INFLUENCE OF THE WARSP1,M1

INFLUENCE OF THE WAR:

• In 1916, the Olympics were cancelled.

• This was because there was a lack of participants

due to amount of deaths in WW1.

BETWEEN 2 WORLD WARS:

• The upper class went back to doing leisure activities

(tennis, golf, cricket) and going on holiday.

• Working class went back to watching football and

dog racing.

WORLD WAR 2:

• Sporting activities were stopped.

• This was because all the participants were being

trained to battle.

• So everyone was

focused on the war.

• This was the ‘war effort’.

PE IN SCHOOL WAS INFLUENCEDBY THE ARMY:

• The training that the troops used to go to war was

brought into PE lessons.

• All around the country military drills were introduced

to PE.

• This also encouraged youngsters to get involved in

PE.