Phoenix Multisport Feature.pdf (original) (raw)
Athletes grapple to accurately understand time in relation to a complex, interanimating matrix of variables: fitness, technologies, landscape, skill and, critically, their experience of states of flow. As fitness and skill improves, the experience of flow alters to create a sense of mastery of the sport. Using the example of mountain bike racing, this paper questions the human perception of time in relation to competition, flow and skillful, risky performance. Developing Drew Leder’s concepts of dysfunction and incorporation alongside John Hockey’s sensory analysis of sport and Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi’s characteristics of flow states, I will investigate the ways in which a rider develops skill and fitness in relation to the temporo-geographic demands of a target event. This will demonstrate the way that athletes develop a bodily knowledge of time and pace which is carefully matched with visual and auditory cues.
ProQuest, 2016
The purpose of this study is to discover the turning points women believe helped them stop abusing substances and subsequently maintain sobriety. The study is an examination of narrative responses collected from 25 semi-structured qualitative interviews of women who have remained abstinent from alcohol and drug use for three or more years. The theoretical structure for the current study is to find what cessation turning points taken from the narratives are congruous to Sampson and Laub’s age-graded informal social control theory turning points, in addition to other life-course perspective models and theories. The turning points discussed are employment, education, and other social relationships relative to self-discovery and cognitive change. Understanding what the user and offender comprehends about herself, at different phases in recovery, can illuminate the treatment correctional programs that will help prevent relapse and recidivism.