KIN 2501 : Notes Test 2
15 Mar 2019
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Sport and physical activity in modern america: part 2. Sport at the college level: intercollegiate contests, variety of sports, student initiated, violence, 1895 - beginnings of the ncaa. Football spreads and addresses violence: by late 1800s, fb spread throughout the us, michigan, illinois, chicago, california, texas a&m, lsu, tulane, ole miss, Hbcus: rose bowl (1902, president theodore roosevelt, meeting of universities with fb (1906, 60 colleges meet (1910), form intercollegiate athletic association. Football rules committee"s solution to reduce injuries: 1906 meeting, amos alonzo stagg, forward pass, however, passing was not used much. Why: fat football (hard to throw, rules made it a high risk play. Beginning of modern olympics: 1896 1st modern olympics, 1st marathon, jim thorpe wa-tho-huk translated to bright path . Battle of the systems: dioclesian lewis - new gymnastics, german system - jahn, swedish system - pehr ling, edward hitchcock - amherst college, dudley sargent - harvard- hemenway gymnasium, luther gulick - muscular christianity.
