the Socio-Cultural System.- Sport and Games in Primitive and Advanced Societis.- Sport in Modern Societies.- Political Systems.- Community.- Socialization.- Sport as a Sub-System and Its Structure.- General Discussion and Analysis.- Norms, Values.- Age, Age-Ranges.- Sex.- Social Stratification, Social Mobility.- Professionalization, Careers.- Formal Organization, Administration, Planning.- Goups in Sport.- Attitude, Motivation, and other Social Psychological Variables.- Spectatorship, Collective Behaviour.- The Structure of Single Sport Disciplines and Games.- Sport and Institutions.- Family.- Education and School.- Religion and Church.- Economy.- Mass Communications.- Sport and Social Problems.- Sport and Leisure.- Sport and Work.- Minorities.- Delinquency.- Other Social Problems.- Miscellaneous.- Summary and Conclusion.- Sport from the Educational and Psychological Points of View.- The Pedagogics of Sport in West European Countries.- First Steps Toward a New Motivation of Physical Education.- The Question of Teaching Contents-Didactics of Sport.- The Question of Teaching Procedures—the Methodology.- Sport Psychology in West European Countries.- Aspects of General Psychology.- Aspects of Personality Psychology.- Aspects of Social Psychology.- Aspects of Psychopathology and Psychotherapy.- Aspects of Pedagogical Psychology.- Sport Psychology in the Socialist Countries of Europe.- Points of Sport—Psychological Research in Individual Countries.- Psychological Preparation of Athletes for Contests.- Psychological Foundations of Athletic Activity.- Tendencies of Socialist Sport Psychology.- Sport Pedagogics in the United States.- Physical Education as an “Academic Discipline”, as a Field of Study and Research The Fundamentals of Methodical Research as Regards Sport and Physical Education.- Points of Research Emphysis in the Field of Physical Education.- Open Questions and Tasks for Future Sport Pedagogics Research.- Sport Psychology in North America.- Motor Behaviour and Motor Learning.- Personality Psychology.- Development Psychology in Sport.- Social Psychology of Sport.- Sport and Sport Psychology in Japan.- Physical Education in Schools and Universities.- Extra-Curricular Sport.- Popular Sport.- Sport Psychology.- Contributions to Sport Medicine.- Lung Function, Respiration, and Metabolism in Sport.- Lung Volumes.- Ventilation.- Alveolar Ventilation and Dead Space.- Diffusion in the Lung.- Gas-Transportation in the Blood.- Respiration Control During Exertion.- Respiration as a Limiting Factor of Performance.- Maximum Oxygen Uptake/min ( = Aerobic Capacity).- Oxygen Uptake and Oxygen Debt.- Adaptation of Metabolism in Sport.- Energy Metabolism of the Heart and Skelet Muscle.- The Morphological and Biochemical Differentiation of the Muscle Tissue as a Result of Training.- Protein Metabolism and its Relationship to Adaptation to Training and the Recuperation Capacity of the Body.- The Effects of Training on the Heart and Circulation.- The Morphological Effects of Training on the Heart and Circulation.- The Functioning of the Trained Heart and Circulation.- Preventative and Rehabilitational Effects of Training on the Heart and Circulation.- Sport Injuries and Damage to the Locomotor System.- Frequency, Severity, and Location of Sport Injuries.- Sport Damage.- Damage to Spine and High Performance Sport.- Summary.- List of Contributors.
