Industrial and Post industrial sports

Rational Recreation

Factors of the industrial revolution

Urbanisation

Church

Communications

Transport

British empire

National governing bodies

Respectability

Regional/National and regular

Characterised by:

Administration and codification

Referees and officials

Purpose built facilities

Skills/tactics based

Lack of free time due to shift in work (season-machine)

Lack of income

Migration from country side to towns and cities

Poor health

Lack of provision and loss of rights

Some improvements occured

Health and Hygeine

Wage and free time increase

3 Class system

Influence of ex public school boys (industry church and NGB)

Improved transport (more affordable) and communication

Industrial patronage

Large numbers of people migrating from rural areas in seek of work

Lack of space

large working class populations

Loss of traditional sports

Change in working conditions

Improved access to different areas of the country

Cheaper train travel

Movement of teams and spectators

Improved access to country side

Used sport as a way of encouraging Social control

Church provided facilities

Set up teams and competitions

provided more opportunities for sporting involvement

Improved as society became more literate

Newspapers developed

Printed media led to role models

Spread by: (providing opportunity and encouraging it)

Teachers

Industrialists

Clergy

Officers in the army

Diplomats

National governing bodies

Teams and clubs were forming

fixtures were becoming more regular and international

Sports becoming more popular and widespread

Leagues and competitions were organised

Nationally agreed codification and required to ensure fairplay

Maintenance of amateur ideal way of dealing with early professionalism and commercialisation of sport

NGB's formed by upper class it was trying to make amateur sport exclusive