Professional Sport

At a time when the development was a great culture of leisure, sports and surveillance have become popular entertainment for spectators and professional activities for the athletes. Professional athletes make a lot of high level fees, as well as earn an income by promoting various products and become celebrities - sometimes exclusively among fans, and sometimes even among the majority population.

To control what is happening in professional sports are formed general and highly specialized organizations and associations that bring together athletes, coaches, judges, and sometimes the fans. The fact that the sport has become a business and source of wealth, a strong effect on the essence of competition. Due to the requirements of entertainment or convenience of judging rules change frequently sports

History of Sports

The development and changes in sport throughout human history can tell a lot about how social change in society in general and about the nature of sport in particular.Hermes, the Olympian god - patron of athletes

Many examples of cave art, discovered to date contain images of ritual ceremonial scenes. Despite the fact that the actions depicted on these images can not be attributed solely to the modern concept of sport, yet it can be concluded that even then there were classes and rituals, reminiscent of a sports activity. These images are located in France, Africa and Australia, were made 30,000 years ago.

There are objects and structures which show that in China there was a work that fits under the current definition of sport, has a 4000 years BC. Apparently, the gym has been a popular sport in ancient China. Images and objects in the tombs of the pharaohs also suggests that different kinds of sports activities have been developed for several thousand years ago, among them are the swimming and fishing. On the territory of ancient Persia took back sports such as polo and equestrian competitions of knights on the spears.

In ancient Greece, there is a wide variety of sports. Most developed various kinds of fighting, running, discus throwing, and chariot race. Judging by this list, military culture and military art had a direct relation to the sport in ancient Greece (and elsewhere). There is every four years the Olympics were held - in a small village in the Peloponnesus called Olympia.CroquetSince the days of ancient Greece to the present day the history of sport can be traced easily. Over time, sport was becoming more organized and regulated. Appeared and formed new species and subspecies of sport, the rules were refined, sports, traditions and acquired supporters.The Industrial Revolution and mass production has led to the fact that a growing number of people were collecting their free time, which led to mass sport - more people are willing and able to make sport a part of his life, playing sports, either directly or devoting his leisure to the observations of sports.

These trends were even greater development with the advent of mass media and global communications. Sport has become a professional, which further increased his popularity.Modern post-industrial society, based on such resources as information and knowledge, taking advantage of individual contacts of people with Internet technology, actively cultivates intellectual sports such as poker, and network multiplayer games.

Sports

Sports (English sport, the reduction from the original English. Disport - «Game," "fun") - organized according to certain rules of human activity, consisting in comparing their physical and intellectual abilities, as well as preparation for this activity and interpersonal relations in the its process.

Sport is a specific kind of physical and intellectual activity, made with the purpose of the contest, as well as focused training for them by workout, exercise, combined with rest, the desire to gradually improve physical health, increasing the level of intelligence, getting moral satisfaction, commitment to excellence, to improve personal, group, and absolute records, fame, improve their own physical abilities and skills. Activities designed to improve physical and mental characteristics of man.

Sports - part of physical education. This is actually competitive activity and preparation for it. It clearly shows the desire to win, achieve good results, the mobilization of physical, mental and moral qualities of man. Sport is required in order to influence society.Mass sport provides an opportunity for millions of people improve their physical abilities and motor capabilities, improve health and extend the creative longevity.

Elite sport - it is the only business model, in which a prominent champions of the functioning of almost all body systems can be manifested in a zone of absolute physical and practical limits of a healthy person [citation needed 819 days]. The purpose of professional sports - is to achieve the best possible results or sports victories at major sporting events