Wednesday, December 29, 2010

bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing is a bycycling racing sport held on roads  using racing bycycle. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously) with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course individual and team time trail are another form of cycle racing on roads. Road racing is popular all over the world, but Especially in urope. The most competitive and devoted countries are Belgium, France,Germany, Italy,  theNetherland, Spain andSwitzerland, although the sport is also popular in Australia, Denmark, , United Kingdom, and the United State. The sport was popular in the western European countries of France, Spain, Belgium, and Italy. Some of Europe's earliest road bicycle races remain among the sport's biggest events. They provided a template for other races around the world. While the sport has spread throughout the world, these historic races remain the most prestigious for a cyclist to win.

polo

Polo is a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a long-handled mallet. The traditional sport of polo is played at speed on a large grass field up to 300 yards in length, and each polo team consists of four riders and their mounts. Most of the countries there play this sports on the elephantback  in which the objectives  is to score goals and rules same as the other polo such as horse polo. Polo found popularity in Argentina, Brazil,Chile ,Mexico and the United states of America. Field polo requires two teams of 4 players. A full-size field is 300 yards long, and either 200 yards or 160 yards wide if there are side board these are generally 6" high. There are tall collapsible goalposts at each end of the field spread 8 yards apart. The object of the game is to score the most goals by hitting the ball through the goal. Polo teams change direction after each goal in order to compensate for field and wind conditions.

cricket

Cricket is a bat and ball team sport. Many variations exist, with its most popular form played on  ovalshaped ball outdoor arena known as a cricket field at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard  long pitch that is the focus of the game. A game is contested between two teams of eleven players each. One team bats trying to score as many runs  as possible while the other team bowls and feild trying todismiss the batsmen and thus limit the runs scored by the batting team. A run is scored by the striking batsman hitting the ball with his bat, running to the opposite end of the pitch and touching the crease there without being dismissed.There are also variations in the length of a game of cricket.In professional cricket this ranges from a limit of 20 overs per side to a game played over 5 days depending on the form of the match being played The teams switch between batting and fielding at the end of an innings.

base ball

Baseball is a bat and ball  sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal is to score runs by hitting a thrown  ball with a bat  and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team  take turns hitting against the pitcher  of the other team (the fielding team), which tries to stop them from scoring runs by getting hitters out  in any of several ways. A player on the batting team can stop at any of the bases and later advance via a teammate's hit or other means. The teams switch between batting and fielding whenever the fielding team records three outs. One turn at bat for each team constitutes an ining and nine innings make up a professional game. The team with the most runs at the end of the game wins. The game is sometimes referred to as hard ball, in contrast to the derivative game of  softball.

badminton

Badminton is racquet game played by either two opposing players either single or double, who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a cock  with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their opponents' half of the court. Each side may only strike the shuttlecock once before it passes over the net. A rally ends once the shuttlecock has struck the floor.The shuttlecock  is a feathered projectile whose unique aerodynamic properties cause it to fly differently from the balls used in most racquet sports; in particular, the feathers create much higher drag. causing the shuttlecock to decelerate more rapidly than a ball. Shuttlecocks have a much higher top speed, when compared to other racquet sports. Because shuttlecock flight is affected by wind, competitive badminton is played indoors. Badminton is also played outdoors as a casual recreational activity, often as a garden or beach game.

golf

Golf is a precision club-and-ball sport, in which competing players , using many types of clubs, attempt to hit balls into each hole on a golf course while employing the fewest number of strokes. Golf is one of the few ball games  that does not require a standardized playing area. Instead, the game is played on golf "courses," each of which features a unique design, although courses typically consist of either nine or 18 holes.Every round of golf is based on playing a number of holes in a given order. Golf is defined, in the rules of golf, as "playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules.Golf competition is generally played for the lowest number of strokes by an individual, known simply stroke play, or the lowest score on the most individual holes during a complete round by an individual or team, known as match play.

table tennis

Table tennis is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis racket. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve, players must allow a ball played toward them only one bounce on their side of the table and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side. Points are scored when a player fails to return the ball within the rules. Play is fast and demands quick reactions. A skilled player can impart several varieties of spin to the ball, altering its trajectory and limiting an opponent's options to great advantage. It is also common for one player  to hide the ball in one or the other hand allowing the other player to guess which hand the ball is in. The correct or incorrect guess gives the "winner" the option to choose to serve, receive, or to choose which side of the table to use. Another method is for one player to hit the ball to the other and he or she returns it or by hitting it back and forth four times and then playing out the point. This is commonly referred to as  play to serve  or  rally to serve.