Image Perspectiva bossaball.svg 180px thumb Bossaball court Image Bossaball wiki 3.jpg thumb 250px Bossaball court. The white areas in the center are the trampolines Image Bossaball 102.jpg thumb 250px Attacker about to spike Image Bossaball wiki 2.jpg thumb 250px Serving the ball with the foot Bossaball is a sport invented in Spain by the Belgian Filip Eyckmans, who developed the concept between 2003 and 2005. ref http www.bossaballsports.com en home about us Bossa Sports ref It is similar to volleyball , but also includes elements of football soccer , gymnastics and capoeira . ref http www.abc.net.au rollercoaster dash wowsports bossaball.htm World of Weird Sports ref Each side of the court has an integrated trampoline , allowing players to bounce high enough to spike the ball. Bossaball clubs exist in various countries including Brazil ref http www.estado.com.br suplementos viag 2007 01 30 viag 1.93.28.20070130.18.1.xml O Estado de Sao Paulo ref ref http www.praiagrande.sp.gov.br pgnoticias ... news 209220 Bossaball Sport auf Trampolin und Luftkissen Der erste Sportverein wurde in Berlin gegruendet.html Press Release Network Germany ref ref http www.sportservice berlin.de bossab index.php Bossaball ... Andalucia.com on bossaball ref , Portugal ref http timeout.sapo.pt news.asp?id news 1741 Time Out Magazine Portugal ref , Romania ref http www.iaa.ro Articole Stiri Orangina bossaball tour campanie de 100.000 de euro 711.html Orangina Bossaball tour Romania ref , Singapore ref http www.sporton.com.sg ... 68008 bossaball in El Diario Ecuador ref and Saudi Arabia . The most famous teams are the Selection ... External links http www.bossaballsports.com Bossaballsports.com Official Bossaball website http www.bossaballsports.com news Bossaball News Official Bossaball News Blog Team Sport Category Team sports Category Ball games Category Volleyball da Bossaball es Bossaball fr Bossaball it Bossaball lt Bosabolas nl Bossaball pt Bossaball ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Footbag net is a sport in which players kick a footbag over a five foot high net. Players may use only the feet. Any contact knee or above is a foul. The game is played individually and as doubles. Footbag net combines elements of tennis , badminton , and volleyball . Specifically, the court dimensions and layout are similar to those of doubles badminton the scoring is sideout scoring you must be serving to score and serves must be diagonal, as in tennis. Footbag net games can be played to eleven or fifteen points, although the winners must win by at least two points. Footbag net is governed by the International Footbag Players Association IFPA . Competitions take place all over the world, but primarily in North America and Europe. The World Footbag Championships is an annual, week long event held in a different city each year. The most recent editions were held in Oakland, USA 2010 Prague, CZ 2009 and Berlin, GE 2008 . See also Similar games include Footvolley Jianzi Bossaball Sepak Takraw Sipa Team Sports DEFAULTSORT Footbag Net Category Footbag sports Category Team sports Category Ball games Ball sports stub fi Verkkofootbag ... more details
unreferenced date October 2010 Image BirdNettingTreeNursery.JPG thumb 150px right A large bird netting used to keep pigeons from sprouting seeds Image Bird netting.jpg thumb 150px Bird netting on wine grapes. A net , in its primary meaning, comprises fibers woven in a grid like structure. It blocks the passage of large items, while letting small items and fluids pass. It requires less material than something sheet like, and allows seeing through. Examples are fishing net s, butterfly net s, cricket nets , bird netting or nets used in sporting Goal sport goals in games such as soccer , basketball , Bossaball and ice hockey . A net also separates opponents in various net sports such as volleyball , tennis , badminton , and table tennis , where the ball or bird must go over the net to be in play. The adjectives reticulated and retiary both mean net like . Most of the other meanings of the term are by analogy with the use above. Safety net is also used figuratively, see e.g. social safety net . See also Use of animals during the Gravettian period Use of nets Submarine Anti submarine net Anti submarine net Net laying ship Netgun wiktionary net tool stub Category Tools sq Rrjeta te zh ... more details
Track events High jump , in which athletes jump over horizontal bars. Hurdling , a foot race in which runners leap over hurdles. Long jump , where the objective is to leap horizontally as far as possible. Triple jump , the objective is to leap horizontally as far as possible, in a series of three jumps. Sports American football Association football soccer in U.S. and Canada Australian Rules football Badminton Basketball Bossaball Cheerleading Dancing Diving Figure skating Gymnastics Jump rope Martial arts Parkour Racquetball Rugby football Rugby Skateboarding Skiing Squash sport Squash Swimming sport Swimming Table tennis Team Handball Tennis Trampolining Ultimate sport Ultimate Volleyball Jumping Jack Animal sports File Muybridge horse jumping animated.gif thumb Early motion picture of a horse jumping Dog agility , in which a dog traverses various obstacles, including jumps. Show jumping and Eventing , competitions where a horse jumps over fences. Fox hunting , in which horses and fox hounds jump over fences and other obstacles. Clear Category Locomotion Category Running Category Sports science ... more details
