The role of sporting goods manufacturers during the spread period of the organized game of hockey in Britain

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23700721
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Sports science
Research Institution	Kobe University
Principal Investigator	AKIMOTO Shinobu 神戸大学, 大学院・人間発達環境学研究科, 准教授 (50346847)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords	ホッケー / 近代スポーツ / スポーツ用具業者 / スポーツ史 / イギリス / スポーツ用具
Research Abstract	The purpose of this study is to consider the role of sporting goods manufacturers during the spread period of the organized game of hockey in Britain. With the organization of the game in the late nineteenth-century they went into hockey goods business and brought enormous amount of their products to the market. Some manufacturers focused on supplying hockey goods and tried to increase player’s satisfaction. It was the goods they supplied that supported a diversity of diffusion of the game of hockey.