Abstract

With the exploration of athletic skill content and manifold development of metaphor theory study，the theory of athletic skill metaphor comes into existence gradually． It explores the rules of formation，transmission and transformation of athletic techniques by way of metaphor，fills up the vacancy of metaphor study of sport area，and makes the foundation of sport branch of metaphor． By the analysis of athlete thinking rules，this study will set up a bridge to communicate relative areas，and will be a cut- in point that makes aesthetics subjects get into sport training area．

Skill Oriented Four Events with Difficulty and Beauty are selected． They are artistic gymnastics，rhythmic gymnastics，sport dancing and Wushu，which are taken as the typical programmers to study． By research methods such as document，observation，interview，instance，questionnaire investigation and phenomenology，on the basis of theoretical and practical layers，this study makes a detail analysis about the formation and working mechanism of metaphor transmission system of athletic skill idea and the classifications，features and values of athletic skill metaphors，meanwhile it reveals the thinking content of athletic skill from metaphor aspect． Forty typical examples of athletic skill metaphors are included in the study．

There are several main conclusions summarized from this thesis．

There are two definitions of athletic skill metaphor：for general，it is the language，skill，and culture behaviors of feeling，experiencing，imagining，understanding and transmitting thinking and rules of athletic skills by the enlightenment of other kinds of things；for specific，it is a typical depiction of kinesthetic sensation and thinking states of athletic skill by means of using other things during the formation course of athletic skill． From mechanism aspect，athletic skill metaphor can be defined as a producing course of metaphor meaning of athletic skill idea，which is a complex transmission system including subject，object，essence，analogue and resemblance．

The essence should be chosen at the suitable occasion when the athletes are in the process of building the integration conception and showing the feelings thoroughly in metaphor transmission system of athletic skill idea． The factors of choosing essence are based on physical and non- physical aspects．The selection of analogues includes all kinds of things in the world such as designs，relative sport programs，phenomena in nature and our lives，etc．Meanwhile the suitable choosing occasion of analogue is also concerned with different forming phases of skills．

This thesis summarizes seven main metaphors from the analysis of many subordinate metaphors． They are vessel metaphor，direction metaphor，relevance metaphor，medium metaphor，rule metaphor，emotion metaphor and universe metaphor． These metaphors reveal the rules of thinking activities during the formation of athletic skills，meanwhile，athletic skill metaphors present these characters such as innovation and creation of thinking，vagueness and superiority of application，specification and personification of presentation，systematization and guidance of information，integration and multi-meaning of transmission，connectivity and subjunctive，approval by people and circumstance base，transformation and moving balance etc．

The classical athletic skill metaphors are typical ones． They are not only the guidance of kinesthetic sensation，but also a fluent mode of body and mental，which show the professional，subtle，general，relative and spacious characters of thinking activities，visualize the real and whole image of athletic skills，enlighten abundant and suitable imagination，finish the formation of sensation system and positioning of style and so on，in addition they embody the potential values of science，humanism and art．

Key words ：athletic skill，idea，Skill Oriented Events with Difficulty and Beauty，metaphor