Other uses Sipa lit. kick or to kick is the Philippines traditional native sport which predates Spanish rule. The game is related to Sepak Takraw . Similar games include Footbag net , Footvolley , Bossaball and Jianzi . The game is both played by two teams, indoors or outdoors, on a court that is about the size of a tennis court. The teams consist of one, two or four players in each side. The aim of the game is to kick a soft ball made out of rattan fragments, back and forth over a Net device net in the middle of the court. The sport requires speed , agility and ball control. Washer version One version of Sipa uses a metal washer covered with cloth, which gets kicked. This version is played by both girls and boys, but girls tend to use the outside of their foot to manipulate the washer, while boys more often use the inside of the foot. Points are scored based on the number of kicks without the ball touching the ground. If the ball touches the ground one point is Rattan ball version This version uses a larger rattan woven ball with the same foot action. Sipa balls can be purchased online, which look like Hacky Sack balls. Originally, the rattan Sipa ball was 10 centimeters in diameter and made of woven rattan strips with symmetrical holes. The most defining feature of the game of Sipa is that the ball should only be touched with the legs anywhere from below the knee to the tip of the toes. The rattan ball can touch the ground. Simplified play one on one, two on two, three on three, or four on four A set of rules determines penalty points such as the ball bouncing twice on the ground . The two teams play against each other until a set number of penalty points is reached by one of the teams. There is also a court version in which a rectangle is marked in grids. Grids denote zones, and dictate where players stand, and how points are allotted based on where the ball lands in the court. This game requires much coordination. Sources cite book last Lopez first Mellie Leandi ... more details
File Sepak takraw.jpg upright thumb A child demonstrating sepak takraw Sepak takraw Malaysian language Malay sepak raga Tamil language Tamil or lang th wikt , RTGS takro Lao language Lao wikt ka taw Filipino language Filipino sipa Vietnamese language Vietnamese c u m y , ref name kelley cite web author Shawn Kelley year url http www.tatnews.org emagazine 2813.asp title Takraw A Traditional Southeast Asian mostly in Malaysia Sport accessdate July 30, 2007 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20070710234948 http www.tatnews.org emagazine 2813.asp Bot retrieved archive archivedate July 10, 2007 ref or kick volleyball, is a sport native to the Malay Peninsula Malay Thai Peninsula . ref Cite book title Sport in Asian society past and present pages 220 author J. A. Mangan, Fan Hong isbn 978 0714683300 year 2002 publisher Frank Cass Publishers ref Sepak takraw differs from the similar sport of volleyball in its use of a rattan ball and only allowing players to use their feet, knee, chest and head to touch the ball. It is a popular sport in Indonesia , Malaysia , Thailand , Singapore , Myanmar , Vietnam , Cambodia , Laos , Philippines and India . In Malaysia , the game is called sepak raga or takraw . It is also thuck thay Lao language Lao twine and kick ref name kelley while in Thailand it is sometimes called takraw . In Myanmar it is known as chin lone . In the Philippines it is known as sipa , meaning kick . Similar games include footbag net , footvolley , football tennis , bossaball , jianzi and sipa . These similar games all involve keepie uppie s. History Earliest historical evidence shows that the game was played in the 15th century s Malacca Sultanate , for it is mentioned in the famous Malay historical text, The Sejarah Melayu Malay Annals . ref cite book last Dunsmore first Susi title Sepak Raga publisher University of Michigan year 1983 page 2 ref The Malay Annals described in details the incident of Raja Muhamma ... more details
about sports known as football the ball used in these sports Football ball pp move indef File Football4.png right thumb 225px Some of the many different games known as football. From top left to bottom right Association football or soccer, Australian rules football , International rules football , Rugby Union , Rugby League , and American Football . The game of football is any of several similar team sport s, of similar origins which involve advancing a ball into a goal area in an attempt to score. Many of these involve Kick football kicking a ball with the foot to score a Goal sport goal , though not all codes of football using kicking as a primary means of advancing the ball or scoring. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football , more commonly known as just football or soccer . Unqualified, the word Football word football applies to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears, including American football , Australian rules football , Canadian football , Gaelic football , rugby league , rugby union and other related games. These variations are known as codes . TOC limit 3 Common elements The various codes of football share the following common elements Two team s of usually between 11 and 18 players some variations that have fewer players five or more per team are also popular. A clearly defined area in which to play the game. score game Scoring goal sport goals or Score game points , by moving the ball to an opposing team s end of the field and either into a goal area, or over a line. Goals or points resulting from players putting the ball between two goalposts . The goal or line being defended by the opposing team. Players being required to move the ball depending on the code by kicking, carrying, or hand passing the ball. Players using only their body to move the ball. In most codes, there are rules restricting the movement of players Offside sport offside , and players scoring a goal ... more details
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