Rational Recreation Flashcards
Rational Recreation Characteristics (9)
and Sociocultural factors
Purpose built facilities- Improved tech
Regional/National- Improved transport
Regular- Increased free time
Amateur/Pro- middle class and class structure
Control of Gambling- Laws/police
Elitist/Exclusive- Social class/ gender discrimination
Admin/Codification- Literate/ business skills
Fair play/ Respectable- Civilized society
Urban/Suburban- Industrial
Effects of Industrialisation on LC (7)
Increased towns = Loss playing space
Increased work hours = Less time, tired, unhealthy
Low wages = Less £ for sport
Agricultural Revolution = Machinery so people move to towns for jobs/ intensive farming so loss of playing space
Village Culture Lost = Team games suffer
RSPCA = Loss of traditional recreations (cock throwing)
Cramped Living = Unhygienic, cholera, no sport
Sociocultural factors of 1850+ (9)
Agrarian Revolution
Industrial revolution
Increased free time
Changing work conditions
Women
Church influence
Amateur/ Pro
Transport
Critical evaluation of sociocultural factors: Increased free time…
*3 bonus marks
- Early closing movement*
- Saturday/ Wednesday half day*
- Sheffield Wednesday*
Regular play = Increased skill and health/ factory teams/ spectators/ more daylight hours/ church approved/ more holidays
Critical evaluation of sociocultural factors: Women
NO SWEAT…
but middle class invented lawn tennis
Critical evaluation of sociocultural factors: Church
NO to pop rec (gambling, violence, alcohol)
YMCA/ Muscular christians encouraged play to promote beliefs/ VEHICLE to promote mind, body, spirit (rugby)/ Cricket not violent/ half day sat = no sport sunday)
Critical evaluation of sociocultural factors: Middle Class
Respectability/ rationalised sport
Law and order BUT… bad for LC
Promote amateurism BUT… LC need £ to play
Lawn tennis so women could play
Critical evaluation of sociocultural factors: Transport
Further in less time/ national leagues and spectators/ standardised rules
Critical evaluation of sociocultural factors: Amateur/ Pro
*1 bonus mark
Broken time payments to compensate
BUT… LC become better than UC/MC which is bad for them
£ from spectator so more £ for pro/ increased opp for pro
Critical evaluation of sociocultural factors: Agrarian Revolution
Land farmed to feed growing towns = less land for sport
Lost jobs to machines = Moved to towns
Critical evaluation of sociocultural factors: Industrial Revolution
Longer Hrs = less time for sport/ tired
Church influence = No sport sunday
Critical evaluation of sociocultural factors: Changing work conditions
*1 bonus mark
Industrail patronage
Improved hygeine/ improve health/ industrial patronage and excursions so people worked harder/ increased wages = more £ for sports
