Despite being inherently rewarding and a major stimulus for many athletes' continued involvement in sport, there is a dearth of research concerning peak moments in sport. Methodological and definitional problems are abundant, and confusion surrounds the categorization of such instances. This paper examines four models related to peak moments, with particular emphasis placed on the Privette and...
The author speaks of insights for moving found in her practice of Zen: the disquiet one may perceive in performing the movement patterns of other cultures; the Japanese aesthetic as experienced in the Zen sesshin; the discovery of pushing past pain; the clarification found in her kensho (satori) experience for her ongoing investigation of the hypothesis that sport, dance, and exercise are...