Popular recreations effect on the health and opportunities for participation

Question 1

Pop rec was occasional. What did this mean for the development of the LC?

Answer 1

They did not develop competency skills because they did not have the time to refine them.

Question 2

Due to their being a lack of skill in mob football what was used instead?

Answer 2

Brute force.

Question 3

If a sport was regular how often would it occur?

Answer 3

Daily/weekly/monthly

Question 4

Thinking specifically about regularity. Did pop-rec effect the LC health?

Answer 4

No. The games were not played often enough for it to have an effect on their health.

Question 5

There was often a lack of rules in pop-rec. What effect did this have on the health of the participants?

Answer 5

It negatively effected their health. Due to their being a lack of rules in place, participants would often suffer from injuries and sometimes death in games such as mob football.

Question 6

Why was it bad for the LC to be injured?

Answer 6

The mob games already ate into a lot of their productivity time. By becoming injured they could be out of work for weeks/months.

Question 7

There was no equipment or facilities for the LC. How did this effect their level of skill?

Answer 7

Negatively they didn’t have tools to be able to develop fine motor skills.

Question 8

The UC and MC did have facilities and equipment. What did this mean they could develop?

Answer 8

Skills in their games such as hand eye co-ordination due to the use of rackets in lacrosse and real/lawn tennis.

Question 9

Games such as mob football were not able to be held in regional tournaments. Why was this?

Answer 9

Different localities had different rules. It made it difficult/impossible to play each other.

Question 10

Sport in the pre-industrial era was mainly for men but what sport did women participate in?

Answer 10

Smock races

Question 11

What pop-rec is still available today?

Answer 11

Ashbourne royals Shrovetide football (form of mob football).

Rural areas still have traditional festivals/fetes.

Question 12

What are the two key ‘sports’ from pop-rec times that are available to participate in today?

Answer 12

Cheese-rolling in Gloucestershire

Highland games in Scotland

Question 13

Many blood sports were banned in the middle of the nineteenth century due to the formation of the RSPCA. But what blood sport still remained and why?

Answer 13

Fox hunting. It remained due to its high favour shown by the UC.

Question 14

Why was pop-rec occasional?

Answer 14

There was a lack of free time.

Question 15

Why was pop-rec simple?

Answer 15

There were few facilities and equipment available. Much of the LC were uneducated so the rules were simple.

Question 16

Why were pop-rec passed down orally?

Answer 16

The LC were often uneducated so were unable to write down the rules of their games. Transferring it verbally was the only way.

Question 17

Why was pop-rec violent and cruel?

Answer 17

Few rules in the activities led to the games being violent. There were no rules to say that they couldn’t hit people.
It also reflected the harsh society.

Question 18

Why was pop-rec functional?

Answer 18

They served a specific purpose for society. Hunting was a way of practicing for defending.

Question 19

Give an example of an occupational pop-rec.

Answer 19

Watermen transferring people across the water. Then turned to boatmen with the creation of rowing competitions.

Question 20

How was wagering involved in pop-rec?

Answer 20

Sponsoring of LC by the UC.

Way for the LC to display wealth.

Question 21

Why was pop-rec local?

Answer 21

Lack of mobility (transport) and there were frequent wars.