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Chapter 13. Intercorporeality with imaginary bodies

The case of trampoline and boxing training
  • Ulrich v. Wedelstaedt and Ajit Singh
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Abstract

In this chapter we explore the ways in which athletes and their coaches transfer bodily knowledge or alter physical performance. Using video based interaction analysis, we look into cases of trampoline and boxing training and into how imaginary elements matter in them. From there we argue that intercorporeality is not limited to flesh and resistant objects. The imaginary, as an intercorporeal element – established and operating between the participants (and not located in any single mind) – is vital for establishing or altering bodily performance. One of the central elements connecting imagination with bodily knowledge is pain, which often serves as key mediator and thus is here understood as a basic resource for interaction, rather than an individual’s perception of a bodily state.

Abstract

In this chapter we explore the ways in which athletes and their coaches transfer bodily knowledge or alter physical performance. Using video based interaction analysis, we look into cases of trampoline and boxing training and into how imaginary elements matter in them. From there we argue that intercorporeality is not limited to flesh and resistant objects. The imaginary, as an intercorporeal element – established and operating between the participants (and not located in any single mind) – is vital for establishing or altering bodily performance. One of the central elements connecting imagination with bodily knowledge is pain, which often serves as key mediator and thus is here understood as a basic resource for interaction, rather than an individual’s perception of a bodily state.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. List of contributors xi
  5. Chapter 1. Intercorporeality, interkinesthesia, and enaction 1
  6. Part I. Interkinesthetic coordination and intercorporeality in team sports
  7. Chapter 2. Practice as a shared accomplishment 27
  8. Chapter 3. Intercorporeality and interkinesthetic gestalts in handball 57
  9. Chapter 4. Visual and motor components of action anticipation in basketball and soccer 93
  10. Chapter 5. Constructing cooperative and antagonistic intercorporeality 113
  11. Part II. Intercorporeal relations with moving bodies and objects in individual sports
  12. Chapter 6. Rock climbers’ communicative and sensory practices 149
  13. Chapter 7. Intercorporeal enaction and synchrony 173
  14. Chapter 8. Sound joined actions in rowing and swimming 193
  15. Chapter 9. “It’s really strange when nobody is watching” 215
  16. Part III. The enactive acquisition of embodied knowledge
  17. Chapter 10. Teaching bodies 245
  18. Chapter 11. Intercorporeal (re)enaction 267
  19. Chapter 12. Ways of relating 301
  20. Chapter 13. Intercorporeality with imaginary bodies 323
  21. Chapter 14. Afterword 345
  22. Index 355
https://doi.org/10.1075/ais.8.13vwe

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. List of contributors xi
  5. Chapter 1. Intercorporeality, interkinesthesia, and enaction 1
  6. Part I. Interkinesthetic coordination and intercorporeality in team sports
  7. Chapter 2. Practice as a shared accomplishment 27
  8. Chapter 3. Intercorporeality and interkinesthetic gestalts in handball 57
  9. Chapter 4. Visual and motor components of action anticipation in basketball and soccer 93
  10. Chapter 5. Constructing cooperative and antagonistic intercorporeality 113
  11. Part II. Intercorporeal relations with moving bodies and objects in individual sports
  12. Chapter 6. Rock climbers’ communicative and sensory practices 149
  13. Chapter 7. Intercorporeal enaction and synchrony 173
  14. Chapter 8. Sound joined actions in rowing and swimming 193
  15. Chapter 9. “It’s really strange when nobody is watching” 215
  16. Part III. The enactive acquisition of embodied knowledge
  17. Chapter 10. Teaching bodies 245
  18. Chapter 11. Intercorporeal (re)enaction 267
  19. Chapter 12. Ways of relating 301
  20. Chapter 13. Intercorporeality with imaginary bodies 323
  21. Chapter 14. Afterword 345
  22. Index 355
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