The Future of Sports: Challenge for the Science of Sport

Abstract

The conditions for a further positive development of the science of sport are very favorable as both the interest in sports and the demand for scientific knowledge will increase. However, if the science of sport is to achieve a prominent standing, new problems must be faced. Sport is developing into an open system in that its boundaries to other fields (economy, media, etc.) and to other forms of spare-time activity (e.g. tourism, entertainment) have become blurred. The consequence must be the development of an open science of sport. New groups of people are becoming interested in sports, and new innovative models of sport activity must be developed for them. With new strategies of planning, new forms of sport activity must be organized and realized. Emerging from these elements is the concept of the science of sport as an open, innovative, planning science.