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SWIMMING
Swimming is the art of supporting oneself and moving forward, using one's arms
and legs, over or under water . It can be done as a recreational activity or as a
competitive sport . Because humans do not swim instinctively, swimming is a skill
that must be learned. Unlike other land animals that propel themselves in the
water , in what is essentially a form of walking, human beings have had to develop
a series of strokes and body movements that propel them in the water with power
and speed . The evolution of competitive swimming as a sport is based on these
movements and styles.
2. SOCCER
It is a sport in which two teams made up of eleven players face each other.
Each team, which has ten players moving around the field and a goalkeeper
(also known as a goalkeeper or goalkeeper), will try to get the ball into the rival
team's goal, respecting various rules. .
3. VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball, volleyball or simply volleyball, is a sport where two teams face each
other on a playing field separated by a central net. The objective of the game is to
try to pass the ball over the net to the floor of the opponent's field and prevent the
opponent from doing the same. The team has three touches to return the ball (in
addition to the blocking touch), but it cannot be stopped, held, held or
accompanied.
The ball is usually hit with hands and arms, but also with any other part of the body.
One of the most peculiar characteristics of volleyball is that the players have to
rotate their positions as they score points.
4. BASKETBALL
Basketball or basketball comes from the English basket (basket) and ball (ball). It is a
team sport, where two teams of five players each try to put a ball as many times as
possible into a basket suspended above their heads and located in the opposing
team's part of the court . Basketball is one of the most popular sports, with the largest
number of spectators and participants in the world.
The game is played in 4 halves of 15 minutes and players can enter and exit the game
throughout the match. The player who scores the most points through baskets wins the
game, each normal basket is worth two points; If it is achieved from a certain distance,
the basket is triple and three points are scored.
5. TENNIS
Tennis is a sport played with rackets and a small ball. It can be played by two
individuals (one against one) or two couples (two people against the other two). The
objective is to hit the ball so that it goes over the net that divides the court in half, trying
to prevent the opponent from being able to return it .
6. BADMINTON
At Badminton House, thanks to the Duke of Beaufort, a sport of Indian origin that is
currently known in our language as badminton was popularized. Badminton is similar to
tennis, although a shuttlecock or shuttlecock is used instead of a ball.
Badminton can be played individually (one player against another) or in pairs (two
players against two others). The court has a rectangular shape and is divided in half
with a net . Players have to hit the shuttlecock or feather with their rackets and make it
go over the net so that it reaches the other half of the court.
7. BASEBALL
Baseball is a team sport classified as bat and field, in which there is no contact
between the participating teams.
The objective of this game/sport is to score more runs than the rival team after playing
the nine innings that make up a match. A team completes an inning when it has taken
one turn of batting and one turn of defense (or vice versa), so that at the end of the
match each team will have attacked/batted and defended nine times. The match does
not have a fixed duration. The nine players on each team can bat a maximum of once
in each inning.
8. HANDBALL
Alonmano is the name of a sport that is also known as handball or handball. In this
game, two teams of seven members each face each other: the winning team is the one
that manages to score the most goals.
In handball, as its name suggests, the ball is moved and thrown using the hands. The
playing field is rectangular and has a goal (goal) at each end. Each team has a
goalkeeper (goalkeeper) and six field players who try to score goals in the opponent's
goal. He also has seven substitutes to make changes.
9. HOCKEY
Ice hockey is a sport played between two teams of six players (one goalie with five
players on the ice) with skates on an ice rink. Skaters must direct a rubber puck (puck
in English, rondelle in French) with a long stick (stick in English, bâton in French), to try
to score into the opponent's goal. In the end, the team that has scored the most goals
wins.
10. RUGBY
It is the name of a sport that pits two teams made up of fifteen players each against
each other. The objective is to carry an oval ball to behind the line that represents the
end of the field, or to pass this ball between two posts and a crossbar that are located
on the same line.
Rugby is the name of a sport that pits two teams made up of fifteen players each
against each other. The objective is to carry an oval ball to behind the line that
represents the end of the field, or to pass this ball between two posts and a crossbar
that are located on the same line.
The name of this sport is linked to the English city where it was invented: Rugby, a
town that belongs to the county of Warwickshire. The clergyman William Webb Ellis
(1806-1872) was the one who, spontaneously, would have rugby was invented in the
middle of a football match that was played in 1823
