OCR PE: SPORT AND SOCIETY



The emergence and evolution of modern sport


THE MAIN COMPONENTS


* The characteristics of sport in pre-industrial times (before 1850 - called the period of Popular Recreation): the factors that affected/influenced how sport was played during that period

* The characteristics of sport after the Industrial revolution kicked in (1850 onwards - called the period of Rational Recreation)

* The factors that shaped the development of sport in the 20th Century.

* The factors that further shaped the development of sport in the 21st Century, particularly the globalisation of sport.

* The modern phenomenon of Global Sporting events.