The purpose of this research is to understand the sub-cultural characteristics of basketball club members and to explore the possibility of 3X3 basketball as a new subculture of basketball. Using purposive sampling, eight basketball club members from ...
The purpose of this research is to understand the sub-cultural characteristics of basketball club members and to explore the possibility of 3X3 basketball as a new subculture of basketball. Using purposive sampling, eight basketball club members from B metropolitan city are selected as the research subjects who have more than five years of basketball experience and have been regularly participating in a basketball club for more than three years. The data are collected by in-depth interviews and participatory observations. Collected data are transformed to texts to conduct categorization and conceptualization. The results are as follows.
regarding the sub-cultural characteristics of basketball club, the structural characteristics of a basketball club exhibit a hierarchical structure and exclusiveness. There were high entry barriers to entry into the basketball club, and closed purebredism and hierarchy, like the sports club, emerged to maintain their own culture and emphasize their sense of belonging.
Second, the cultural characteristics of the club members have emerged the characteristics of triumphalism by the club members. The basketball club was characterized by its official competition culture, where winning is the top priority, and its practice game culture, which causes excessive competitive desire.
Third, the society's social interaction characteristics were analyzed as expanding social relations and conflicts. Through the society, both positive aspects of expanding social networks and frequent conflicts of forced food culture have emerged.
Next on, After examining the basis and characteristics of 3X3 basketball as a new basketball subculture, First, as a basketball subculture, the 3X3 basketball culture confirmed that the culture of youth was an anti-culture. Also, it is also a transformative sub-culture since the rules and court in 3X3 basketball is transformed from the regular 5-on-5 basketball.
Second, when we looked at the characteristics of 3X3 basketball as a subculture, there were features that emerged as new cultural contents, sports that reveal individual skills, a starting lineup for all team members, the possibility of developing from a club member to a professional.