<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The purpose of this paper is to offer a conceptualization of leisure that can help us understand what constitutes as leisure and how leisure is attained in a highly regimented context such as elite hockey. Leisure researchers are unable to agree on a definition of leisure that best represents the field, which is perhaps why leisure has lost its significance within contemporary academia. In this paper, a conceptualization is provided that was developed through research on Junior level ice hockey players. Junior level hockey has a highly structured and professionalized regiment but yet, leisure is still attainable for players despite having little control over their involvement. Traditional definitions of leisure do not capture what it means to be in leisure even though theoretically Junior level hockey players are considered to be in serious leisure as amateurs. Thus, this paper can help justify and lets us understand how leisure is attained in Junior level hockey.</p></abstract>

The purpose of this paper is to offer a conceptualization of leisure that can help us understand what constitutes as leisure and how leisure is attained in a highly regimented context such as elite hockey. Leisure researchers are unable to agree on a definition of leisure that best represents the field, which is perhaps why leisure has lost its significance within contemporary academia. In this paper, a conceptualization is provided that was developed through research on Junior level ice hockey players. Junior level hockey has a highly structured and professionalized regiment but yet, leisure is still attainable for players despite having little control over their involvement. Traditional definitions of leisure do not capture what it means to be in leisure even though theoretically Junior level hockey players are considered to be in serious leisure as amateurs. Thus, this paper can help justify and lets us understand how leisure is attained in Junior level hockey.

Conceptualizing Leisure Within the Highly Regimented World of Elite Hockey

Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research

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The purpose of this paper is to offer a conceptualization of leisure that can help us understand what constitutes as leisure and how leisure is attained in a...

Conceptualizing Leisure Within the Highly Regimented World of Elite Hockey

Published Online: Oct 24, 2016

Page range: 53 - 62

Received: Apr 22, 2016

Accepted: Jun 22, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pcssr-2016-0020

Keywords
leisure, behavior, capitalism, hockey

© 2016 Bradley MacCosham, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Conceptualizing Leisure Within the Highly Regimented World of Elite Hockey

Published Online: Oct 24, 2016

Page range: 53 - 62

Received: Apr 22, 2016

Accepted: Jun 22, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pcssr-2016-0020

Keywordsleisure, behavior, capitalism, hockey

© 2016 Bradley MacCosham, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
leisure, behavior, capitalism, hockey