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Native Americans
lacrosse/baggataway, shinny(m/f), double ball(f), archery, swimming, fishing, canoeing, and snow snaking
Puritans
against play generally but allowed bowling, fishing, fowling, or playing cricket, rugby fives (game similar to handball), and marbles; European Puritans: Fishing, hunting, and walking acceptable
Quakers & Dutch (Mid-Atlantic region)
Horse racing popular from the beginning, Golf, early croquet, tennis, cricket, shooting matches, sleigh rides, Skittles (in which a ball or flat disk is thrown down an alley at nine skittles or pins), Boating, fishing, hunting, horse racing, and sleighing
Southerners
founding Fathers enjoyed horse racing, Rugged individualism and competitiveness manifest in wagering on horses (women placed bets), Upper class: requisite social and athletic skills, Riding, dancing, fencing, and conversation, Slaves participated as jockeys and boxers, Some slaves gained…
First college gymnasium in America
Harvard
Catharine Beecher
incorporated unique exercises not associated with “traditional” gymnastics devoted efforts to promote women’s health/26 lessons in physiology, two courses in calisthenics/Used light exercises/Wanted students to develop beautiful, strong bodies/ Corrective focus/Mother of American PE/1852 …
Delphine Hanna
first full professor of Physical Education at Oberlin College
Luther Gulick
(physical educator) Emphasized benefits of play for development of private and social self/ Believed that play developed social consciousness on which democratic civilization was dependent.
Dudley Sargent
used studies to promote human improvement through exercise/ Anthropometry: cutting edge of P.E. research
First state to require pe
California
The Sargent System
Purpose: Amalgamated other systems into a scientifically defensible, comprehensive program of physical education./ Activities: calisthenics, German- and Swedish-style exercises, and specialized machine exercise
Dioclesian Lewis
incorporated unique exercises not associated with “traditional” gymnastics/ devoted efforts to promote women’s health
The Dio Lewis System-
Purpose: First effort to develop an American system based on grace of Beecher system and scientific nature of the Ling system./ Activities: exercise routines vigorous enough to raise heart rate but not as vigorous as prescribed in German system; routines accompanied by music; social games…
Friedrick Jahn
The German System: Purpose: Build a strong, unified Germany by balancing academic and physical education
Per Henrik Ling
The Swedish System: Purpose: Regain vigor and national pride and renew spirit of Norse history with a scientific-therapeutic system of gymnastics
Edward Hitchcock
The Hitchcock System: Purpose: Physical development with measurement of bodily development baseline and progress over time.
Clark Hetherington
Divided physical education into 4 areas (1910)/ Organic, psychomotor, character, intellect/ Four areas blended to produce 5 objectives: Physical training, Social adjustment, Response powers (early motor learning theory), Character development, Improve thinking (cognition)/ Argued for educ…
Pierre de Coubertin
helped in the 1889: Boston conference to develop “American” version of gymnastics/ Discussed strengths of each system
“Babe” Zaharias
Success in 1932 Olympics and as professional golfer/ Undermined idea that women were unsuited for athletic competition/ leaders for women’s athletics
George Huff
in 1919 developed first degree program in coaching (University of Illinois)
Dr. Basil Manly
1837: Reverend Basil Manly succeeded Dr. Woods. Dr. Manly recognized that many of the University’s students were unprepared for university course work and laid the blame on poorly trained teachers. 1844: In response to Dr. Manly’s claim and in recognition of a national educational reform …
Dr. Ethel Saxman
Late 1920s: Under Dr. Ethel Saxman’s guidance a physical education curriculum was developed for women at the University.
Development of college football
Evolved into the most popular sport on American college campuses/ “King of Intercollegiate Athletics”/ Coaches became national heroes/ Bowl games began with Rose Bowl in 1902/ Trophies and awards were granted/ Heisman Trophy/ Integration of football programs began in the late 1800s/ 1892:…
Professional Football
Played as early as 1894/ Players were blue-collar workers and former college football players/ Struggled to gain legitimacy/ 1920: the American Professional Football Association (APFA) was formed/ Jim Thorpe was the first president/ Teams were first of modern professional football/ APFA n…
Baseball
Hugely popular at all levels (professional, community, school)/ Reflected societal trends: whites played in the Major League and African Americans played in the Negro League/ Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, the first black to play in the Major League/ Eddie Kelp, a wh…
Basketball
Dr. James Naismith invented basketball at Springfield College (originally the YMCA)/ Game was an instant success/ YMCA became the “hotbed” of basketball/ High school and colleges adopted the sport/ Popular with both men and women/ Colleges, YMCA, and the AAU all had different sets of rule…
Boxing
Outlawed in many states in early 20th century/ Popular sport for betting/ Matches often took place in remote locations to avoid bans on boxing and gambling/ “Manly” sport that required courage, brute strength, athletic skill, and an ability to withstand physical punishment and pain.
Volleyball
William Morgan developed the game/ Massachusetts YMCA/ Originally called “minonette” and played over nine innings/ July 1896: first published account of game/ Game was promoted by the YMCA/ Also adopted by the American military
Muscular Christianity
Puritanism was losing its grip. Religion and sport reached a compromise known as Muscular Christianity. Ralph Waldo Emerson developed an American philosophy of self-reliance and faith in human perfection. His philosophy granted sport and fitness a central place. Participation in sport had…
Play theory; Herbert Spencer
(English philosopher) Play as expending excess energy
Play theory; Karl Groos
(educational theorist) Humans played as preparation for life/ Play behavior was instinctual
Play theory; G. Stanley Hall
(psychologist & educator) Influential psychologist early 20th century/ Childhood as rehearsal for the evolution/ Play is fundamental to development of species
Play theory; Luther Gulick
(physical educator) Emphasized benefits of play for development of private and social self/ Believed that play developed social consciousness on which democratic civilization was dependent.
Play theory; Friedrick von Schiller
made Play a legitimate philosophical concept: “For to speak out once for all, man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when at play.”
Play Education & Sport Education (Siedentop)
(1972) advocated play education, the goal of which was to help students acquire skills and develop an affection for the activities themselves.
Progressive Education Theory (Wood)
Education-through-the-physical philosophy (Thomas Wood, 1893). Social reform through a child centered natural education. Students needed active participation vs. passive.
Human Movement Philosophy (Laban)
The physically educated person is one who has fully developed the ability to utilize constructively all of his potential capacities for movement as a way of expressing, exploring, developing, and interpreting himself and his relationship to the world he lives in. The philosophy of human m…
Humanistic Physical Education or Teaching Personal & Social Responsibility (Hellison)
(1973) advocated an approach to physical education that stressed personal development, self-expression, and improved interpersonal relationships as primary goals.
Outward Bound/Adventure Education
Five core values: Adventure and challenge, Compassion and service, Learning through experience, Personal development, and Social and environmental responsibility
Title IX
in 1972 Title IX of the Education Amendments (sex discrimination) was written
Aerobics/Kenneth Cooper
“Father of the Modern Fitness Movement”
“Recapitulation Theory”—
Proper use of play creates the foundation for the development of skills necessary in adult life.

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