The Emergence of Modern Sport

What The Emergence of Modern Sport covers

The Emergence of Modern Sport is examined in Component 2, Psychological and social principles of physical education. It covers popular recreation in pre-industrial Britain, the Industrial Revolution and recreation, rational recreation, Arnold and athleticism and factory teams, the sporting press and the first governing bodies.

The 4 subtopics

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• Popular recreation in pre-industrial BritainPopular recreation and mob games, their occasional, local and unwritten character, aristocratic and peasant pastimes, field sports, class, blood sports, gambling, the church and the threat to law and order.Open →
• The Industrial Revolution and recreationIndustrialisation and urbanisation, lost space and time, the Factory Acts, the decline of mob games, the railways, education, new wealth, the middle class, and employers providing sport for workers.Open →
• Rational recreation, Arnold and athleticismRational recreation against popular recreation, Thomas Arnold at Rugby School, Muscular Christianity and its writers, the cult of athleticism, the values of games, codification, old boys and amateurism.Open →
• Factory teams, the sporting press and the first governing bodiesFactory teams and the professional clubs that grew from them, professionalism, the sporting press, national governing bodies, the Football Association and Rugby Football Union, and the athletics and lawn tennis bodies of the 1880s.Open →

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Commonly confused

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• Popular recreation vs Rational recreation

  Popular recreation: occasional, local pastimes with few rules before industrialisation. Rational recreation: regular, organised activity with written codes after industrialisation.

• Industrialisation vs Urbanisation

  Industrialisation: the shift from farm work to factory production. Urbanisation: the movement of people from the countryside into towns.

• Muscular Christianity vs Athleticism

  Muscular Christianity: the belief that bodily strength and Christian morality go together. Athleticism: the public schools' devotion to games as a builder of character.

Questions from this topic

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1. 1

   What is meant by popular recreation?

   Model answer

   Popular recreation describes the pastimes of ordinary people before industrialisation. The activities were local, occasional and largely unregulated.

2. 2

   What were the main characteristics of mob games?

   Model answer

   Mob games were violent, with few rules and unlimited numbers of players. Mob games were played between whole villages on festival days.

3. 3

   Why were mob games played only occasionally?

   Model answer

   Peasants worked long hours on the land and had little free time. Games were held on holy days and festivals, such as Shrove Tuesday.

4. 4

   Why did mob games have so few written rules?

   Model answer

   Most of the population was illiterate, so rules were passed on by word of mouth. Rules varied from village to village.

5. 5

   Why were pre-industrial games often local?

   Model answer

   Transport was poor, so people rarely travelled far from home. Each village developed its own version of a game.

6. 6

   How did the pastimes of the aristocracy differ from those of the peasants?

   Model answer

   The aristocracy played refined, codified games such as real tennis. Courtly pastimes needed money, space and expensive equipment.

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What does The Emergence of Modern Sport cover in Edexcel A-Level Physical Education?

4 subtopics: popular recreation in pre-industrial britain, the industrial revolution and recreation, rational recreation, arnold and athleticism and factory teams, the sporting press and the first governing bodies. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.

How is The Emergence of Modern Sport organised?

By the Edexcel 9PE0 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.