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the origins and roots of the sports we play Badminton. The origins of the game of badminton date back at least 2000 years to the game of battledore and shuttlecock played in ancient Greece, China and India. A very long history for one of the Olympics newest sports! Badminton took its name from Badminton House in Gloucestershire, the home of the Duke of Beaufort, where the sport was played in the last century. By coincidence, Gloucestershire is now the base for the International Badminton Federation.
Baseball. Although no knows for sure how baseball started, the origins of baseball most likely has roots in the British game called rounders. In the earliest days, the American version of rounders was known as 'Town Ball'. Rules varied from town to town and there was no widely accepted way to play. Basketball. A game that started with 18 men in a YMCA gymnasium in Springfield, Mass., has grown into a game that more than 300 million people play worldwide. The man who created this instantly successful sport was Dr. James Naismith. was probably first played in Hawaii in 1915, when the Outrigger Beach and Canoe Club set up a court on Waikiki Beach but most people believe that it begun in Santa Monica, California, in the 1920s, about 25 years after the indoor version of the game was invented on the other side of the USA in Massachusetts. |
Cross-country is a running sport that consists of at least five scoring runners per team that race against each other in courses that vary in difficulty. What makes cross-country different to any other running competition, is the courses could consist of open terrain, grass, mud, sand, and even vary in hills.
Golf. The Romans played a game like golf by striking a feather stuffed ball with club shaped branches during the reign of Caesar. Golf was banned in Scotland in 1457. The oldest golf course is in Scotland, called St. Andrews, and it was used as early as the 16th century. Golf became firmly established in Great Britain by the 17th century.
Hang Gliding There are 2 basic forms of hang gliders, flex wings and rigid wings. As the name implies, rigid wing gliders are stiff and offer better aerodynamics than the flex wing glider. Along with the increased aerodynamics is an increase in price. Gliders of this type are classified by the FAI as a class five or a class two. The main difference in class five and class two glider is that the class two glider uses a fairing to lower the drag.
Ice Hockey. Until the mid-1980s it was generally accepted that ice hockey derived from English field hockey and Indian lacrosse and was spread throughout Canada by British soldiers in the mid-1800s. Research then turned up mention of a hockey-like game, played in the early 1800s in Nova Scotia by the Micmac Indians
Karate It has not been long that karate has been known as a sport. As karate has a history of use in battle, in modern times, there have been rules invented to help people hold actual matches in safety.
Lacrosse was considered the most widely played team sport of its time in North America with regional variations played with either one or two sticks of differing structures. In all it's forms the Native version of lacrosse was an athletic contest of great skill, pride and spiritual significance.
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