Where do sport historians sit in this debate between reconstructionism and constructionism over theory?
The former position holds minimal sway but this does not mean that sport historians have embraced ‘complex social science constructionism’.
On the contrary, sport historians have not employed the historical record to construct
formal theories of sport,
nor have they used it to apply,
test or confirm theories. Indeed,
sport historians have generally failed to cultivate in their students an awareness of
theory, much less sharpen students’ skills in the area.