We argue that some of the characteristics of physical culture in Iceland such as “sport for all” and the belief that physical culture and sport may empower and emancipate people, are rooted in old Nordic culture and the organization of human labor and practical activity. In this chapter we discuss the historical roots of the local inputs in this process and some of the possible mechanism involved in their influences on the present. Physical culture in Iceland has emerged out of diverse cultural traditions including global sports and local traditions of play and games. The Nordic model, including physical culture, did not surface in historical vacum. The findings from the analysed match reveal players' use of various forms of symbolic communication and gestures, which could be recognized as positive, negative or neutral for on-the-field team spirit. It makes use of micro-sociological theory and perspective to account for playersúse of symbolic communication and gestures in regard to team spirit. This paper is a case study of a single football match. The literature has however been inattentive to the role of symbolic gestures in sports, especially in regard to team spirit and team performance. Verbal communication is however often problematic during games and members of a team need to make use of symbolic gestures to communicate. Team spirit is especially important in the midst of the dynamic on-the-field game action where sport teams rely on active communication between team members in order to meet the many challenges of sporting contests. Team spirit is on one hand important for team efficiency and team success and on the other difficult to account for due to its emergent and impervious nature. The creation of team spirit is one of the most important and difficult challenges of contemporary sports.
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