Assignment:
Reading the chapter: Early Heritage in Sports and Gymnastics
REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. What is the Greek Ideal, and why was it important to the Greeks?
2. What were the training programs for boys and girls in the city-states of Sparta and Athens?
3. What were the regulations for competitors and the events in the ancient Olympic Games?
4. What were the three favorite pastimes of the Romans during the Empire?
5. What activities did a squire train in and why?
6. What is naturalism, and how did it impact European systems of gymnastics?
7. What were the five types of activities that comprised the physical development program at the Schnepfenthal Institute under GutsMuths?
8. What was the theme for Jahn's Turner gymnastics program and why?
9. What were Per Henrik Ling's four themes or areas of emphasis for Swedish ovmnastics, and why was each important?
10. What is the legacy of the British emphasis on sports on programs in the United States?