Masters Sport Perspectives
Masters Sport Perspectives
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大师运动观点
DOI：
10.4324/9780203798386.ch8
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发表时间：
2015
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通讯作者：
Benoît Séguin
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作者：
W. Bradley;Bennett Angela;Benoît Séguin
大师赛体育运动最初是在当地以社区为基础的企业的集合，现在已经迅速发展，并在国内和国际上扩展（Hastings， Cable和Zahran 2005）。据估计，超过50个国家举办自己的大师体育赛事，大师现象涉及全球至少44种不同的体育项目（加拿大教练协会2013）。大师级运动员（MAs）是指成年后参加竞技体育的人，通常从35岁开始参加有组织的比赛，一直持续到90多岁。大师级运动员的特点是正式注册一个组织（例如，俱乐部或联盟）或项目（例如，10公里公路比赛，bonspiel，大师级比赛），并有足够规律的参与模式，以支持他们为体育赛事做准备的训练（Young 2011）。一些成年体育参与者在专门针对其特定年龄组的项目中进行训练，而另一些人则与更年轻的运动员（如青少年、青年）一起进行日常活动；然而，大师级运动的最大特点可能是成年人参与竞争项目，这些项目是单独针对成年人的。事实上，近年来，专门为大师级运动员举办的赛事在数量和受欢迎程度上都有了极大的增长。
INTRODUCTION The Masters sport movement, which began locally as collections of community-based ventures, has grown tremendously and expanded nationally and internationally (Hastings, Cable and Zahran 2005). It is estimated that over 50 countries hold their own Masters sport events, and that the Master phenomenon relates to at least 44 different sports worldwide (Coaching Association of Canada 2013). Masters athletes (MAs) are individuals who participate in competitive sport in their adult years, with organized events typically beginning at age 35 and extending into the 90s. Masters sportspersons are characterized by formal registration for an organization (e.g., club or league) or event (e.g., 10 km road race, a bonspiel, a Masters games), and a sufficiently regular pattern of involvement that supports their training in preparation for a sport event (Young 2011). Some adult sport participants train in programmes dedicated to their specific age-cohort, whereas others carry out their day-to-day involvement alongside younger (e.g., adolescent, young adult) athletes; however, Master sport is probably best characterized by adults’ participation in competitive events that are segregated and advertised to adults alone. Indeed, events that are dedicated and marketed to Masters sportspersons have grown tremendously in number and in popularity in recent years.