Competing Conceptions of Competition: Implications for Physical Education

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This paper considers various conceptions of competition. Distinctions are made between positive and negative consequences of participating in competitive activities and between views that competition is intrin sically positive or negative. When examining and critiquing the nature of competition the root word (com-petitio: to strive together) is highlighted. From this, it is argued that the proposition that competition is intrinsically selfish cannot withstand an analysis of what is meant by 'selfish :

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