History of sport

The story of sports goes all the way back to Ancient world. This physical exercise that evolved into sports had earliest connections to ritual, war and entertainment.

The study of the history of sport can provide insights regarding social change and the nature of sport in general since sport is believed to be involved with the growth of essential human abilities (compare the game). When one delve deeper into the past, the diminishing amount of evidence can make theories about the roots and motivations behind the sport increasingly difficult to verify.

From the beginning of sports was associated with military training. For instance, competitions were used to assess whether a person was suitable and capable of service.tation requiredThe use of team sports was for training and to demonstrate the ability to be a soldier and to also work as a unit (military group).

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Cave paintings found in Lascaux caves of France are believed to depict wrestling and sprinting during the Upper Paleolithic around 15,300 years ago. Cave paintings from the Bayankhongor Province of Mongolia dating back to the Neolithic time period (c. 700,000 BCE depict a match of wrestling with crowds.iled confirmation Neolithic Rock art discovered in the Cave of Swimmers located in Wadi Sura near Gilf Kebir in Egypt shows evidence of archery and swimming that were practiced as early as 10,000 BCE. Cave paintings from the prehistoric period from Japan show a game comparable as sumo.

It is probable that once the shift from hunter-gathering into farming as the main method of supplying food became the norm those who were previously designated to the Hunter job – and probably more physically suited to the task did not have the opportunity to apply their talents in a real-world setting which is why they instead engaged in the process of constantly preparing for hunting, and practicing the required skills. This resulted in competitive matches meant to show who was best “prepared” for the different aspects of hunting; for instance, speed at which they chased down prey or wrestle down or accuracy to swiftly take out the prey, as well as betting on the outcomes of the contests. These then transformed into what we now call sports.