Abstract

The aim is to draw attention to the connection between sport practice and the knowledge developed around the content of sport and the scientific or theoretical incentives that shape that knowledge at a theoretical level. The origin and impetus for the development of sport is inevitably the sporting individual, the athlete’s body and consciousness because, without those individuals who practise sport and their characteristics, sport science would not exist. This has also a clear pedagogical bearing, for teaching and learning in various sports are viewed as frequently lacking scientific or theoretical incentives related to sport science, a science that should be the scientific foundation for taking a holistic approach to athletic development and performance. The purposes of this thesis are (1) to discuss the genes and essence of sport science from a perspective that relates knowledge to pedagogical practice and (2) to argue that scientific or theoretical incentives are the development-related task of sport science.