week 6 - history and sociology of sport

What does history teach us

Lessons in social change

• it enriches our understanding of the world around us and gives us historical background to today’s problems and challenges

• Looking back can inform us going forward

Early physical activity focused on

Necessitities of life through hunting and gathering and evolved to more planning

Greek influence on history

Influenced discipline, trained military, warlike/fighting activity which evolved to recreation rooms and gymnasiums

History of olympics

Back in 776 BC included boxing, wrestling, racing for ancient Olympic Games

• Roman age (500BC-476AD) promoted games for entertainment and participatory nature of the Greek activity was replaced with rural, spectator oriented games

• Renaissance (14th century) promoted physical activity for healthy mind and body, marked a growing quest for knowledge of the world and human body

What did the 17th century mark

Reasoned authority and democracy

What did the 18th century mark

Recognition and importance of scientific evidence

What did the 19th century mark

Industrial modernization, increased time for leisure, increase study of movement and sport

• allowed for more money, time, energy and intentional efforts to be active

• Team sports arose during the leisure revolution

What did the 18th century mark

Recognition and importance of scientific evidence

When did the first YMCA open and when in North America

First opened in 1844, in North America in 1851 in Montreal

Where and when was the first modern Olympic Games

1896, Athens Greece

When was first Paraolympics

1960

When was first olympics in Canada

1976, Montreal

• took 30 years to pay off debt

Hockey origin

Originated in Nova Scotia in 1850, published rule book in 1877

When was NHl founded

1917

Football originated when

1869

Basketball invested by… and when

Invested by Dr James Naismith at the YMCA in 1891

When was sport commercializations and advancement of communications technologies begun

Post world war 2 recovery

Important inclusion in sport dates for the USA

1954 - equal access to sport and activity for all races

2002 - title IX, no person excluded for sport or activity based on sex

Important inclusion in sport dates for canada

1961 - fitness and amateur sport act, equal opportunity for all and government funding to advance amateur sports

2012 - Canadian sport policy

What does the Canadian sport policy promote

Promotes participation in

• intro to sports

• Recreational sports

• Competitive sports

• High performance sports

• Sports for development for positive social and economic benefits

What are key components of participACTION and how does it promote physical activity and sport participation (also have other ideas that could be used to promote participation in sport and activity for the exam) (bruh is this English or kin)

They aid to work with the community to include physical activity apart of everybody’s everyday lives. They do this educating people on their website why physical activity is important and how to get started, how they can get movement in their everyday lives, they post workout videos and also host events where people can come and join in

Who do this is a Canadian sport icon and why? (Some suggestions)

• terry fox - helped raised money for cancer while running a marathon of hope

• Wayne Gretzky - holds all time NHL records for goals assist and points

• Sidney Crosby - scored the overtime golden goal in 2010 which won canada a gold medal in Vancouver and led his team to another gold in 2014. Became the first player to win a Stanley cup, Olympic gold and world championship as a captain

Does sport bring communities together? In which way and why. Can you think of an example

Yes obviously, make up some bullshit for the exam cause bruh. But for yk some inspiration

• yes! Because it gives us a common ground to relate to. It promotes teamwork, breaking down barriers and allows us to relate to one another by sharing something everyone loves.

• Ex. The knicks winning and all of nyc went bonkers, white out parties for the jets, people going to pubs to watch sports, idk… etcetc

How has the media influenced sports

• foundation for the business of sport

• Created an interdependent relationship between sport organizations, media companies and sponsors (overall demand for viewership is needed)

• Creates new business avenues to emerge

• Live streams using technology

• Advances guest experiences such as mobile order, online tickets etc

• Advertising and sponsor creates recognition opportunities