RATIONALISATION AND MODERN-DAY DEVELOPMENT OF LAWN TENNIS AND ATHLETICS & EMERGENCE OF ELITE FEMALE ATHLETES Flashcards
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How was Real Tennis rationalised and developed into the modern-day game of Lawn Tennis?
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■ Lawn tennis was a middle class invention as the middle class aspired to be like the upper class but were excluded from or could not play real tennis. ■ Major Walter Clopton Wingfield painted his game of tennis on 23rd Feb 1874 ■ This suited the middle class suburban housing with lawn gardens as appropriate venues for tennis courts. (the lower class were initially excluded from participation ■ The middle class established private tennis courts where gardens were deemed unsuitable to house a tennis court. ■ Lawn tennis was first introduced at Wimbledon in 1877 ■ Female participation was first allowed in 1884 helping to overcome suppression and negative stereotypes ■ Positive female role models inspired participation eg Lottie Dodd won five ladies singles titles in the late 19th century
