Emergence of the globalisation of sport in twenty-first century
Pre industrial britain
3.limited transport
4.limited communication
2.working class and upper class have very different living conditions and quality of lives
5.widespread illiteracy
1.lots of feast/holy days (christmas, easter, bank holidays)
6.long working hours so very limited free time
Characteristics of popular recreation due to the pre industrial life style
3&4 sport was very localised. between villages or split villages
5. there was limited organisation and simple rules that were not written down
2.the gentry/upper class activities were very separate and different to the peasant/lower class activities
7. the games were very aggressive and violent
1&6.sport was occasional because holy/feast days were the only days they could play on
8. played on rural and natural land
7. harsh society
8. pre-industrial/farming culture/pre-urban
2 main popular recreations in the pre industrial britain era
Mob football
Real Tennis
played with a pigs bladder inflated as a ball
only rules were manslaughter and murder were prohibited
was a medieval game
in 1863 rules were introduced
in 1866 the 90 min time restriction was agreed
was played by soilders in the army
Duke of Northumberland provided a pitch for playing on
violent and chaotic
still played over two days on shrove tuesday and ash wednesday
formed from a medieval game
faded out in the 1700's but returned in the 1850's
played on an indoor court with walls. purpose built, if the ball strikes the rafters or lights it was out
complex rules. serving from one end with one foot on the floor
played by kings and noble men in the 16th and 18th century
played very regularly because the kings and noble men had lots of free time
exclusively only played by men
betting on the game was also very popular
required equipment like rackets and balls
Foot racing - a form of competitive running/walking in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries involving feats of endurance. As time progressed it advanced into pedestrianism.
Was played originally by servants as they acted as messengers for the upper class. these upper class people became patrons to the servants speed as they noticed that they were fast. patrons were members of the gentry that looked after the lower class and arranged competitions for them
a betting culture began on these servants and became very enjoyable for the gentry
Industrial and post industrial britain
society moved from hevily agricultural to be ing dominated by factories
decreased rural areas/land
urbanisation!!! - large numbers of people moving from rural areas into towns and cities, seeking regular work in factories
people worked in factories so only had sunday off and were much stricter hours resulting in less popular recreation
popular recreation tuned into rational recreation
rational recreastion has more order, logic and structure
The Wenlock Olympic games
Doctor William Penny Brookes was the founder
Old womens race where the winner won a pound of tea
still occurs today
first national games were in london in 1866
patrons were involved
began in 1850
quoits, cricket, football and athletics were events
started by the wenlock agricultural society
was used to promote moral physical and intellectual improvements fro lower class
the mascot for the 2012 olympic games was named Wenlock
Industrial revolution
Early 1800's
1850's+