Sport and society Flashcards
What was living in pre-industrial Britain like?
- poor hygiene
- limited transport and communication
- 80% was rural areas
- vast gap between the rich and poor
- many people were unable to read or write
- most poor people worked for the rich (mainly within the agricultural industry - very busy and intense jobs)
- society was static and cruel
How did living conditions in pre-industrial Britain affect sport?
- limited transport etc = less competition as people were unable to travel far away for fixtures
- working for rich in agriculture = limited free/leisure time to participate in sport
- illiteracy = unable to read the rules and therefore play the sport
- gap between rich and poor = differences in the types of sports played by the very separate classes
- poor hygiene = more injury and less available for fixtures as people became ill quickly
List the 4 Cs that are associated with pre-industrial Britain
- Cruel
- Countryside
- Communications
- Clear class divide
What were activities like?
- male-dominated
- aggressive
- localised
- occasional
- no rules / uncodified
- violent
- injuries
- damage to property
- reflects harsh society
- rural
What is a popular recreation?
the sport and pastimes for people in pre-industrial Britain
What is a feudal system?
a way of structuring society around a relationship, derived from holding of land in exchange for service of labour
What is mob football?
- played by peasants
- clear division in society (2 tiers)
- localised
- played in fields and villages with natural resources they had available to them (e.g. pigs bladder)
- played on holy days and festivals due to lack of leisure time
- male-dominated + violent + unruly in nature
What is real tennis also known as?
- ’ The Kings Game’
- ‘Royal Tennis’
What is real tennis?
- did not reflect typical popular recreation characteristics of many activities of the time
- upper class males of society
- inside sport
- played with high moral code + lacked violence
- upper class relied on lower class to do labour so they didn’t work and had plenty of leisure time (unlike LC)
- had plenty of money for facilities etc, that LC couldn’t afford for this sport
- had access to travel so not all local; more competition than in LC sports
- requires skill
What is athletics in pre-industrial Britain?
- footmen played it e.g. hired servants competed as messengers
- form of competitive running / walking in 17th/18th century
Define patron
a member of the gentry who looked after the lower-class performer e.g. arranging competitions for them to compete in + putting prize money while genuinely looking after the welfare of the performer.
What is athletics also known as?
foot racing
Why were popular recreations eventually banned in the 19th century?
- associated with wagering and drunken behaviour
- damage to property
- a lot of injury and in serious cases, death
- violent and unruly nature
What does HITFOR stand for? What does it represent also?
Lack of health and hygiene
Lack of income
Lack of time
Lack of facility provision
Lack of space, lots of overcrowding
Lack of rights
Represents: the initial effects of the Industrial Revolution (1st half of 19th century)
How did the industrial revolution change sport and society?
SPORT
- popular recreations = rational recreations
- order, logic and structure applied to sport
- restrictions made on mob football and blood games
- no access to private facility / personal equipment
- little space for mob games due to factories being built
PEOPLE
- more workers at factories rather than in agriculture
- ‘seasonal’ to ‘machine’ = 12 hour shifts 6 days a week
- poverty = little spare income
How did poor health affect recreation?
- people taking time off work
- had less pay for time taken off
- less income for leisure pursuits
- overworking = health issues
What improved in the second half of the industrial revolution?
- Health and hygiene
- Increase in wages + time for sport
- Three-tier society
- Ex-public schoolboys
- Values of athleticism
- Industrial patronage
- Transport + communication
- Cheaper travel
Who was the main founder of the Wenlock Games?
Dr William Penny Brookes
What year was the Wenlock games founded?
1850
What were the Wenlock Games?
- mixture of traditional country sports e.g. football, cricket, running, hurdles, and quoits.)
- held in Crystal Palace
- promoted moral, physical and intellectual improvements, especially in lower-class people of Wenlock
- encouraged outdoor activities + skillful players with prizes
- mimics Greek Olympic Games (modern)
- rules written, people from all over country were attracted
- pageantry + celebrations = important
- campaigned for PE to be on school curriculum + promoted benefits of sports
Mnemonic for 4 vital points of urbanisation
W(orking conditions)
W(ork space)
W(orking class population)
L(oss of traditional sports
How did the railway develop sport?
