Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining episode. This episode we go back thousands of years to explore some sports that took place during ancient times and discuss how some of the sports back then are still very popular today eg, archery, wrestling, boxing, martial arts.
In this episode some of what we discuss include
- The evolution of the Ancient Games in Greece and how it was resurrected into the Modern Olympic Games of today.
- The oldest sport in North America, that was first played by the Native American’s and is still a popular sport today.
- The Roman Coliseum, which still stands tall today and is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built.
- Milo from Croton, the master of the progressive overload training technique and the most successful athlete of the Ancient Games.
- Tsu Chu, Sumo Wrestling, and Nguni stick fighting.
- Mesoamerican ballgame
- Pato, the national sport of Argentina and Buzkashi, the national sport of Afghanistan.
- Pankration, Fisherman’s Joust, Venatio, Camel jumping and Viking Skin pulling.
- The Olympic flame and memories of it travelling around Australia in the leadup to the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
Paul and Glenn discuss their Claps and Slaps for the week. We have our Quiz and also have our segments Who Am I? and Where Are They Now?
Ancient sports references
1. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/colosseum/
2. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Milo-of-Croton
3. Linkedin.com ‘the evolution of sports: from ancient origins to modern day spectacles’, phillip lawyer alamo MSc 1/8/23.
4. Oldest.org ‘8 oldest sports in the world’, n.d
5. Discovermagazine.com ‘sports that people played in ancient history’, by jonathan shipley 13/7/2022.
6. Todayifoundout.com ‘12 crazy sports from the ancient world’, by authors at list25.com, 27/5/23.
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrosse
8. https://imperiumromanum.pl/en/curiosities/venatio-fight-with-wild-animals/
9. 100 years of tradition. Olympic world, the history of the olympic games. Nicola chandler, 2007. Murray books. Toots ‘think out of the square’.
10. The olympics, athens to athens 1896-2004,, weidenfield and nicholson,
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia,_Greece
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games
13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Summer_Olympics
