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History of Sport and The Birth of the Olympics Westdale PE PSK 4U

History of Sport and The Birth of the Olympics Westdale PE PSK 4U. The Olympic Movement. Began in Greece in 776 BC; with the first event being a ‘stade’; a sprint that lasted 200 yards First modern Olympics in Greece in 1896, started by Pierre deCoubertin

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History of Sport and The Birth of the Olympics Westdale PE PSK 4U

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  1. History of Sport and The Birth of the OlympicsWestdale PEPSK 4U

  2. The Olympic Movement • Began in Greece in 776 BC; with the first event being a ‘stade’; a sprint that lasted 200 yards • First modern Olympics in Greece in 1896, started by Pierre deCoubertin • 43 events including cycling, track and field, fencing, lawn tennis, gymnastics, swimming and wrestling; 245 athletes competed • No women or non-European countries competed • Only gentleman competed • Founded International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894 • Key motto: “Mens Sana in Copore Sano” • Handout: ‘The Olympics: Games People Play”

  3. Some Olympic Trivia! • Lecture Task 1: Use Chapter 2 to find out some Olympic Facts: * Olympic Truce? * Nazi Olympics? * Special vs. Paraolympics? * Amatuerism vs. Professionalism

  4. Goal of Olympic Movement • Credo is to help create a better world by educating through sport without discrimination and fostering understanding, friendship and fair play. • Originally, goals were also to keep participation to amateur athletes and limit the commercialization of the games….oops! • Anyone know what the five rings stand for? • Who is Pierre de Coubertin?

  5. The Commonwealth and Pan Am Games COMMONWEALTH • Contested every 4 years, only by countries with direct political and cultural ties to the former British Empire….like? • Began in Hamilton, Ontario in 1930 • Missed in 1942 and 1946 due to WW II • Several non-Olympic sports played • Lawn bowling, 7’s rugby PAN AM • Usually summer games for the America’s…winter games have not been as successful • Toronto 2015!

  6. Modern Development of Physical Education and Sport in Canada • ParticipAction • Created in 1971 by Trudeau administration to encourage public to become more physically active on a regular basis • Urged Canadians to incorporate some form of activity into their lives every day • Encouraged competition within schools and awarded badges and pins for participation • Body Break television segments introduced • Shut down in 2000 due to lack of funding, but has since been reinstated

  7. Sport Equity • Sport Equity occurs whenever the same athletic opportunities are afforded to on group of people as they are to another (gender, race, sexuality as examples). Let’s look at a few examples of this: • Title IX? ( p.56) • Michael Sam • Others? Jackie Robinson, Billy Jean King, Tom Longboat….p. 58

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