The term environment cannot in itself be easily defined. Human activity has affected virtually all of the “natural” environment, leaving little of the natural world as it once was.

Economics has a profound influence on the world of sport. This influence is especially felt in the most popular spectator sports where the players are paid professionals and the teams are firms.

 Country clubs are leisure establishments that exist in most communities in North America and across the globe.They provide sports and community for their members. The term country club conjures images of privilege, separation, elitism, and difference.

 Cooperation occurs when people work or play together to accomplish shared goals. Cooperation may seem an ironic entry in an encyclopedia of sport because most definitions of sport emphasize competition between opposing groups.

 Competition occurs in social relationships in which comparisons of performances are made according to shared standards, such that performances can be objectively evaluated and ranked.

 “Community” is one of the most common and multivalent concepts in the social sciences. At one end of the spectrum, community can refer to small, close-knit groups in which individuals have much in common, know each other intimately, and interact regularly.