ABSTRACT
Sports are inherently spatial – the position of the ski slalom gates, the distance covered by an endurance runner, the length of the pitch, the height of the dive board and so on. Sports are also by necessity confined to a specific location, or place, such as a tennis court, football pitch or cross country track. These two elements, space and place (Bale 2003), are fundamental to the study of sports for both the participant and the coach.
