"As a product of our culture, sport achieves a kind of postponement, a break for our minds, since it allows us to disconnect from internal as well as external realities. We immerse ourselves in the world of play, managing to let out tensions and liberate a great deal of aggression in a socially acceptable way.Is physical exercise healthy or is this only a myth? A myriad of psychological, corporal and biological causes interact to produce pleasure in movement and sensations of wellbeing.Can pressures make world-famous teams lower their performance in World Cups? What makes a cool-headed person actually lose his cool in key matches? What about the player who felt his body harden just at that final moment of the game when he had to win?Since competition is the irreplaceable factor in sport, who, in the mind of an opponent, has to be defeated? What does it mean to have a rival as one's own son?It was necessary to find a viewpoint that could delve into what happens with sports and their protagonists. Bringing together concepts from psychoanalysis with an attentive eye and popular wisdom, these themes are explored with sharpness and simplicity."--Wheelers.co.nz.