ABSTRACT
Sport is all about bodies. This might seem to be stating the obvious. All definitions of sport include some kind of physicality; the whole point is to get physical. Sports are organised around and classified by what people do with their bodies. Corporeality may be a prime concern of sporting activity but there are different bodies involved in sport; the athletes in the field, the pool, the ring or the gym, the pitch or track. Some are keeping fit or socialising and others might be competing for the club or nation at the highest international levels. This chapter focuses upon the bodies that engage in sport.
