20th century sport

Question 1

how did the availability of time affect sport

Answer 1

• technological advancements leads to better working hours this allows for higher participation rates
• 2 weeks payed holiday allows for rest and leisure time to play sports

Question 2

how did law and order

Answer 2

• 2 world wars negatively affected participation
• the beginning of drug scandals in the 60s gave sport a bad reputation
• hooliganism was now an issue in football
• fields of play were enclosed and sports had written codes of conduct

Question 3

how did amateur and professional statuses change during the 20th century

Answer 3

• professionalism becoming less associated with the working class as there were now professional rugby and cricket clubs
• unemployment during the interwar depression caused some professional clubs to go bankrupt due to lack of spectators
• middle class didn’t associate with professional sport
• amateur sport was good for moral in the war

Question 4

how did the gender role change and what was the effect on sport

Answer 4

• men at war -> women had to keep the business running, meaning they didn’t have time to participate due to lack of time and money
• this also meant that women could not travel to stadiums to watch games and therefore clubs lost their revenue and popularity

Question 5

how did the transport affect sport

Answer 5

• public and private transport became more accessible
• increasing numbers travelling to play
• spectatorship increased massively
• big crowds at London Olympics in 1948
• international competitions available by planes and ferries (introduction of globalisation)

Question 6

how did education affect sport

Answer 6

• education act of 1944 meant all schools had the responsibility to develop physical, mental, spiritual well being of the community
• all schools including grammar schools had PE on their curriculum
• and extra curricular provisions were introduced