Movement compression, sports and eSports

Autor: Hemmingsen, Michael
Zdroj: European Journal for Sport and Society; April 2024, Vol. 21 Issue: 2 p170-187, 18p
Abstrakt: AbstractIn this paper I argue for the usefulness of the concept of ‘movement compression’ for understanding sport and games, and particularly the differences between traditional sport and eSport (as currently practised). I suggest that movement compression allows us to distinguish between different activities in terms of how movement quality (in the sense of the qualitiesthe movement possesses, rather than that the movement is of ‘high quality’) affects outcome. While it applies widely, this concept can in particular help us to understand the persistent idea that eSports are in some key way distinct from traditional sports.
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