Olympism - game or activity?

Historian and sociologist Yuri Topper continues to excursion into the history of modern Olympism

The historian and sociologist Yuri Topper continues to excursion into the history of modern Olympism. Previous materials - according to the SSVLKI: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 4 ,5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 .

"Oh sport! You are progress! You contribute to the perfection of man - the most beautiful creation of nature. You are aspirations! You prescribe to follow the rules and requirements of hygiene. You restrain you from excesses. You teach a person voluntarily, deliberately, convincingly to act so that no higher achievements, no record of overstrain, do not affect health. No stimulants, except for thirsty for tribulations and thirsty tribulations and thirsty tribulations and thirsty for tribulations and thirsty for tribulations and thirsty for tribulations and thirsty for tribulation Wise training, you do not admit.

Thinking ...

"You are aspiration. You prescribe to follow the rules and requirements of hygiene. You restrain from excesses."

Undoubtedly. It is confirmed by the historical practice of the ancient palette, the effects of educating the Jesuits and army sports. Strength, asceticism, discipline ...

"You teach a person voluntarily, consciously, convinced to do so that no higher achievements, no record is the result of overvoltage, and do not affect health."

Will they do this at the Olympics in Rio ? Voluntarily, consciously, convinced ... absurd.

"You do not recognize any stimulants except the thirst for victory and wise training."

This is for the slogan on the facade of Wada . Undoubtedly, the thirst for victory generates the will. But, alas, now safe for health, higher achievements, there is no in sports. Absurdity again.

To reproach, to criticize Cuberten in naivety is not permissible. The beginning of the twentieth century is the time of the work of friendly enthusiasts of sports game. Black Kubertena: "It is important not victory, but participation!"

Half a century has passed. Sport of the highest achievements ceased to be a game. Now it is diligently organized . The difference between the game and activity is very significant.

The effects of the game are physical, mental and social development of "players", oblivion of the bustle of affairs, the desired fullness of life. The meaning of the games of kids and amusements of adults is the same.

The purpose of the activity is the receipt of a certain demanded product . "Products" of the sports of the highest achievements: record, place in the world ranking, social status of champions, solid rewards, career resources, glory of the power.

Former Director of the Russian RS Service Yuri Gendler

The word to Yuri Gendler , the wise manager and strategist of the Russian Radio Liberty service.

"Sport is a manifestation of incredible physical, mental, mental and creative potentials of a person. The product of sports activity and its subject itself are turned into a product, therefore, the need for directing, the task of which is to ensure market success, is inevitable. Thus, the results of which are preliminarily agreed upon, there is a biased judge. This is the same of the causes of such a common use Doping.

Sport carries deep contradictions, the knowledge and resolution of which is the most important condition for its development as the most important part of culture. "

"You convince that physical progress and moral progress are two ways to one goal."

The humanist Pierre de Cuberten did not suspect that by the end of the twentieth century the main driving force of world development would be the progress of technology. Alas, their environmental and moral effects are unpredictable. Man - material captured by technologies of activity, man - a place in the social structures of society. Is it possible to break into the Olympic team, gain a foothold in it, remaining at the height of morality? First of all, there is a rational calculation. "Before telling yourself who you are, think about where you got."

They get out of the country
Not only brains
but also muscles,
If they have brains

Who is called to be responsible for the morality of sports progress? Intuition did not fail Kuberten. The Creator of Odes mentioned the " wise training".

Half a century later, the methodologist G.P. Shchedrovitsky reasoned:

"The time when the athlete was the only figure in sports was a thing of the past. In the twentieth century, this is simply impossible to imagine. In competitions and while preparing for them, the athlete is always accompanied by a coach. Today it is not so easy to answer the question: who exactly enters into the competition-an athlete who uses the tips and experience of a coach, or a coach using a" living car ". The plan to ensure sports activity) is even more important than the figure of an athlete.

The coach with his activity becomes the element of sports activities through which the contributions of science and scientists were mediated, scientists and methodologists were guided by the coach, it is it that they must primarily provide with all the necessary knowledge. ”( Archive of the G.P.Shhedrovitsky No. 2274 pp. 1-2 )

Georgy Petrovich Shchedrovitsky

The wise coach is able to present an order for sensible scientific and practical recommendations, responsible for the consequences of their use.

... The athletics school Boris Dyachkov. The victorious teams of the brothers Boris and Vitaly Arkadyevs are creators of domestic football and fencing schools. Aram Yaltyyan is an original struggle school. Evgeny Grishin is an Olympic triumph and head coach of the riders team. The imperious and understanding Anatoly Tarasov: the book "Calies of the age". The formation and adulthood of the Soviet hockey school. The principle of the coach of the Olympions of the figure skating of Stanislav Zhuk - "Affirm yourself with the truth!"

The masters investigated and acted, philosophized and wrote books. Alas, the masters are not eternal. School " Wise Training" - the history of sports pedagogy.

Now not teachers are in demand, but sports technology. You can hire an eminent technologist - a foreigner. The foreign expert did not work - we will pay, we will hire another. It is easier to order a domestic technologist: "Give a result. At least blood from the nose!" That's just Wada ...

Finally, the aphorism of Mikhail Zhvanetsky:

"Not only brains, but also muscles, if they have brains, flow out of the country."

"Improvement" is a desire for peaks. Now the peaks of the Olympic sport are high and foggy.