This study aims to identify the structure of sports games in order to analyze soccer games. In the last paper, we focused on the structure of “competition” as “play” to clarify the concept of “competition” which is the basis for the meaning of “bodily movement competitions (sports)”. In doing this, we were able to formulate the function for this structure through the following comparative function.
On a condition of r, A = cf (a, b) = a>b, a = b, a<b
(where, r : rule, A : agon, cf : comparative function,
a : contestant, b : opponent,> : win, = : draw,< : loss)
Our next topic is to consider the concept of “bodily movement” that is an attribute of “bodily movement competitions (sports)”. In this paper, we clarified that “bodily movement related to competition” has four characteristics: usability, expression, acquisition, and reciprocity.
Specifically, expression, which has a deep connection with the composition of human movement in sport. The human movement in sport is the imitation images created by mimesis (mimicry) as the geometrical phase shift. This geometrical phase shift allows for a variety of movement forms and for expression of individual physical ability.
Our future topic is the last aim of this study, to clarify the entirety of “bodily movement competitions (sports)” based on the results considered in our earlier papers.
