Saturday, October 22, 2011

Haptics in sports celebrations

In the book, "Strategic Sport Communication" (Paul Mark Pedersen, Kimberly S. Miloch & Pamela C. Laucella, p. 106), haptics was applied to sports. The work of Hargie & Dickson (2004), and Wood (2004) was used when it is stated that "in sports there are handshakes and embraces". These occur when meeting at mid-court, or on the 50 yard line for the coin toss. After a game, the coaches, and players usually leave the field after shaking the hands of their opponent. Sometimes, after a game, the players will even hug their opponent, or slap them on the shoulder, or back.

Instead of the fist bump, or "high five" of the past, a common way to celebrate a good play, or score, in sports is the chest bump. In the following video, a pro basketball player celebrates a score by chest bumping his teammates.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I58pU73AAww&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLE88DB8B028C63B58

Another example of haptics in sports


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