games are of two types; indoor and outdoor

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Indoor games and Outdoor games

3. Basket ball

4. BASKETBALL
Basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith
as an activity to keep his students at gym
active on a rainy day. The idea was to come up
with a sport that wouldn’t be too rough yet
would provide the right amount of physical
exercise. Originally played with a soccer ball,
the traditional brown ball (used exclusively for
basketball) came into existence in the late
1950s (introduced by Tony Hinkle). Points are
scored by putting the ball in the basket (two
points) if it is in front of the three-point line
else three-points are scored. Basketball, in
western countries, is played at many levels
including college and high-school level
basketball. The National Basketball Association
(NBA) in the USA was formed in 1949 and is,
today, the leading professional basketball
league in the world. It has witnessed players
like Shaquille O’Neal, Michael Jordan, Karl
Malone, Larry Bird, etc. who have contributed
greatly to the popularity and the success of the
sport.

5. Bowling

6. • To a layman this game might seem like a childish
indulgence- getting hold of a humongous ball just to
knock over ten odd-shaped pins at the end of an
alley hardly qualifies as a game, eh? Wrong.
• The sport of bowling has been accepted and is played
by over 95 million people across the world, spanning
more than 90 countries.
• Its roots are in Ancient Egypt (discovered from
remains by Sir Flinders Petrie) and also the Roman
Empire where the people used husk balls, leather
balls, etc.
• Pin bowling, as it is known today (with 10-pin, 9-pin
and even 5-pin variations), was first established in
New York in 1895.
• Besides providing a fun evening out, bowling gives
plenty of exercise for the human body and helps in
strengthening of muscles, burning fat, etc.

7. SQUASH

8. • This is a racquet and ball sport that can be played by two (singles) or four
(doubles) players.
• The name squash comes from the softness of the ball that is used in the
game. Harrow school is recognized with the invention and popularization of
this game which used racquets similar to, but a lot lighter than, those used
in tennis.
• The rules of the game have undergone a lot of changes over time.
• According to the conventional scoring system, the first player to reach 9
points is declared the winner of the game.
• If the score line, however, reads 8-8 then the player who reached 8 first
gets to decide whether the game will be played to 9 or played to 10.
• However, according to the current accepted scoring system, games are
played to 11 and must be reached keeping a difference of 2 in order to win.
• According to the World Squash Federation, England is the country with the
highest number of squash courts in the world.
• Jahangir Khan of Pakistan is widely considered to be the greatest player of
the game.

9. Table Tennis

10. • Analogous to its outdoor counterpart, table tennis can be played by two
players (singles) or by four (doubles).
• The rules of the game, however, are slightly different. The service must
be done in a way so as to make the ball drop once in one’s own half of
the board and once in the opponent’s half, and thereafter in the
opponent’s half only.
• In doubles, the rally is continued by players alternating among
themselves thus adding an extra dimension of challenge to this
extremely fast game; also, in doubles, the service is done diagonally
between opposite sections of the board! This game originated n
England in the late 1800s where it was played mostly by the elite class
as a post-meal game.
• Owing to the sound of the ball being hit to-and-fro between the
racquets, this game is also known as ping-pong.
• The first ever table tennis World Championships was hosted by London
in 1926.
• With 2 World Championships and a World Cup title to his name, Jan-
Ove Waldner is considered as one of the finest players of this game.

11. Carrom board

12. Chess

13. • This game with a stalwart that India can boast of proudly (Vishwanathan
Anand) is certainly one of the most mentally taxing and IQ-demanding
games.
• With roots lying in Ancient India in the Gupta Empire, it was known as
‘chaturanga’- literally meaning four divisions (infantry, cavalry, elephantry
and chariotry represented by pawn, knight, bishop and rook).
• Its spread into and across Europe did not occur until the 1000s.
• Chess has seen many international competitions being held like the World
Championship, the Women’s World Championship, the Junior World
Championship, the World Computer Chess Championship and many more.
• Currently ruled by grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, Chess has been able to
boast of heavyweights like Anand, Kasparov, Fischer, etc. Interestingly,
owing to the rapid development of artificial intelligence and cutting-edge
algorithms, a computer called Deep Blue (IBM) became the first computer
to defeat a human chess champion (Kasparov) in 1997!