- movement of teams/spectators, nationwide fixtures developing on a regular basis
- improved access to different parts of the country, leagues formed with clubs across the country
- cheaper train travel, working class could follow their team home or away
- improved access to countryside, reachable
How did the church influence sport?
- facilities like halls were provided
- encouraged civilised behaviour - shift from popular recreation to rational recreation
- increased attendance at church + holy days
- organised sports teams.
What is muscular Christianity ?
- The church helping promote social control (improved behaviour) through civilised activities
- Using sport to increase attendance in church
What is codification?
The development of strict rules, national governing bodies were formed, mainly by old public school and university boys
How did competition have an impact on participation in sport?
it was the formation of leagues and competitions in universities, public schools and NGOs via middle class involvement - more competition
What was increased leisure time and how did it impact sport?
it was spare time people had outside work and this increased as factories opened, giving more time off work to get involved in sport
What is urbanisation?
The movement of large numbers of people from rural areas, to towns and cities, seeking regular work in factories.
What is rational recreation ?
The sports pastimes for the lower classes, made by the middle classes to be ruled, well-presented and controlled
What class did the Wenlock Agricultural Reading Society firm and what was it’s aim?
The Olympic Class - aimed to promote moral, physical and intellectual improvements, especially to lower classes by offering prizes to those who are successful.
What else did Dr William Penny Brookes and the Wenlock Olympian Society do to promote sport ?
• campaigned for Physical Education to be in the school curriculum
• promoted the benefits of sport and physical exercise nationally
How did communications change after the Industrial Revolution?
• There was a gradual improvement with educational provision; society became more literate.
• Developments in printed media allowed people to have more knowledge on the benefits of exercise
Why did the church promote sport?
• encouraged social control
• diverted people away from ‘less socially acceptable activities’ like drinking and wagering
• to improve morality of the working classes
• to increase church attendance
• promoting healthy body/healthy mind link (through YMCA)
• promotes Christian values
What did the Church do to promote sport?
• provided facilities such as halls and fields
• set up teams and whole clubs
• organised competitions and fixtures
• developed programmes like Scouts, the Boy’s Brigade, the YMCA etc (promoting physical activities to all involved and applying sport into the programmes)
What was the emergence of the middle class a result of?
Urbanisation and industrialisation - they were self-made me who took advantage of the new business opportunities in new industries (played sort with high moral code as they developed strict rules as wanted to reflect this into the lower classes)
How did the middle class improve sporting provision for the lower class?
• codification - development of strict rules through NGBs, old public school and university boys
• competitions - development of league and cup fixtures via church/NGBs/factories/universities etc
• public provisions e.g. parks and baths (via middle class philanthropists like factory owners and church)
• increased leisure time - factory owners gave employees a little more time off to play/watch sport
• ‘professionalism’ - introducing early commercial factors in to sport e.g. agents and promoters and factory teams formed, paying broken time payments for footbal
Define philanthropist
Kind, generous members of the working class who had a social conscience so were willing to provide a better quality of life among lower class
How did public school and university old boys influence development of sport through the British Empire?
• As TEACHERS - developed teams + taught sporting values to schools in the Empire
• As DIPLOMATS - travelled world and took sport with them
• as INDUSTRIALISTS - set up teams in factories and gave more time off
• as CLERGY - developed church teams / became missionaries and took sport with them
• as OFFICERS in BRITISH ARMY - payed sport with armed services
• forming NGBs - which codified sport and established leagues etc which spread through the Empire
What is amateur ideal?
• no such thing as win at all costs
• playing sport was based upon sportsmanship and game etiquette- unwritten rules of the sport
Why were NGBs needed?
• more leagues required
• more fixtures required
• more clubs forming
• wanted to maintain ‘amateur ideal’
• threats of commercialism
• different public schools played different versions
• rules /codification required
What are the characteristics of rational recreation?
• respectability
• referees / officials present
• purpose-built facilities e.g. stadiums etc
• skills/tactics based
• stringent administration and codification
• regionally/nationally/regularly played
• amateurism and professionalism
• has impacts from revolutions
• gambling controlled
• impact of religion
Define amateur
A person who plays for the love of the sport and receives no financial gain
Define professionalism
a person who plays sport for financial gain