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What are sources of historical info?
primary, secondary
things that have been written about primary (books, pictures)
secondary
why study history
people are interpreting history differently
gives us the Depiction of athletic feet and Represents the culture of the time and how they value athleticism
Great works of literature such as The Iliad and The Odyssey
The thoughts and ideas of ancient philosophers like Socrates and Plato
The role they had in connection with sports/games/play
Great architectural monuments like the pyramids of Egypt, the Parthenon in Athens or the Colosseum in Rome
monuments
Sport is the larger domain
Game is under sport
Play is under game
All sport is play, but not all play is sport
In French, the word de(s)porter has its roots in the Latin word deportare, which mean
“to amuse oneself”
Modern term first used in England around A.D. 1440
Origin of the word is Latin and French
Grew throughout England referring to competition in the form of games, individual athletic exploits and hunting.
Sport
play Has three fundamental characteristics:
- Play is intrinsically motivated
-Play involves the temporary suspensions of normal/ typical reality
-Play involves internal locus of control
- Somewhat more organized effort at play, where the organized and playful elements of the activity become more evident; an occurrence
Game
“a play activity which has explicit rules…the element of opposition or contest, recognizable boundaries in time and sometimes in space, and a sequence of actions which is essentially “repeatable” every time the game is played”.
game
is a pattern
sport
○ Continuity: refers to the longevity of the game
○ Division of roles
○ Dynamic interaction with an audience
○ Supporting establishment( sponsors)
sport
the study of change, over time
History
the study of how sport has changed (or not) over time
Sport history
“just the facts”
Objective
Detailed account of what happened in the past
Descriptive
Provides the who, what, when and where of the past
Descriptive
Attempts to explain the how and the why of events of what happened in the past
Interpretive
Introduces the narrator’s perspective into the interpretation
Interpretive
explains and interprets the changes that took place in American sport more than a hundred years ago and continue to occur
Modernization theory
involves where ppl live
Urbanization and industrialism
Fine-tune knowledge of diet and exercise to
help achieve peak performance.
The scholarly study of sport and physical education will continue to investigate the link between
exercise and health (diet).
things in greece that are still common
- Continue to build monuments
-Athletes will continue their quest to achieve victory, sometimes no matter the cost.
-* Performances will inspire, entertain, and disappoint.
No other civilization embraced athletic competition and intellectual development as did the ancient [ ]
Greeks.
Various athletic contests and games were carried to mainland [ ] by merchant sailors from distant lands
Greece
And through military expeditions, the { ] adopted some of the ways of their conquered enemies, including games and sports that appealed to them.
Greeks
Two opposing ideas of thought (regarding physical education in Greece)
naturalistic and antinaturalistic
Man should have a balanced program – harmonious balance among spiritual, intellectual and physical
naturalistic
Both physical education and intellectual education should be incorporated
naturalistic
Held that physical education was a servant to the intellectual process – held the mind in higher esteem than the body
antinaturalistic
- Left no written material
- Formulated philosophy based on dualism (the separation of the mind and the body)
socrates
Socrates pupil; after Socrates death argued for a harmonious relationship between the mind and body; although harmonious does not imply equality.
plato
Wants only the best type of citizen – no patience for all physical and no intellect (dull and boring) and vice versa (soft and effeminate)
plato
Supported the need for modern physical education/kinesiology programs.
plato
studied with Plato for 20 years; tutored Alexander the Great when he was 13 years old
aristotle
aristotle Started his own school,
The Lyceum
Belief that the health of the soul/mind was contingent on a healthy body, that PE (gymnastics) was necessary as well as grammar, music and drawing.
aristotle
Ancient Greece:
The Birthplace of Western Civilization
776BC - 400AD
- Extremely advanced society.
First dominant culture in Europe.
ancient greece
greece Contributions to modern Western thought/society?
Thru literature and art and architecture
funeral games of Petroclus
Iliad
Odysseus proving self
Odyssey
What do these stories of iliad and odyssey tell us about Greece?
they had competitions
one who competes for a prize
athlete
unity of “man of action” and “man of wisdom.
greek ideal
all-around physical, mental, moral individual excellence one strove for.
arete
Military, discipline-oriented society.
“Education” focused on preparation of boys for military.
sparta
Characteristics of training? Did not prepare the girls for military; boys started military at age of 7 ; girls had physical training to have healthy children
sparta
personal trainer of child
Ephors
main sports in sparta
Boxing and wrestling
Embracers of the Greek Ideal
athens
Society reflected dual emphasis on intelligence and physical
athens
Liked what their soldiers looked like
athens
between soldiers as they trained or waited for battle, to pass time
informal contests
well organized contests held by warriors after the funeral of a man killed in battle. Earliest one 1250 BC in Greece
funeral games
Who is the goddess of victory?
Nike
What are the hellanodikai
judges
What are the statues that lined the entrance and were built from the money/fines of corrupt athletes called?
zanes
How did a wrestler/boxer signal defeat
1 finger up
What was the 1st day of the ancient games devoted to?
Mourning, religious day
Whats the pankration
combination of wrestling and boxing
What is the structure called where the chariot races were held?
hippodrome
What were the hand weights that were used to add momentum to the long jump called?
Halteras
What was the god of horses/ horse disturber?
Tersipis
What was zeus called?
God of thunder and lightning
1st olympic game date?
776 BC
what 4 games made up the wreath games
Olympia, Pythian, Nemean, Isthmian
initially held in over 300 cities primarily for entertainment
secular games
sacred site of the god Apollo
Delphi
wreath games that honored Zeus
Nemean
wreath games that honored Poseidon
Isthmian
Largest of a set of religious festivals
ancient olympics
purpose of ancient olympics
Honored Zeus
where was ancient olympics held
Held every 4 years, late summer, in Olympia
(religious holy place, rural)
why was ancient olympics important
National unity. Communication. Religion.
Greek god of horses
Poseidon
there would be no war for 3 months so the athletes and spectators could travel safetly to and from
truce to zeus
Greek males, trained, nude ( a lot came from Sparta)
participants of ancient olympics
ancient olympic rules
Had to take an oath of fair play that they trained for at least 10 months with other athletes; prove that they were citizens without a criminal record
Women? Werent allowed, then only married women could
If women were found in there, they would throw them off the cliff
Everyone went nude from there on so no women could be found
what did u win officially in ancient olympics
OFFICIALLY: Olive wreath
what did u win in practice in ancient olympics
IN PRACTICE: Fame and fortune
Stade race
stadion
first 13 olympics
Eventual 5-day program:
Horse races
Chariot races
Wrestling
Boxing
Pancration (Pankration)
Various footraces
Pentathlon
Changes in ancient Olympics
- Change in emphasis (religious - winning)
- Began to train specifically for event
- Development of potential future Olympians
- Increase in “professionalism”
Cheating, bribery, corruption
Rome ends pagan religious festivals
*400 AD
ordered the destruction of places dedicated to the greek gods (they were christian)
Diocletian and Constantine