SPORTS HISTORY

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REAL INVENTORS

Human beings have played many games and entertained themselves since prehistory time, so it is not easy to say when first sport was truly invented. The invention of ancient sports cannot be related to single individual. Aristocrats and wealth elites from ancient Greece and Rome are regarded as inventors of sports. Ancient Greeks were first to introduce sports formally, to the world and advertise them as competitive events.

The evolution of sports is a fascinating journey that spans many years, reflecting social changes, culture and values of humanity. From beginnings in ancient civilization to modern times, sports have played central role in human society. Let’s explore this evolution as:

AGES

The history of sports goes back at least 3000 years. In the beginning, sports were only related to military training. A competition was held to determine whether individuals were fit and useful for the service. Team sports were held to prove the capability to fight in military wars and also work together as a unit or one team, involving the throwing of spears, stakes, rocks and sparring one-on-one with opponents.

In Middle Ages, games for poor were cheap like wrestling, running races, playing dice and others. While many other people played hunting. Men hunted deer with packs of dog and killed them with arrows. They also hunted wild boar. Even for medieval peasants’ life was not all about hard work. People were allowed to rest on holidays. On holidays, poor people danced and wrestled and also played a form of football. Men from two villages played on pitch and competition held on.

 Furthermore, people from cow’s blades made skates and continued ice skating. People also enjoyed sports like bear-baiting in which bear was tied and dogs were trained to attack on it.

SPORTS IN 16^th AND 17^th CENTURY

In 17^th century, traditional games like bowls continued as tennis and shuttlecock. Wealthy people also played game a pale-maille (Pall Mall in London the name from area where game was played).

  In Tudor times, people learnt to swim using bundle of bulrushes as floats.  The Tudors also liked wrestling and “casting the bar”, which was like shot-putting with iron bar. Hunting was also continued in Tudor times, people kept hunting the deer with arrows and falcons were trained to kill other birds.

SPORTS IN 18^th CENTURY

In 18^th century people continued to play tennis and version of football. In this era, horse racing became professional sport and cricket took on its modern form. The first cricket club was created in Hambleden about 1750.

Rich people also liked fox hunting and bare-knuckle boxing was also popular as some boxers began to wear leather gloves.

SPORTS IN 19^th CENTURY

During 19^th century, many sports became organized, in 1863 the London Football association devised the rules of football. The first international match was held in 1872 between Scotland and England. Australian rules of Football were invented in 1858. John Graham Chambers made up list of boxing rules in 1867.

In this era, many people disapproved the cruel sports like bull-baiting and cockfighting, cockfighting was banned and soon bull-baiting was banned in 1835. Many new sports were invented like Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith and Softball in 1887 by George Hancock. Volleyball was invented by William morgan in 1895. The American football association was formed in 1920.

People have skated on ice for many years but first artificial water-biased ice rink opened in 1876. The international ice hockey association was formed in 1908. Polo is ancient game, British learnt how to play polo from India and bought it back to Britain. The first polo club in Britain was founded in 1872. The first World Weightlifting champions were held in 1891. The beginning of modern sports such as cricket, tennis, golf, boxing, started during this era with rising trend of establishing sporting clubs. Many major sports finally started appearing, enabling the creation of outdoor playing games which includes golf, tennis, cricket, boxing in England and baseball, basketball, volleyball in United States.

SPORTS IN 20^th CENTURY

The 20^th century witnessed the growth in sports, in term of participation as well as commercialization. Advancements in technology, transportation, mass media made sports more accessible to audience. Sports also has become a source of entertainment, attracting huge crowds. Additionally, new sports were invented as skateboarding and snowboarding, evolving new taste and interest.

In conclusion, the evolution of sports reflects story of human civilization. From ancient survival activities to modern era, sports continue to shape societies and serve as powerful force in bringing people together.