Ball games include handball, basketball, football, volleyball, badminton, tennis, golf, ice hockey, beach volleyball, baseball, softball, rattan ball, shuttlecock, table tennis, billiards, croquet, cricket, squash, casserole, curling, croquet, rugby, hockey, water polo and polo.

Brief introduction of Olympic ball games

Football (rugby)

Football can be said to be the world's number one sport, suitable for men, women and children, and fascinated countless audiences.

The game was played on the grass, and each team had 10 players and a goalkeeper. The ball is kicked into the opponent's goal or scored with the head. The game is divided into the first half and the second half, with a total of 45 minutes.

The World Cup held every four years is the most important competition. More than 150 countries in the world will send teams to participate in the competition, and it will take 16 months from the qualifying round to the final.

Men's football and women's football were listed as official events in the 2nd Olympic Games in 1900 and the 26th Olympic Games in 1996 respectively. According to the regulations of the International Olympic Committee, each team can only have no more than three professional football players over the age of 23.

Basketball (basketball)

Basketball is a very popular sport with a lively rhythm, which is popular in nearly 200 countries and regions around the world.

The stadium is divided into two teams, with five players from each team playing against each other. On the hard floor court, there is a basket connected with the rope net on the backboard suspended at both ends. You can score points by throwing the ball into the opponent's basket by hand.

Men's and women's basketball were listed as official events in 19361Olympic Games and19762/Olympic Games respectively, and professional basketball players were allowed to participate in the Olympic Games from the 25th Olympic Games in 1992.

Volleyball (volleyball)

The volleyball match is divided into two teams. Each team sent six players to participate in the competition. You can hit the ball over the high net with any part of your body. If the ball falls on the opponent's court or the opponent fails to hit the ball, you can score. The serve should be behind the baseline. In the game, the ball can't land, stay in the hand, the player can't touch the net and cross the center line, and a player can't hit the ball twice in a row. Before returning the ball, you can only hit the ball three times at most on each side (blocking the tentacles once is not counted).

1964 18 The Olympic Games began to be listed as an official event, divided into two events: men's and women's.

Baseball (baseball)

Baseball is a sport developed in the United States from the middle of19th century, and now it has become a popular sport in many parts of the world.

A team competition in which nine players on each team take turns swinging the bat to run to the base to score points. The batter had three chances to hit another pitcher's ball with his bat. Before the other team intercepted the ball, Li Jing was tired. Finally, he crossed 1 base, 2/base and 3/base in turn, and finally returned to home plate safely to get 1 point. The two teams attack and defend once each in a game. The official game ends in 9 innings, and the side with more points wins.

Baseball was listed as an official event in the 25th Olympic Games in 1992.

badminton

Badminton is an indoor and outdoor sport. Players from both sides are separated from each other on the court across the net and hit a conical badminton net back and forth with badminton rackets. The opponent must return the ball before it hits the ground. If the ball hit by the server falls on the opponent's court or the opponent returns the ball out of bounds, the server scores.

1992 The 25th Olympic Games began to be listed as an official event, including men's and women's singles and doubles, and mixed doubles was also listed as an official event in the 26th Olympic Games.

Hockey (hockey)

Hockey, also known as lawn hockey, has a goal in the middle of each end of the court. In the competition, each team 1 person served as goalkeeper, striker, avant-garde and defender respectively. Each player holds a curved stick in his hand, elbows on the ground, and emphasizes scoring by shooting at the opponent's goal. The whole game is 70 minutes, divided into upper and lower sections, each section is 35 minutes, and the intermission does not exceed 5 minutes. If you score 1 goal, you will get 1 point, and the person who scores more will win.

Men's and women's hockey were listed as official events in the 4th Olympic Games in 1908 and the 22nd Olympic Games in 1980 respectively.

polo

Water polo is a ball game in the swimming pool and one of the four major events in the World Swimming Championships. Each side has six players and a goalkeeper. The competition is divided into four sections, each of which lasts for 7 minutes. Shoot the ball into the opponent's goal to score. The person who scores more points wins. Except the goalkeeper, anyone can only touch the ball with one hand and can't push it into the water.

Men's and women's water polo was listed as an official event in the 2nd Olympic Games in 1900 and the 27th Olympic Games in 2000 respectively.

handball

Handball originated in Europe and is a ball game with the characteristics of basketball and football. Players can catch and pass the ball with every part of their body except their calves and feet. Players can't run with the ball, they must bounce the ball or pass it to their teammates. "3" is a magic number in handball. Players can only stop the ball in their hands for 3 seconds at most before passing, tapping or shooting; Only three steps can be taken after holding the ball; If you hit the ball once, you can take three more steps. Men's and women's adult teams compete for 60 minutes, divided into the first half and the second half, and the intermission 10 minutes. They score by hitting the ball into the opponent's goal, and the one who scores more will be the winner. At first, handball was dominated by 1 1. At present, men's and women's handball have been listed as official events from 1972 20th Olympic Games and 1976 2nd Olympic Games.

