@article{oai:kokushikan.repo.nii.ac.jp:00010426, author = {HARA, Seiichi and INOUE, Seiji}, journal = {体育・スポーツ科学研究, Kokushikan society of sport science}, month = {Mar}, note = {It is important for athletes to speak for themselves and communicate with words in the sporting world. However, it is extremely difficult to express oneself, let alone to be understood by others. In such a situation, a common vocabulary is needed for the process of mutual understanding. Moreover, the relationship between sport and music is peculiar to rituals and sacred events. The purpose of this study is to describe the capacity of words narrated by athletes. To evaluate athletes’ words, a specifically social evaluation of athletes depends on the expression of athletes themselves and of their thoughts. Accordingly, the study examines the concept of“media production,” and also focuses on the concept and on cases of “media training” as one method of communicating with words. Furthermore, the power of words is analyzed in the sport model using music as an example. The study finally may conclude that powerful words narrated by athletes are a necessary tool for understanding sport, and then outline possible ways of thinking for the field of sport study., application/pdf}, pages = {1--9}, title = {The power of athletes’ words}, volume = {15}, year = {2015} }