As the century went on we experienced several major cultural shifts, and the physical activity patterns of Americans changed along with everyone else. The patterns of pre-modern sports shifted to modern sports most notably from individual participation in games and amusements to involvement in highly organized sports and athletics by both participants and spectators. Modern sports are based on the same six characteristics with different views. Sports became a serious matter to society in the late 1800's and the early 1900's. That time experienced a growth spurt in organized sport in America.
Modern sports are much more organized and intitutionalized when compared to pre-modern sports.
Modern sports have improved the opportunities of participants and the rules of the games. Baseball was a sport only for children in the early 1800's. No man was to play baseball. There was a group of twenty-six baseball teams that emerged in 1858 to make the National Association of Base Ball Players this was an organization that organized baseball for a period of thirteen years. This association was not strong enough and was changed to the Nation Association of Professional Ball Players in 1871.