Despite everything... competing is important

Abstract

Competition is one of the most used words in the history of life on earth (and mankind), both in a positive and negative sense. Through competition, the mythological and utopian universe was formed; species, it seems, evolved; the economy/productivity, the media, ideological and political theories and practices emerged; the axiological sense clarified and diversified; culture/cultures emerged, these extraordinary creations of humanity in "confrontation/complement" with nature. Through competition, games/physical education/sports were structured. Although there are pedagogical positions for and against competition in play/physical education/sport, in this reflection we are going to praise competition. In spite of everything... competing is important. The main aim of this reflection, in the form of a short essay, will be to help raise awareness of the importance of competition in games, physical education and sport. The methodology used is based on theoretical/hermeneutic reflection on the praxis of competition and the possibilities it can contain for the Game, Physical Education and Sport to be humanly rewarding. It is a reflexive, qualitative methodology that departs from the canons of scientific/empirical/quantitative research methodology. We believe that play, physical education and sport absorb and reflect individual, community, social, political, economic, ideological and cultural issues in an effervescent (animal/human) way. Competition enshrines the "game" - be it a social, organizational, business, pedagogical or sporting game.