Bobby Niederhausen
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Mrs. Lewis
8 April, 2014
When you hear the word Croquet, what do you think of? Most people may think of the old game in Britain however, there is much more to the game now. It has progressed in numerous ways. It was first played in the 1500's as a game called "Pale Male". Then in the 1850's, it was played with a wooden mallet and willow branches for hoops. The game had many versions as it was played competitively. One such game was the kick version "Toequet". There are also many different types of Croquet in Asia. Present day here in the United States, the game is on the rise and is played competitvely in the backyard at afternoon parties.
The rules of Croquet have also changed over the past seven centuries. The modern game is often played outdoors at social gatherings.The player to begin play places his ball about mid-way between the stake and the first wicket. He hits the ball with the mallet and attempts to pass through the wickets before him. If he passes through both wickets, he receives two bonus strokes. (Croqet by Steven Boga). The rules of the game have not changed much over the years. It is the equipment that has changed, mostly in the mallets.
There is little history of the origin of the first games of Croquet however,
Bobby Niederhausen
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Mrs. Lewis
8 April, 2014 offshoots of it were created and played in London by a man named Spratt. The first versions are thought to be very similar to the current game that is widely played. The first ball however, was hard and made from wood, making it difficult to hit. Nowdays, it is often made of nylon. It is thought that the sport excelled and grew in popularity because it accepted both male and female players, wh...
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...ackyard party game. It is a real sport and isn't difficult to understand. Throughout it's progression, Croquet has changed a lot. Creativity and new rules have made the game better through the years. There is a great future for the game as a competitive and well known sport. It has weathered the test of time and crossed many borders.
Although, it may never be as popular as the NFL, MLB, and NBA, it still has great potential. It doesn't include hard contact or luck of your genes. Therefore, it can be enjoyed by all with little risk or injury. It has evolved into a quality game with a great fan base. One great reason Croquet is a good gameis the fan base. Many fans youg and old all share the same thing, the love and passion for the history and simplicity of the game. Croquet is a great past-time and fun way to bring people together to play a game and share good times.
It is a sporting equipment and as such we can easily connect it with fun and competition, it also has holes drilled for the fingers, which leads to a better grip, more control. On the other hand, it is heavy, thus it is something that wants to get away from you, it is hard to hold control of it, it needs those holes drilled if we want to somewhat control it.
Thomas Raddall, a Canadian historical analyst, once said, “When the soldiers were transferred to military posts along the Saint Lawrence and Great Lakes, they took the game with them; and for some time afterwards continued to send to Dartmouth Indians for the necessary sticks.” This quote goes to show that the game’s reputation took off, even during undesirable times such as during a war. Up to this point in time, the sport was primarily played by masculine males and not women. Skip ahead 75 years from the birth of the sport, in 1875 James Creighton, a native Canadian, devised the modern rules of the game. He strategically thought of all possibilities the game could ensue, and devised a set of rules in Montreal. A group of nine players, including Creighton, tried out his guidelines at the Victoria Skating Rink located at McGill University. They all agreed upon the fairness and rationality of the principles he set forth for the game. Instead of using a ball like they formerly did, they switched the ball out for a wooden puck; similar to today’s rubber puck. As the game’s organization progressed, seven years later, the first club ice hockey team was formed: McGill University Hockey Club. By 1880, there were enough club teams to start a tournament division that each team played against one
I have played softball ever since the tee ball days. It has been a sport that I have grown to love and couldn’t imagine not playing. The way I have grown up playing softball has changed tremendously from the time it was 1st created in 1887 on Thanksgiving Day. The first time this game was even thought of was when a group of excited men threw a boxing glove to another man who swung a broom trying to hit the boxing glove, like a bat hitting a ball. This group of men, who were all apart of the Farragut boat club, decided they would turn this into a game of their own and softball was born. Although the name softball was not finally decided on until 1926. It was first called indoor baseball. Kitten baseball, or pumpkin ball. Softball didn't grow rapidly until 1933 a softball tournament was set up at the world fair. There were 55 teams in the invent and over 350,000 watching. The game of softball went crazy. Not just in the U.S., but all around the world.
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Racquetball is a competitive game in which a strung racquet is used to serve and return the ball.
It was Thanksgiving Day in 1887, and just like men would today, they were watching football. The alumni of Harvard and Yale got together to cheer on their former schools. After the game, a man from Yale, in celebration, picked up a boxing glove and tossed it across the room at the Harvard graduates. Using a broom handle one of the Harvard men hit the glove away. This gave George Hancock, one of the men who was gathered there for the game, an idea. He took two boxing gloves tied them together and made a large ball. Then he chalked out a small diamond, like the ones in baseball, and broke a broom handle to use as a bat (History). The group of twenty played the first game of what would become known as softball. After an hour, the game ended with a score of 41-40 (History). At the time the game was called indoor baseball, and became a popular sport in the city of it’s creation, Chicago (History).
The History of Golf Balls The golf ball has changed dramatically over the years. Smooth hardwood balls were used between the 1400 and 1700's.
