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Aim of research — description of modern professional sport as a sub-culture phenomenon. Sub-culture can be thought of as the culture of social community of a group with common specific features. The conception of sub-culture helps us to learn the process of culture differentiation and integration including physical training and different types of athletic activity.

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  1. Academy of Physical Education, Decabristov St. 35, 190121, St. Petersburg, Russia

    N. I. Ponomarev

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  1. Research Institute of Physical Culture, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Victor A. Rogozkin

  2. University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland

    Ron Maughan

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Ponomarev, N.I. (1996). Professional Sport as Sub-Culture. In: Rogozkin, V.A., Maughan, R. (eds) Current Research in Sports Sciences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2510-0_12

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