The Emergence and Globalisation of Sport

What The Emergence and Globalisation of Sport covers

The Emergence and Globalisation of Sport is examined in Paper 1, Factors affecting participation in physical activity and sport. It covers pre-industrial society, mob football and real tennis, Industrialisation, urbanisation and rational recreation, association football, lawn tennis and Victorian athletics, amateurs, professionals and women in Victorian sport, the Golden Triangle of sport, media and sponsorship and professionalism and elite women's sport since 1950.

The 6 subtopics

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• Pre-industrial society, mob football and real tennisThe two-tier class system, rural life and local rules, illiteracy and a harsh lifestyle, mob football and attempts to ban it, wagering, and real tennis.Open →
• Industrialisation, urbanisation and rational recreationRational recreation, factory legislation, urbanisation, public baths and parks, railways and communication, the Empire, works and church teams, muscular Christianity and the three-tier class system.Open →
• Association football, lawn tennis and Victorian athleticsThe Football Association and the Cambridge Rules, the FA Cup and Football League, the invention of lawn tennis and Wimbledon, pedestrianism, rationalised athletics and the Wenlock Olympian Games.Open →
• Amateurs, professionals and women in Victorian sportGentleman amateurs and working-class professionals, the legalising of professionalism in 1885, exclusion from amateur athletics, and the medical myths, dress and sports that limited Victorian women.Open →
• The Golden Triangle of sport, media and sponsorshipThe Golden Triangle, commercialisation, radio, television, satellite coverage from 1992, sponsorship, format changes, the internet and social media, and globalisation of the Premier League.Open →
• Professionalism and elite women's sport since 1950The end of football's maximum wage and retain-and-transfer, the Open era in tennis, shamateurism in athletics, the FA's ban on women's football, professional women's leagues, the WTA and equal prize money.Open →

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Commonly confused

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• Popular recreation vs Rational recreation

  Popular recreation: local, occasional and violent pastimes played to unwritten rules. Rational recreation: organised and codified games with written rules, regular fixtures and governing bodies.

• Mob football vs Real tennis

  Mob football: a violent lower-class game with unlimited players and simple unwritten rules. Real tennis: an upper-class racket game with complex rules played on purpose-built courts.

• Amateur vs Professional

  Amateur: a performer who takes part for enjoyment without payment. Professional: a performer who is paid to play and earns a living from competing.

Questions from this topic

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1. 1

   What was the two-tier class system of pre-industrial Britain?

   Model answer

   Society had an upper class of gentry and aristocracy and a lower class of peasants. Each class had its own distinct pastimes.

2. 2

   How did a mainly rural population shape popular recreation before 1780?

   Model answer

   Most people lived in small villages and worked on the land. Games were played locally on open fields and common land. Free time followed the farming calendar and holy days.

3. 3

   Why were pre-industrial games played to local rules?

   Model answer

   Poor roads and transport meant people rarely travelled beyond their own area. Limited communication meant each village kept its own version of a game.

4. 4

   How did widespread illiteracy affect the rules of popular recreation?

   Model answer

   Most ordinary people could not read or write, so rules were simple and unwritten. Rules were passed on by word of mouth and varied between villages.

5. 5

   How did a harsh way of life show itself in pre-industrial pastimes?

   Model answer

   Long hours of hard manual work bred a tough and often violent culture. Pastimes were frequently cruel or brutal, such as bear-baiting and cock-fighting.

6. 6

   Why was popular recreation occasional rather than regular?

   Model answer

   The lower classes worked long hours and had very little free time. Games were played on holy days and festivals, such as Shrove Tuesday.

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What does The Emergence and Globalisation of Sport cover in AQA A-Level Physical Education?

6 subtopics: pre-industrial society, mob football and real tennis, industrialisation, urbanisation and rational recreation, association football, lawn tennis and victorian athletics, amateurs, professionals and women in victorian sport, the golden triangle of sport, media and sponsorship and professionalism and elite women's sport since 1950. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.

How is The Emergence and Globalisation of Sport organised?

By the AQA 7582 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.