14. Badminton

15. • Like squash, Badminton is also a racquet
sport (played with a shuttlecock instead of a
ball).
• Opponents are pitted against one another
on either side of a net and a point is scored
by a player when the shuttlecock is not
returned, during a rally, by his opponent.
• 1992 was the first year when badminton
was first introduced in the Olympics.
• This sport requires a good deal of agility,
reflexes and hand-eye coordination.
• It was in British India (early 1800s) when
this sport first came into existence.
• However, instead of what we know as
shuttlecocks today (made of feathers),
woolen balls were used.
• The Badminton World Federation was
established in the year 1934, long time after
the game had gained widespread popularity
in England.

16. FUTSAL

17. • A variant of football that is mainly played indoors, futsal is played
on a smaller field with 5 players on each side.
• Futsal is native to Brazil and Uruguay where it is played more than
football but attracts far less people.
• Futsal is played on a hard surface with a ball that has far less
bounce than a football. Substitutions have no limitation as in
football.
• The spread of the game during the 1970s was governed by an
international body- Federacion Internacional de Futbal de Salon
(FIFUSA).
• Currently, FIFUSA is no longer a governing body of the sport. FIFA
is one of the governing bodies and organizes separate
tournaments as compared to AMF (Asociacion Mundial de Futbal
de Salon).
• Futsal is played on the international level by countries that are
regulars in football as well. The current FIFA futsal World
Champion is Brazil.

18. BILLIARDS

19. • A general term used for Carambole Billiards, this is the most
popular game from the family of billiards (others include three-
cushion billiards, pool, etc).
• It is believed to have its origins in France in the late 1700s.
• The carambole billiard game (most popular in the family) has a
very simple objective- a point is scored (known as count) when
the cue ball hits both the object balls in a single stroke.
• As soon as a preset number of points is reached the winner is
decided.
• Other variations of billiards include limited-rail billiards, balkline
billiards, cushion carom, three-cushion billiards, etc.

21. Football

22. • Football is a family of team sports that involve, to
varying degrees, kicking a ball with a foot to score a goal.
• Unqualified, the word football is understood to refer to
whichever form of football is the most popular in the
regional context in which the word appears.
• Sports commonly called football in certain places
include: association football (known as soccer in some
countries); gridiron football (specifically American
football or Canadian football); Australian rules football;
rugby football (either rugby league or rugby union); and
Gaelic football.
• These different variations of football are known as
football codes.

23. Cricket

24. • Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of
eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which
is a rectangular 20-metre (22-yard) pitch with a target at
each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps
upon which two bails sit).
• Each phase of play is called an innings, during which one
team bats, attempting to score as many runs as possible,
whilst their opponents bowl and field, attempting to
minimise the number of runs scored. When each innings
ends, the teams usually swap roles for the next innings (i.e.
the team that previously batted will bowl/field, and vice
versa).
• The teams each bat for one or two innings, depending on
the type of match.

25. Race

26. Hockey

27. • Hockey is a sport in which two
teams play against each other
by trying to maneuver a ball or a
puck into the opponent's goal
using a hockey stick.
• There are many types of hockey
such as bandy, field hockey and
ice hockey.
The first recorded use of the word hockey is in
the 1773 book Juvenile Sports and Pastimes, to
Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Author:
Including a New Mode of Infant Education by
Richard Johnson (Pseud. Master Michel
Angelo), whose chapter XI was titled "New
Improvements on the Game of Hockey".[2] The
belief that hockey was mentioned in a 1363
proclamation by King Edward III of England is
based on modern translations of the
proclamation, which was originally in Latin and
explicitly forbade the games "Pilam Manualem,
Pedivam, & Bacularem: & ad Canibucam &
Gallorum Pugnam". The English historian and
biographer John Strype did not use the word
"hockey" when he translated the proclamation
in 1720.

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