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Sea-level playing fields: an exploration of the histories of beach soccer and its practices within one specific context, the Australian beach

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dc.contributor.authorMcGowan, L.
dc.contributor.authorEllison, E.
dc.contributor.authorLastella, M.
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractFootball, or soccer, is a simple game. It requires very little in the way of practical resources. Markers for a goal, a ball-shaped object. This simplicity enables the sport to be undertaken almost anywhere. Yet the beach is one place the game requires a substantial rethink in approach and participation. The best players do not necessarily make the best beach soccer players. For many Australians, the coastal edge of their continent is more than a key location for leisure and pleasure. The beach is an integral part of their culture, a symbol of their egalitarian nature, with a history of iconic sporting competitions, including the Sydney 2000 Olympics beach volleyball. Where beach soccer draws on notions of literal and figurative level-playing fields, this paper examines histories, practices, and myths and offers the first academic insight and discussion of Australian beach soccer.
dc.identifier.citationSoccer and Society, 2020; 21(3):289-298
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14660970.2019.1620212
dc.identifier.issn1466-0970
dc.identifier.issn1743-9590
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/36219
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.rightsCopyright 2021 Informa UK Limited
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2019.1620212
dc.subjectAustralian beach soccer
dc.subjectAustralia
dc.subjectfootball
dc.subjectsoccer
dc.titleSea-level playing fields: an exploration of the histories of beach soccer and its practices within one specific context, the Australian beach
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished
ror.mmsid9916800112101831

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