Despite a developing literature on various facets of sporting embodiment, there is currently a research lacuna with regard to in-depth analyses of actually ‘doing’ sporting activities within specific physical cultures. In this article, we address that gap by drawing on a developing theoretical literature in sociological phenomenology to investigate a particular physical–cultural domain. Here, we present and analyse data from an ethnographic study of competitive swimmers undertaken in the UK. Responding to calls to explore the domain of ‘body pedagogics’, we investigate the embodied work involved in the skilled practice of ‘doing’ and learning how to ‘do’ competitive swimming. This embodied work plays a key part in the swimmers’ ability to inhabit the competitive swimming lifeworld. In the analysis, we highlight how the acquisition and ‘habituation’ of these body techniques and skilled behaviours are not achieved simply through the repetitive rehearsal of coherent movements over time. These processes are complex, demanding practical experimentation, discovery and the ability to adapt constantly to changes in the environment and the swimmer’s own corporeality.

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“做”竞技游泳：探索竞技游泳生活世界的熟练实践

尽管关于体育体现的各个方面的文献不断发展，但目前在对特定体育文化中实际“进行”体育活动的深入分析方面存在研究空白。在本文中，我们通过利用社会学现象学中正在发展的理论文献来研究特定的物理文化领域来解决这一差距。在这里，我们展示并分析了在英国进行的竞技游泳运动员人种学研究的数据。响应探索“身体教育学”领域的呼吁，我们调查了涉及“做”和学习如何“做”竞技游泳的熟练实践的具体工作。这项具体化的工作在游泳者能否适应竞争激烈的游泳生活方面发挥着关键作用。在分析中，我们强调了这些身体技巧和熟练行为的习得和“习惯化”是如何不能简单地通过随着时间的推移重复排练连贯动作来实现的。这些过程很复杂，需要实际的实验、发现和不断适应环境变化和游泳者自身身体变化的能力。