Interesting facts about sports
The history of sports can be dated back to when people first began training for the military. Sports can be seen as a way to determine whether individuals are healthy enough and useful for the military. Team sports were developed to train and demonstrate the ability to fight and work in groups. The history of sport can tell us about social changes and the nature of sport because sport appears to play a role in the development of basic human skills.
Ancient sports in the world
Sports that have existed for at least two thousand years include hurling in ancient Ireland, shinty in Scotland, and harpastum. Central American soccer originated three thousand years ago. The Mayan Pitz ball game is believed to be the first ball game when it was played around 2500 BC.
Artifacts and structures also show that the Chinese were involved in sports activities as early as 2000 BC. Gymnastics appears to have been a popular sport in ancient China.
Ancient Persia is also where jousting and the traditional sport of zourkhaneh originated. A polished bone tool found in Eva, Tennessee, USA dating from 5000 BC was analyzed as possibly being a sporting device in the game "ring and pin".
Modern sports
Some historians, such as Bernard Lewis, argue that the team sports we enjoy today were Western inventions. British Prime Minister John Major stated in 1995: "We invented most of the world's greatest sports...19th-century England was the cradle of the entertainment revolution, which makes sense. no different from the agricultural and industrial revolutions we launched a century ago.
Traditional team sports are considered to have originated in England and were widely spread throughout the colonies of the vast British Empire. European colonialism contributed largely to the spread of a number of sports around the world such as cricket, forms of football, forms of bowling, billiards, hockey and sports originating from Europe. it, modern show riding, and tennis as well as many winter sports.
Benefits of sports
In modern social life, sport is an important factor to maintain health and serve other benefits.
Among the ways to improve health, sports is one of them. Exercise is an important factor to help people fight diseases, create flexibility, help the body become healthier, etc. For example, jogging at increasing levels can reduce the risk of heart disease in old age. For children of growing age, sports help develop height.
In addition to health, team sports also train players in solidarity, cooperation skills, etc. In any team sport, the element of solidarity is often important. best to win. For example, in soccer, players on the same team must understand each other while passing the ball to score a goal. The weakness of football teams that can easily be exploited by opponents is the lack of solidarity. So one of the ways to practice team spirit is to play team sports.
