Sport, and the manner in which it is practised, has seen a change of milieu; we are therefore invited to study the different territorial forms it has taken on. The changes have come gradually: to commence with, sports areas were set aside with every facility for sportsman and spectator. The next stage (developing more and more since the sixties) has seen an attraction towards wide open spaces where the athletes are seeking new areas for the enjoyment of their leisure pursuits. Deserting the habitual sports institutions for more individual, less organized activities, the accent is on individuation, hybridization and adventure. The emergence of such non-established sports territories is the bane of town and country planners; their existence substantiates the revealing statements of the sports community and brings into question their relationship with society as a whole.