Reinhart Koselleck was a German historian who devoted himself to researches and discussions related to the theory of history and modern and contemporary history. From the dialogue with his ideas, this article aims to present some notes on the contributions of the conceptual history for the investigations which have as their object institutionalized body practices, including the sport, hoping to collaborate to draw attention to the need to increase the rigor and depth of analysis/interpretation related to these objects
History of sports; conceptual history; theory of history