Teaching about the Sociology of Sport: Key Concepts

This paper examines some of the key concepts that can be used to teach the sociology of sport. Those concepts include sport, sports, sociology of sport, sport sociologists, sociological imagination, sociological theory, sociological research methods, status, role, and social interaction. Other concepts covered in the paper are sociology, social conditions, micro, middle, macro, social environment, institution, sociological perspectives, fountainheads of sociology, empirical research, empirical data, research techniques, variable, hypothesis, race, class, sex, gender, racism, sexism, etc.