Stage 3 of Public Schools 'Cult of Athleticism' '1842-1914

Stage 3 of Public Schools 'Cult of Athleticism' '1842-1914

1. Coaching

   • Masters expected to get involved
   • Older Boys
   • Professionals

2. Codification

   • Official rules being set
     • Eg football 1848 Cambridge rules

3. Administration

   • Sport is a Compulsory part of the curriculum
   • Games Comittes set up by boys to organise sport
   • Sports days as major festivals
   • Groundsmen employed to develop pitches

4. Regularity

   • Sport is part of the curriculum
   • Standards of play increased
   • Clarendon report praises for school for using sport
   • Development of pitches and kits
   • Craze for team games
   • Source of pride
   • CULT

5. Respectability

   • Fit for British Empire
     • Rule Britannia
     • Military Drills
   • Promotion of morality and sportsmanship
   • CULT

6. Universities

   • Oxbridge popular destination for students
     • Source of rules
     • Varsity Matches
   • Graduates spread sport through careers

7. Girls Delay

   • Modesty regarding clothes
   • Girls lacked emphasis
   • Seen as weaker
   • 'medically unable'