ABSTRACT

Sport is known to serve a great variety of social, cultural, political, and economic purposes for countries of the world. Any sport development system for a particular nation that is holistic and comprehensive will be complex. The onerous conditions imposed by Britain on its American colonies that became the United States of America (USA) led these colonies to revolt. The religious and military nature of many of the founding settlers of the USA resulted in a strongly liberal constitution which emphasized protection of each freedom for this new nation, along with a strong military establishment. Sport in the USA embodies the particular historical development of capitalism and constitutionalism in the country. After the American Civil War, public school systems began to adopt physical education programs, and many states passed laws mandating the teaching of physical education programs. Sports is not only for the body that needs improvement and challenge it also requires mind and the soul elements.