Examined Sport

Examined Sport


Scott Kretchmar, “From Test to Contest: An Analysis of Two Kinds of Counterpoint in Sport”

June 04, 2021

 


In this episode of Examined Sport, I discuss Scott Kretchmar’s “From Test to Contest: An Analysis of Two Kinds of Counterpoint in Sport” published in the Journal of Philosophy of Sport in 1975. One of the foundational papers of the discipline, Kretchmar examines the distinction between tests and contests. The paper introduces several ideas that are influential on Kretchmar’s later work and on other thinkers in the field.