Socio Cultural - Questions Flashcards
Explain the advantages/disadvantages of the olympics on society.
TTENPS Transport links/congestion Tourism/terrorism Employment/temporary Nation building/racism Participation in balanced active healthy lifestyles/armchair athletes
Explain the advantages/disadvantages of the olympics on sport.
PROFILE Profile increased/elitist Organisation improved/drug deviance World class facilities/wasted International events Lottery funding/elitist Excellence and success
Identify the roles of the IOC.
I-O-C No discrimination Organise summer and winter games Control commercialism Manage national governing bodies
Explain the reasons for surviving ethnic sports’ continued popularity.
LORISTT Local - unique to community, pride Occasional - annual, maintains interest Religion - based around religious events Isolated - maintains ethnic identity Social - brings the community together Tourism - brings in money to local area Tradition - keen to recreate the past
Explain traditional amateur approach to sport.
WHAT WHY WHERE HOW Gentleman's amateur ethos, payment frowned upon Intrinsic motives such as enjoyment Started in English public schools Because of poorly organised NGBs
Explain professional approach to sport.
WHAT WHY WHERE HOW
Sport run as a business, payment commonplace
Win ethic, sporting excellence
Golden triangle, sport linked to sponsorship and the media
Improved organisation of NGBs
Explain the nature of sport in America.
SHAPETURE Big four sports dominate, football basketball ice hockey baseball Golden triangle Commercialism American Dream, rags to riches Win ethic Capitalism
Origins of American football.
What? What? Where? When? Who? Offshoot of rugby, gridiron Ivy League colleges First match was Princeton vs Rutgers 1869 Few rules, high physicality, deaths
Nature of American football, violence.
Frontier spirit Rules Win ethic Protection Tradition
Nature of American football, commercialism.
Business
Golden triangle
Super bowl
Nature of sport in Australia.
Climate Accessible environment Role models Bush culture High status in schools Political funding and support Fashionable
Origins of Australian rules football.
What? What? Where? Where? When? Why? Who? Combo of rugby/aboriginal leaping game Combo of rugby/Gaelic football Victoria, 1850 Cricket ovals Winter training programme for cricket Tom Wills
Describe the factors that shaped the development of Australian rules football.
All Australian Aboriginals Exit Bush Cos Match Programme Comes on Game for all National sport High abo participation rate Exhibition matches Bush culture Conversion Media Clear progression pathways Commercialism
Describe the role of the English institute of sport.
PLANS Performance lifestyle advice Performance analysis, video Performance nutrition advice Performance sports science
Describe the role of UK sport.
ELITE
Manage elite sport
Distributes lottery funding World class performance plan
Attracts international events London 2012
Distributes TASS funding, TALENTED ATHLETE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME
Ethical behaviour, 100% me
