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

Coaching
1. Masters expected to get involved
2. Older Boys
3. Professionals
Codification
1. Official rules being set
  1. Eg football 1848 Cambridge rules
Administration
1. Sport is a Compulsory part of the curriculum
2. Games Comittes set up by boys to organise sport
3. Sports days as major festivals
4. Groundsmen employed to develop pitches
Regularity
1. Sport is part of the curriculum
2. Standards of play increased
3. Clarendon report praises for school for using sport
4. Development of pitches and kits
5. Craze for team games
6. Source of pride
7. CULT
Respectability
1. Fit for British Empire
  1. Rule Britannia
  2. Military Drills
2. Promotion of morality and sportsmanship
3. CULT
Universities
1. Oxbridge popular destination for students
  1. Source of rules
  2. Varsity Matches
2. Graduates spread sport through careers
Girls Delay
1. Modesty regarding clothes
2. Girls lacked emphasis
3. Seen as weaker
4. 'medically unable'

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	Created by Sami Shmoo Rose about 10 years ago