Exploring Spirituality of Sport for Research in Indonesian Context

Sport is a multidimensional phenomenon, encompasses various purposes ranging from health-focused physical activities to spiritual-enhancing practices. Spirituality contributes to a person's well-being, and recent studies begin to examine the potentials to integrate spirituality into the practice of consulting in sport context. Spirituality for some extent is related to religion. In Indonesia where religion is the most important aspect of life, studies in how spirituality contributes to sport performance and athletes' well-being are interesting and beneficial. However, only few studies are found in this topic, and opportunity to do research in this area is still widely open for exploration. As researches need strong theoretical foundation, this article aims to provide information based on literature review about spirituality of sport, its theories and applications. This information is meant to help future researchers and practitioners who intend to promote athletes' performance and well-being by the means of the benefits of spirituality and religion.