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For sports to become professionalized, coaching had to come first. It gradually professionalized in the Victorian Era and the role was well established by 1914. In the First World War, military units sought out the coaches to supervise physical conditioning and develop morale-building teams. [ 33 ]
The history of sports in the United States reveals that American football, baseball, softball, and indoor soccer evolved from older British sports—rugby football, British baseball, rounders, and association football, respectively. Over time, these sports diverged significantly from their European origins, developing into distinctly American ...
Pages in category "Sports originating in the United States" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Category: Sports by country of origin. 16 languages. ... Sports originating in the United States (2 C, 64 P) Sports originating in Uruguay (1 P) V.
Mallinckrodt, Rebekka von, and Angela Schattner, eds. Sports and Physical Exercise in Early Modern Culture: New Perspectives on the History of Sports and Motion (2017) Mechikoff, Robert A. A history and philosophy of sport and physical education: from ancient civilizations to the modern world (McGraw-Hill, 2014) Tsai, Chiung-Tzu Lucetta, and ...
Sports that were created in England. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. T. Tennis (23 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Sports originating in ...
Boxing was one of the most popular sports in the ancient Olympic Games and was introduced into the Olympics in 688 BCE. [24] Scene of youths boxing, c. 336 B.C Aristotle reckoned the date of the first Olympics to be 776 BC, a date largely accepted by most, though not all, subsequent ancient historians. [ 25 ]
Sport in childhood. Association football, shown above, is a team sport which also provides opportunities to nurture physical fitness and social interaction skills. The 2005 London Marathon: running races, in their various specialties, represent the oldest and most traditional form of sport.