Sports Axiology

Authors

  • David Mefford
  • Vera Mefford
  • Jeremy Boone
  • Mike Hartman
  • Leonard Wheeler
  • Gregory Woods

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.67945/jfa.v1i.26

Keywords:

formal axiology, sports psychology, axiological assessment

Abstract

This article is the story of the foundation of a Sports Axiology that applies axiology to team and individual sports. The authors provide quotes from our professional sports partners relating their experiences; we define “Sports Axiology,” and we provide examples of the axiological tools we are currently using with amateur and professional sports athletes. Our tools include an introductory “Coaching Simulation” that each reader may score for him or herself, the Pro-Sports Profile™ parallel form of the Hartman Value Profile (HVP), part one; the Pro-Sports Scorecard; a sample of the first of thirteen basic “Player Styles,” and the outline of the formally structured “Playbook for Life” coaching system. We have profiled young soccer athletes starting at age 12, up to seasoned professionals currently playing on Pro-Football and Pro-Hockey teams — all with solid success. Three professional athlete-coach-trainers and three professional axiolo- gists have contributed to this article to enable readers to understand different perspectives on this application of axiology to the world of sports. We begin this article with two quotes from our professional sports associates about their experience with axiology.

References

Husserl, Edmund (1974). Formale und Transzendentale Logik. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1974.

Davis, John W. (1990). “Measuring Athletic Goodness: Formal Axiology Applied to Football.” Journal of the Philosophy of Sport. 57:1-13.

Pomeroy, Leon (2005). The New Science of Axiological Psychology. Amsterdam - New York: Editions Rodopi.

Hartman, Robert S. (1967) The Structure of Value: Foundations for a Scientific Axiology. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press.

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Published

2008-07-01

How to Cite

Mefford, D., Mefford, V., Boone, J., Hartman, M., Wheeler, L., & Woods, G. (2008). Sports Axiology. Journal of Formal Axiology: Theory and Practice, 1, 21–46. https://doi.org/10.67945/jfa.v1i.26

Issue

Vol. 1 (2008)

Section

Articles

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