Ball games - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Ulama Game: Encyclopedia - Ulama Game
Ulama is a ball game played in Latin America, a variety of the Mesoamerican ballgame descended from an Aztec game ritual. The game is one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ball: Encyclopedia - Ball
A ball is a round object that is used most often in sports and games. Balls are usually hollow and spherical but can be other shapes, su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Game: Encyclopedia - Game
A game is an (often, but not always recreational) activity involving one or more players. This can be defined by either a goal that the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ball Game: Encyclopedia - Ball Game
A ball game is a sport played with a ball. There are many popular games or sports involving some type of ball or similar object. These ga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bowls: Encyclopedia - Bowls
Bowls (also known as Lawn Bowls or Lawn Bowling) is a precision sport where the goal is to roll slightly radially asymmetrical balls (cal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cubbies: Encyclopedia - Cubbies
Cubbies (or Cuppies) is a game originating in Merseyside played in Britain and parts of Sweden. One goalkeeper (The phrases "Who's goin' ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danball: Encyclopedia Ii - Danball - History
Danball was invented January 31, 1992, in the United States, just outside Anniston, Alabama, by a group of teenagers who attended Saks Hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Playground Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Playground Games - Types Of Playground Game
Playground games - Selection methods. These are mini-games which are played to determine the initial set-up of a game, e.g. who is 'it'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulama Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulama Game - History
The word Ulama comes from the Nahuatl word ullamaliztli ("ballgame"). In its heyday in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, ulama was played by the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pétanque: Encyclopedia Ii - Pétanque - Rules
The game is always played in teams. In competitions there are three different configurations: three players per team (two boules per pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oina: Encyclopedia Ii - Oina - History
It was first time mentioned during the rule of Vlaicu Vodă in 1364, when it was spread all across Wallachia and it used to be a game of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bowls: Encyclopedia Ii - Bowls - Bias Of Bowls
Bowls are designed to travel a curved path, referred to as bias, and was originally produced by inserting weights to one side of the bowl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Game - Definition
Although many animals play, only humans confirmably have games. Whether some animals are intelligent enough to game is debatable, though ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pilota: Encyclopedia Ii - Pilota - Basque Pelota
The most characteristic trait of Basque pelota is that it is played against a wall (frontón in Spanish, frontoi in Basque). There are mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korfball: Encyclopedia Ii - Korfball - How To Play
Korfball is played indoors or outdoors on a court divided into two halves called zones. In each zone there is a post (3.5m, shorter for t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oina: Encyclopedia Ii - Oina - Rules
There are two teams, one "at bat" ("la bătaie") and one "at catching" ("la prindere"). The game begins with the team "at bat", with one ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pétanque: Encyclopedia Ii - Pétanque - History
Pétanque is reputed to have been invented around 1910 as a less physically-demanding form of jeu provençal. Physical effort was reduced...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pilota: Encyclopedia Ii - Pilota - Valencian Pilota
The most characteristic trait of Valencian pilota is that it is always played with the bare hand (with some minimal protections) and it i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danball: Encyclopedia Ii - Danball - How To Play
Danball - Teams and players. Danball is usually played by two teams, each with three players on the field at a time. Free substitution ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pétanque: Encyclopedia Ii - Pétanque - Equipment Specifications
General specifications Boules: made of steel with diameters ranging from 70.5 to 80 mm. Jacks: made of wood with diameters ranging from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Game - One-person Games
One-person games or one-player games are sometimes called solitaire games, but this term can be easily confused with the peg game and the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Game - Anthropology Of Games
Games, being a characteristic human activity strongly determined by custom and the frequent subjects of folklore, have been the subject o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Game - Games In Philosophy
In Philosophical Investigations, philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein argued that the concept "game" could not be contained by any single defi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korfball: Encyclopedia Ii - Korfball - History
It has been surmised that korfball is a descendant of basketball through an intermediate Swedish sport called ringboll. The story goes th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korfball: Encyclopedia Ii - Korfball - Philosophy Of Korfball
Korfball is a team sport. Individual class is essential but there is no room for individual play. Belonging to a team means teamwork; run...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pétanque: Encyclopedia Ii - Pétanque - History
Pétanque is reputed to have been invented around 1910 as a less physically-demanding form of jeu provençal. Physical effort was reduced...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korfball: Encyclopedia Ii - Korfball - International Korfball
Originally, korfball was mostly played in Belgium and the Netherlands. It was a demonstration sport during the Olympic Games of 1920 and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pétanque: Encyclopedia Ii - Pétanque - Glossary Of Special Terms
Like any sport, petanque has its own special vocabulary. The following are a list of common phrases with explanations. To have the point...   » Read the article