‘It’s just superstition I suppose … I’ve always done something on game day’: The construction of everyday life on a university basketball team

Cherrington, James

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“…Packing of kit bag, listening music, particular kind of kit to be worn during the game etc. are few common superstitious rituals used by the athletes from long past (Cherrington, 2014). The superstitious behavior or rituals differ on the basis of nature of sports.…”

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Superstitious Ritual Behavior in Sports: A Comparative Study among Various Athletes

Mukherjee

Shaikh

2022

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The aim of the study was to assess the superstitious ritual behavior of the University level sports persons and to find out that male or female athlete who believes more in superstitions. Eighty-three (83) University level athletes (Male – 44 and Female – 39) of 18 to 25 years from Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India have been selected through purposive random sampling. The Superstitious Ritual Questionnaire (SRQ) framed by Flanagan (2013) has been used to assess the superstitious ritual behavior and its effectiveness on sports performance enhancement. In overall percentage 25.30% of male athletes and 20.48% of female athletes are of the opinion that sometimes superstitious ritual behavior is effective in sports performance enhancement. Statistical analysis does not reveal any significant relationship between superstitious ritual behavior (Male: Mean 108.48, SD 22.38; Female: Mean 109.03, SD 24.46) and its effectiveness (Male: Mean 3.23, SD 0.74; Female: Mean 2.80, SD 0.73) in sports performance enhancement for both male (r = 0.263) and female (r = 0.140) group. As per as the opinion towards the effectiveness of superstitious rituals behavior on sports performance enhancement is concerned the male athletes found to be significantly more superstitious than female athletes (t = 2.69). So it can be concluded that irrespective of male or female mostly all the athletes believes in some sort of superstitious rituals may be to control luck and fear of failure, increase confidence, maintain focus, decreases stress and anxiety etc. at the highest level of sports competitions.

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Superstitious Ritual Behavior in Sports: A Comparative Study among Various Athletes

Mukherjee

Shaikh

2022

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“…No significant difference was seen in performance when engaging in Pre-performance rituals and superstitions, when the athletes' familiarity with the sport and practise increases. One of the participant in the study conducted by Cherrington [6] reported packing his bag, listening to hip hop music and choosing the kit to be worn during the game as a pre-game ritual, which has been developed and strengthened over time. In such situations, these superstitions, for example lucky charms, provide them the assurance that they have given their best in the game.…”

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“…Gregory and Petrie [13] distinguished sport superstitions from general superstitions, on the basis of the nature of superstition, under the sub-categories of equipment, uniform, clothes, routine, spectators, religion, numbers, hair, hands, charms, coins and food. Becker [14] had perhaps made the most collaborative attempt to categorize sport superstitions or at least locate them in logical groups which include (1) clothing, (2) manner of dressing, (3) numbers, (4) practices to prevent or cure injury, (5) equipment care and use, (6) practices before and during contests, and (7) omens, premonitions and beliefs about the result of a contest. Borrowed articles, new clothing was seen to disrupt an athlete's performance.…”

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Superstitious Behaviour in Sportspersons in Relation to Their Performance at Intercollegiate Level

Gupta¹,

Dutt²

2019

Indian Journal of Mental Health

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Background: Superstitions are beliefs that fate is governed by uncontrollable external forces. Superstitions play a key role in sports since they associate with activities involving danger and lack of predictability. There has been a dearth of studies regarding the effect such superstitious beliefs have on athletes' performance, and on the looking superstitions from a qualitative perspective, specifically on Indian population, hence this study aims to explore the various superstitious beliefs (SB) endorsed by team sportspersons at intercollegiate level and analyze how these beliefs affect their sports performance. This study also aimed at analysing the gender differences within different team sports. Methods: Data was collected using purposive and snowball sampling technique. 50 sportspersons from badminton, basketball, football, cricket, hockey, and volleyball participated. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to obtain rich data. Content analysis was carried out to obtain the emerging themes. Results: The major themes which emerged from the data include nature, origin, frequency, impact, intentionality, evolution, and orientation of superstitions in reality. Conclusion: Further research is needed in the Indian context regarding sensitivity towards superstitious and the need to incorporate them in coaching for enhancing performance.

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Carnivalesque as Theoretical Framework

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2020

Digital Carnivalesque

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‘It’s just superstition I suppose … I’ve always done something on game day’: The construction of everyday life on a university basketball team

Abstract: Cherrington, Jim. 'It's just superstition I suppose … I've always done something on game day': The construction of everyday life on a university basketball team'. International Review for the Sociology of Sport.

Cited by 9 publications

References 47 publications

Superstitious Ritual Behavior in Sports: A Comparative Study among Various Athletes

Superstitious Ritual Behavior in Sports: A Comparative Study among Various Athletes

Superstitious Behaviour in Sportspersons in Relation to Their Performance at Intercollegiate Level

Carnivalesque as Theoretical Framework

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