sport and society Flashcards
popular recreation
- sport and passtimes of people in pre-industrial Britain
- hobbies/sport/ activities
feudal system
A way of structuring society around a relationship derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour
Pre-industrial society characteristics
- limited transport
- widespread literacy
- harsh lifestyle
-limited free time - class division
- rural
characteristics of popular recreation
- social class = seperation of activities
- rural = countryside, natural resources, limited space
- widespread literacy = simple rules
- limited free time= occasionally played
- harsh lifestyle = violent/aggressive
- limited transport = local
mob football
- played by lower class
- localised form of activity
- very simple- made use of what was already available, in fields + pigs bladder instead of football
- male dominated + highly violent
- little rules
why mob football was banned
- violent
- injury/death
-damage of property - gambling/wagering
- drunken behaviour
real tennis
- exclusive - upper class
- educated/ highly literate = complex rules
- high moral code = civilised
- more free time = played regularly
- purpose built facilities
- travel = non local
- skillful game = shows superiority
rational recreation
- 19th century these sports were pastimes for the lower class which were designed by the middle class to be well ordered, organised and controlled
wenlock olympic games
-1850: Olympian class was formed by the Wenlock Agricultural Reading society
- the Wenlock games were created by Dr William Penny Brookes
- includes: athletics, quoits, football, cricket, running, hurdles, penny farthing cycling
-celebration & pageantry key important part of games
- games= amateurs, no financial rewards to victors
athletics and a rational recreation
- non violent
- played nationally/ reguarly
- rule, create NGB
- referee/ officials
- purpose built facilities
- skill/tactic based
reasons why olympics was set up
- moral, physical and intellectual improvements
- participation in outdoor recreation challenges
- prizes for success promote participation
industrial revolution
- rapid development of industry that occurred in Britain in the late 18th-19th century (use of steam power)
- intro of machinery, growth of factories, mass production of manufactured goods
influence of industrial revolution on the development of rationalised sports and passtimes - negative, first half
- migration of the lower class into urban areas
- lack of leisure time
- lack of income
- poor health
- loss of rights
- lack of provision
influence of industrial revolution on the development of rationalised sports and passtimes - positive, second half
- health and hygiene improved = public baths- more energy to participate
- increase in wages and more time for sport
- new middle class
- values of athleticism
- improvement of transport and communications - roads + trains
- becomes cheaper to travel -participation and spectators
urbanisation
-large numbers of people moving from rural to town/cities
- lack of space - led to purpose build facilities
- large working class populations -need entertaining, more spectators
- loss of traditional sports
- change in working conditions - more free time, spectators increased
transport revolution
- development of trains and railways
- faster trains- can travel further-> national leagues
- leagues caused rules to be made
- improved access to different parts of the country
- cheaper train travel -working class