Women's Sport Has Changed Over The Last 50 Years Essay

Over the course of 50 years sports has changed rapidly from the introduction of pro teams to the modernized millions of dollars stadiums. One notorious change that has evolved in sports is the introduction of women into sports activities. Even before the first Olympic Games women have been prohibited and excluded from participating in sports. Thus, today I am going to discuss the changes to women’s sports and how these changes occurred over the past 50 years. So to begin we will look at the brief history of women sports. Prior to the 1870s, women participated very little or didn't at all participate in any physical activities. If women did participate in any physical activities the activities were usually non-competitive in nature and rule-less. Activities like horseback riding and swimming became popular between women, seeing as these activities weren’t strenuous and didn’t let women exert themselves. Towards the late 1800s and early 1900s, women began to form their own informal clubs in which they played tennis, croquet, bowling …show more content…
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) is another opportunity presented to women to compete professionally.
Serena and Venus Williams are two great examples of women who are excelling and prospering due to being able to play tennis professionally. Women also can play soccer professionally in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), in which the world’s top women soccer players like Hope Solo the former goalie of U.S national team can compete against other top women soccer players. Women also are now able to compete in the X Games, which is a series of events such as skateboarding, BMX cycling, snowboarding and skiing. Title IX in a sense has also knocked down some barriers to the Orthodox Gender