Rationalisation And Modern-day Development Of Lawn Tennis Flashcards
1
Q
What was lawn tennis?
A
A middle-class invention as middle classes aspired to be elite upper classes in society but were excluded from real tennis
2
Q
Why was lawn tennis important for women?
A
Female participation first allowed in 1884
Helped overcome suppression and negative stereotypes
Increased female role models e.g. miss maud Watson winner of Wimbledon 1884
3
Q
Key features of lawn tennis in industrial/post-industrial era (5)
A
- middle-class invention
- played and organised by middle class
- specialist equipment
- standardised rules
- played males and females
