AS Sport And Society Flashcards
What were 6 characteristics of pre-industrial Britain?
- illiterate
- harsh
- limited free time (worked according to agricultural calendar)
- feudal system
- lived in rural areas
- limited communication and transport
What was the Feudal System?
Upper class giving land to lower class for labour and loyalty
What were 5 characteristics of popular recreation?
- little to no rules
- aggressive and male dominated
- played limited times a year
- played on the land
- specific to communities
What were 5 characteristics of mob football?
- little rules
- aggressive
- played on the land
- specific to areas
- played once a year
Why was mob football banned in the 19th century?
- too violent
- led to injury/death
- damage to property
- gambling
- association with alcohol
What were 6 characteristics of real tennis?
- specialist facilities
- written rules
- respectful behaviour
- travel to games
- specialist equipment
- played regularly
What was pedestrianism?
Early athletics that was set up by the upper class (patrons) for the lower class
What were the characteristics of pedestrianism?
- Simple, unwritten rules
- local
- occurred once a year
- played on the land
- gambling
What is the definition of rational recreation?
Sports/pastimes for the lower class that designed by the middle class to be organised and controlled
Who set up the first Wenlock Olympic Games?
Dr William Penny Brookes
What was the purpose of the Wenlock Olympic Games?
- Promote physical endeavour
- promote moral integrity
- for the people of Wenlock
- develop Olympians
What is urbanisation?
People moving from rural areas to urban towns/cities
What was the impact of the early Industrial Revolution on society?
- lack of spare time
- lack of income
- poor health
- loss of rights (increase in social control)
- lack of public provision
What was the impact of the early Industrial Revolution on sport?
- loss of space to play sports
- lack of spare time to play sports
- cannot afford specialist equipment/sport
- too poor health to play sports
- mob blood sports banned
What was the later impact of the Industrial Revolution on society?
- improved health and hygiene (public baths)
- gradual increase in wages and spare time (Factory Act giving Saturday half days)
- improvements in transport and communication
What was the later impact of the Industrial Revolution on sport?
- improved hygiene so could play sports
- more free time due to Factory Act to play sports on a Saturday afternoon
- emergence of the middle class to organise and codify sports
- ex-public school boys sharing experience/knowledge of sport
- industrial patronage (factory owners setting up teams and leagues)
- development of transport and communication allowing fixtures
What was the impact of urbanisation on sport?
- Lack of space meant a need for purpose built facilities
- large working class population meant an increase in spectators
- loss at traditional sports meant a need for new sports
- change in working conditions meant improved sporting attendance/performance
What was the Transport Revolution?
The development of trains and railways
What was the impact of the Transport Revolution on sport?
- Movement of teams improved the quality of sport
- showed a need for NGBs
- improved access meant sport developed from regional to national
- cheaper travel meant that the working class could follow teams as spectators
- improved access to countryside lead to sports such as rambling
Why could communication improve?
Better education meant people were more literate
What communications were developed?
Newspapers
What impact did improved communication have on sport?
- fixtures could be set up
- fans could keep up with stats and matches
What impact did the Church have on sport?
- promoted sport as a form of social control (stopping drinking/gambling etc)
- allowed the use of Church facilities to promote Christian values and improve morality
- involvement of clergy to promote sport
- Church teams (e.g. Aston Villa)
How did sport promotion benefit the Church?
More people attended Church and listened to their values