Participation in sports and games has long been a part of Native culture. The most significant example of a sport invented and played by Natives is lacrosse. Lacrosse is still designated as the official sport of Canada despite the overwhelming popularity of hockey (http://canada.gc.ca). Lacrosse was one of many varieties of indigenous stickball games being played by Native Americans and Canadians at the time of European contact. Almost exclusively a male team sport, it is distinguished from other stick and ball games, such as field hockey or shinny, by the use of a netted racquet with which to pick the ball off the ground, throw, catch and vault it into or past a goal to score a point.
Softball was developed as an indoor game in 1887 by George W.Hancock in Chicago. He used a 17-inch ball with outward turned seams. In the Spring of 1888, Hancock’s game moved outdoors. It was played on a small diamond and called indoor-outdoor. In 1889 Hancock published the first set of rules because of such high popularity in the sport. In 1895 a fire department officer with the name of Lewis Rober decided that he needed an activity to keep the firefighters active during their free time. Rober was unfamiliar with Hancock’s version of the game and in 1895 adapted the game for outdoor play. Rober used a 12-inch ball with a cover like a baseball. In 1900, Rober named the league Kitten League Ball.
Knowing that there are so many different types of tennis racquets to choose from, one must look at the specifics of each type of racquet. Throughout the years there has been three different types of racquets. The three different types of racquets are, wooden, fiberglass, and metal (“Selecting the Right”, 2013). The first type of racquet that was used was the wooden racquet. Up until the 1970’s people used wooden racquets (“Selecting the Right”, 2013). The second type of racquets used was the metal racquets. The first metal racquets used in a match was a Prince aluminum racquet in 1976 (“Selecting the Right”, 2013). The racquet mostly used in today’s world would be fiberglass racquets which can hold up to 140mph of brutal impact (“Selecting the Right”, 2013). Power is directly related to the head size of racquets (“Selecting the Right”, 2013). A larger head will provide more power than a smaller head, because the lar...
Golf. A sport that started out with just a wooden stick and ball, is now a very well know game by many people all around the globe. The sport that also just started out as a way to mess around has become a job for some of the people and is making some golfers millions of dollars each year. A sport that many people spend their whole lives playing or watching used to not be exactly what is today. Even though golf is a very well known sport now, golf has been around for hundreds of years and is played by people all over the world. The sport of golf has been dated all the way back to years before 1,000 and has kept growing exponentially ever since. According to the International Golf Federation, they have 144 different countries a part of the organization, leaving out 51. The game of golf is played at many different levels all the way from junior tournaments, all the way to professional events. The evolution of the sport of golf is made up of a couple main things. These two main things are how golf got its start, and what has changed about the game.
The game of basketball is a highly recognized and widely known sport. Basketball was first heard of in the winter of 1891 when a man by the name of James Naismith was told to instruct a physical education class at the Young Men’s Christian Association in Springfield, Massachusetts. Naismith was instructed to put together a game for young men to enjoy while they were at the YMCA. While trying to come up with a brilliant and fun game for these young men, Naismith reminisced back on his childhood in Canada. He remembered a game his friends and him had played all the time: “Duck on a Rock”, which involved trying to knock a large rock off a boulder by throwing smaller rocks at it. Naismith also remembered watching a game of rugby going on in the gymnasium. The game of Rugby involved tossing a ball into a box. After a very short time of trying to make up a game for these young men, Naismith came up with a brilliant idea. Little did he know the game that he came up with just so happened to be one of he most renowned sports in American history. Naismith’s idea pertained to nailing up raised boxes so that players could attempt to throw a ball in the basket. When there were no boxes too be found, he used peach baskets. Supposedly, Naismith came up with all the rules for this game in no more than “about an hour”, according to Alexander Wolff. Shortly after Naismith had invented the game of basketball, graduates of the YMCA traveled internationally which is the main reason as to why this sport is so widely known. The impact basketball has made on the lives of many Americans is incredible in the sense that it has given people the ability to ...
The history of volleyball goes back to the year 1895. The game was invented by a man by the name of William G. Morgan, at a YMCA in Massachusetts (NCVA). Morgan was an instructor at the YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) when he created the volleyball game (NCVA). Volleyball is a very popular sport around the world. It is especially popular in the U.S., which is where it originated (NCVA).
As mentioned, soccer is the most popular sport on earth and has a rich history. There is evidence that a couple thousand years ago, people were playing a game similar to soccer. The modern game, played today in America, was not developed until 1863 when the original rules of no tripping and no hand balls were developed. The game started in the public school grounds of England but the basics of kicking a ball around were found in a Chinese military instruction piece estimated second or third BC. The form of football was called, “Tsu Chu”. Tsu Chu had the original concept of kicking a ball through a target, but while the soldier was being attacked by his fellow soldiers. During the Han Dynasty, the ball was made of leather and filled with feathers and the use of hands was not permitted “FIFA”.
People in both ancient and modern societies have enjoyed playing sports in the spare time. The different shapes of athletic equipment, uniforms, and balls such as basketball, baseball, football, and soccer ball are designed differently to serve the purpose of their sports Also, each sport has been developed in various ways.