Sports comp

More people were willing and able to make sports a part of their lives, either by playing sports directly or devoting their leisure time to watching sports.

The gentlemen themselves preferred to play cricket, which did not require much physical effort and did not pose a danger to health. The Industrial Revolution and mass production meant that more and more people began to have free time. This, in turn, became the key to the mass character of the sport. More people were willing and able to make sports a part of their lives, either by playing sports directly or devoting their leisure time to watching sports. In 1722, the first figure skating textbook was published in England, and in 1742, the world's first figure skating sports society, the Edinburgh Skating Club, was opened. The English approach to sports spread throughout continental Europe and overseas colonies, becoming dominant in the Western world; Under the influence of the "sport of gentlemen", the competitive element also penetrated into national sports, in particular, into speed skating in Holland

Sport is a specific kind of physical or intellectual activity performed for the purpose of competition, as well as targeted preparation for them through warm-up, training.