MODULE 1 - LESSON 1
U.S. Laboratory of Medicine
Activities or games, usually involving physical effort or skill. Reasons for engagement in sports include pleasure, competition, and/or financial reward.
1845
Alexander Cartwright wrote the first comprehensive set of rules for baseball
1876
Baseball's National League in the US started
Tsu Chu
Chinese played a soccer type game
~1750
Cricket increases in popularity throughout England. The rules are codified and formal cricket clubs are established in London.
~1550
Early forms of tennis were being played in various regions of Europe
1881
FIG, the international governing body of gymnastics, is founded in Paris.
1500s
Golf originated from a game played on the coast of Scotland.
1891
James Naismith invented the sport of basketball in Springfield, Massachussets.
1873
John Trudgen introduces a swimming stroke to swimmers in England, the precursor to the modern front crawl technique.
1490
Leonardo da Vinci designed the world's first bicycle
1895
Physical education instructor William Morgan invented volleyball in Springfield, Massachussets.
1882
Shihan Kano of Japan developed the sport of judo.
Dictionary
Sport (or sports) is all forms of usually competitive physical activity which, through casual or organized participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing entertainment to participants, and in some cases, spectators.
Freebes
Sport refers to a competitive physical activity. Sport is generally recognized as activities based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity. Sports are usually governed by rules to ensure fair competition and consistent adjudication of the winner
Coakley
Sports is institutionalized competitive activities that involve rigorous physical exertion or the use of relatively complex physical skills by participants motivated by personal enjoyment and external rewards.
1848
The Cambridge Rules, the first codefication of the rules of soccer, were created at Cambridge University, England.
1863
The Football Association was is founded in London, England
1839
The Grand National horse race was first run
1875
The Kentucky Derby was held for the first time.
3,000
The documented history of sports goes back at least ____ years
1851
The first America's Cup yacht race was held
1877
The first Test match was played, between Australia and England.
1877
The first Wimbledon tennis event was held
1860
The first ever British Open golf tournament for men was held
1895
The first ever US golf open was held
1858
The first match of Australian Rules Football was played
1600s
The first mention of the game of cricket
1834
The first modern Lacrosse games were played, though the original game was played by North American Indians.
1855
The first modern game of ice hockey was played, in Kingston, Ontario
1881
The first year that the men's US National Tennis Championships was held (the precursor to the US Open)
1887
The first year that the women's US National Tennis Championships was held (the precursor to the US Open)
1887
The game of softball is invented by George Hancock in Chicago, Illinois.
1845
The rules of rugby were formalized in England
~100
The sport of sumo was developed around this time
1897
The world's first bobsled run is constructed at St. Moritz, Switzerland.
~1200
Versions of football (soccer) were being played in various regions of Europe
1895
Volleyball was invented at the same US university as basketball, the new sport was called 'Mintonette'.
sport
a physical activity carried out under an agreed set of rules, with a recreational purpose: for competition or selfenjoyment or a combination of these
game
a recreational activity involving one or more players, defined by a goal that the players try to reach, and some set of rules to play it
776 BC
first Olympic Games recorded at Athens
1897
the first Boston marathon was run.
1861
the first Melbourne Cup horse race was run
1896
the first Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece
