4.3 Sport in the late 20th century
- Created by: RoryFitzroy
- Created on: 02-02-17 10:00
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- Reasons for growth in participation of sports since 1950
- Increased leisure time
- Since the end of WW2 standard for living has improved.
- Holiday time and income increased
- Holiday time and income increased
- Since the end of WW2 standard for living has improved.
- Growth in Organised Junior sport
- Matches played between schools declining
- National youth movements e.g Young farmers ckub introduced sports competitions into their festivals
- Local sports clubs started to coach teams of all ages and genders.
- Obesity epidemic
- People adopting a less active lfiestyle, supermarket shopping and Junk food
- Private gyms opened and became popular
- Sport centres and activity centres
- Plas Menai 1986 offered Sailing, canoeing etc.
- Matches played between schools declining
- Improved facilities
- First purpose built sport centre opened in Harlow, sessex 1964
- Sport centres and activity centres
- Plas Menai 1986 offered Sailing, canoeing etc.
- Sport centres and activity centres
- Basketball, volleyball, badmington, squash all increased in popularity
- Floodlights allowed training in evenings
- Synthetic outdoor playing surfaces - Hockey, tennis, football.
- Hillsborough disaster 1989 - 96 deaths of liverpool football fans. Led to improved spectator conditions e.g all seater stadiums
- Obesity epidemic
- People adopting a less active lfiestyle, supermarket shopping and Junk food
- Private gyms opened and became popular
- First purpose built sport centre opened in Harlow, sessex 1964
- Disability sport opportunities
- Sport was introduced as a form of rehabilitation for injured veterans after WW2
- 1948 London olympics led to introduction of wheelchair athletes at the Stoke Mandeville hospital
- Evolved into modern paralympics
- Tanni Grey-Thompson
- Evolved into modern paralympics
- Female participation in sport
- Success of female athletes
- Tanni Grey-Thompson
- Local sports clubs started to coach teams of all ages and genders.
- Success of female athletes
- Better transport
- Fuller employment and more disposable income after WW2
- Increased leisure time
- Influence of TV and sponsorship
- 1960s- most people had access to a TV
- Sports events broadcasts encouraged interest and participation in sport
- Larger audiences attract major sponsors for advertising - pumped money back into the sport
- Sponsor and Cable TV caused shorter versions of sport e.g Twenty20 to fit in TV scheduels
- Competition between TV providers helped Premier league football clubs
- Popularised minority sports
- Sporting icons, lifestyle of players to entertain crowd
- Watch sport at home
- More emphasis on winning than fair playing due to money
- Arsenals emirates stadium was built with money from Sponsorship
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