Beach volleyball (beach volleyball)

Beach volleyball originated in the United States in the 1920s, and became an indispensable popular sport on California beaches in 1950s and 1960s. The competition is held outdoors, and there is fine sand at least 40 cm thick on the ground. The basic skills-kick-off, catch, tackle and spike-are similar to indoor volleyball. The official international competition is divided into two teams, each with two athletes. They can wear vests, shorts or swimsuits, sunglasses and sun hats, but they must compete barefoot.

Men's and women's beach volleyball has been listed as an official event since the 26th Olympic Games.

Table tennis (table tennis)

Table tennis originated in Britain, and Europeans still call it "table tennis". So table tennis is developed from tennis. /kloc-At the end of 0/9, tennis was all the rage in Europe. However, due to the limitation of venue and weather, some college students in Britain move tennis indoors, using the dining table as a table, books as a net, parchment as a racket and playing around the dining table.

At present, table tennis matches are held on the table. At both ends of the table, both players use a small wooden ball with rubber to hit the hollow plastic racket above the playing net.

1988, the 24th Olympic Games was listed as an official event. There are four events: men's singles and men's doubles.

Table tennis is called "national ball" in China. China players have won many victories in competitions all over the world, and even won gold medals in table tennis at the 26th and 27th Olympic Games.

Tennis (tennis)

Tennis is a kind of ball game. Players on both sides are separated by a net, and rubber balls are played by the net across the net. Tennis originated in France around 12- 13 century, and then spread to Britain, and 18 century spread to the United States.

Modern tennis equipment, clothing and game rules were formed in19th century. The competition is divided into seven categories: men's and women's teams, men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles.

The player who wins the following four world championships in a row can win the grand slam.

1. Wimbledon (lawn)

2. Australian Open (artificial grass)

3. US Open (artificial material)

4. French Open (clay)

Men's and women's tennis was included in the first Olympic Games in 1896 and the second Olympic Games in 1900 respectively, and was later cancelled. It was not until 1988 that the 24th Olympic Games returned to the Olympic family, and there were only four events: men's singles and men's doubles.

softball

1996 became an Olympic event.

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Softball became a women's event after its technical difficulty and sports intensity were lower than baseball. Softball was born out of a need. Because of the bad weather and crowded cities, baseball was moved indoors and softball was formed. Softball was born in Chicago, USA from 65438 to 1980. The sport has developed rapidly and gradually moved to the outdoors. Now there are 20 million people playing this sport all over the world.

Compared with baseball, one of the three major sports in the United States, softball requires a small field, a big ball and a slow ball speed (because the rules of softball stipulate that the hand must be under the shoulder during throwing). Because of the above advantages, softball quickly swept the United States.

There are two kinds of softball-fast softball and slow softball. Both forms of softball are deeply loved by the American people. With the expansion of American power in World War II, softball has been popularized all over the world. Since then, softball has gradually become a women's sport. In the 1950 s, softball also changed from a mass sport to a competitive sport. Australia held the first national women's softball championship as early as 1947, and the corresponding men's competition didn't start until 1984. 1965, in the final of the first women's softball world championships held in Melbourne, Australia, the host team Australia beat the United States with 1-0 and won the world championship. After this game, fast softball quickly became the mainstream of softball.

The 2nd Women's Softball World Championship was held on 1970. Since then, the men's, women's and youth softball world championships have been held every four years. Today, one hundred years after the birth of softball, softball is still one of the most popular sports in America. The World Softball Federation also has more than 1 10 member countries.

In the early days of softball development, there were four shortstops, and each shortstop had ten players. Slow softball is also known as Kiten Ball and Softball. Because the rules of slow softball require the pitcher to throw the ball with an arc, the speed of the ball is effectively limited, and the score of the game is usually high. On the contrary, fast softball is a low-scoring pitcher's game with only nine players.

However, Olympic softball is not much worse than professional baseball. At the Atlanta Olympic Games, a pitcher threw a ball with a speed of118km per hour. Because the distance between the pitcher and the batter in softball is only 12.2 meters, while baseball is 18.4 meters, and the average speed of baseball pitcher is 160 km/h, so for softball players, their reaction ability is not much worse than that of baseball players.

In addition, softball, which is called "soft ball" in English, is actually as hard as baseball. The only difference between the two balls is that the circumference of the softball body is 30.4 cm and that of the baseball body is 22.8 cm.

Ice hockey (ice hockey)

Ice hockey originated in Canada in the middle of19th century. The athletes skated on the ice. This is a fast and intense team sport, and athletes must wear protective equipment. The competition is divided into three rounds of 20 minutes each, with 5 players and a goalkeeper from each team participating. Hit the ball into the opponent's goal with a club to score.

Men's ice hockey was listed as an official event in the 7th Olympic Games in 1920, and the Olympic Games in 1924 was divided into two events: summer and winter. Women's ice hockey was listed as an event in the Winter Olympic Games held in Nagano, Japan on 1998.