Mesoamerican Ballgame

Lacrosse was one of many indigenous stick-ball games that was being played by American Indians when the Europeans arrived in the Americas. The name of the sport was given its name by early French settlers, using the generic term for a game played with a ball and a curved stick called a “Crosse”. “Native terminology, however, tends to describe more the technique (cf. Onondaga DEHUNTSHIGWA'ES, "men hit a rounded object") or, especially in the southeast, to underscore the game's aspects of war surrogacy ("little brother of war").” (Vennum) It is most notable from other sports by using a netted racquet, which is used to pick up, pass, throw and ultimately score by throwing the ball past a goal. The

Cabbage ball is not a sport that is widely known. In fact, it is mainly played in the Greater New Orleans area. It is played with a ball that is similar to a soft ball but has a greater diameter a bit heavier and a lot harder to hit. I learned that it is a very popular adult league game and is taken very seriously by many of the players. When I was asked to play cabbage ball by a co-worker, I asked friends about the sport and learned that many native New Orleaneans grew up playing this sport during their childhood and many had nostalgic memories of playing pick up games in their school yards.

The games that are most like Olmec Ball Game are basketball and soccer. It’s most like soccer because the game has the players kick the ball and never use their hands, and in basketball you have to score through a hoop which is also the same. According to Matthew Gross who works for newsela, football also connects to The Olmec Ball Game because only men were allowed to play Women weren’t allowed to play football. Another way it connects to football is because it was only played in Mesoamerica just like football is only played in America. The ball that is used to play the game is a solid rubber ball that is made out of natural latex, milky sap like fluid found in some plant. The ball was very dangerous, it was 10 to 30 cm in diameter and weighed from 500 g to 3.5 kg. This ball could easily hurt the players. The people who played would usually wear padding and protection to not get hurt from the heavy ball. A ballcourt was found dating to 1400 B.C. Also a model of a ballcourt from Nayarit in West Mexico shows that the the game was an important part of life in the ca. 300 B.C.–250 A.D. The main goal was to get a solid rubber ball through one of the rings. The players had to use their hands so it was harder than it seems. The team was made up of men only and had two or three people. There was a different and less popular version that made the players hit sticks. This ball game is so interesting and

Letting these games go on for days at a time, just playing. Their reasoning behind the sport of lacrosse was to make the younger ones tougher Spain 2 and war ready. It was also a game that was played for religious reasons and recreation, it was common for tribes to place bets on the outcome of the game. French Jesuit missionaries working in the St.

There are many greek sports that reflect our american culture today. One of the ancient sports that reflects our culture today is greek wrestling. Greek wrestling was a game where two opponents tried to throw each other out of a ring, and the man who was thrown from the ring first lost. This game was a fair game based on strength and strategy. There are many sports in america today that have those same virtues to win. Wrestling shows the physicality that a lot of sports in america possess today. This game also had a fair set of rules like almost all american sports. This was a great sport for strength training and it was very popular like it is today.

The ball game was played “for many reasons, including entertainment and competition. Because the losers were frequently sacrificed, ball games also served as a way to reenact wars with enemy peoples” (Foster, 2002, p.195). To play, the ball is kept in the air by hitting it with the hips, thighs or upper arms and bouncing it of the side walls. The use of the hands or feet was forbidden. The solid rubber ball was extremely hard and causes serious injuries. The ball game “participants wore padding on their forearms and knees as protection against the hard ball and even harder masonry surfaces of the ball courts” (Foster, 2002, p.195). To protect ribs and the torso players would wear a U-shaped belt or yoke. They were made out of leather or wicker. Hachas “were axlike stone implements shaped like animal, bird, or human heads and worn inserted in the belt” (Foster, 2002, p.195). It’s also said that “the motions of the ball were thought to parallel the motions of the sun, moon, and Venus as they rose through the sky and sank in the Underworld” (Foster, 2002, p.195). There’s a spiritual story associated with the ball game about the Hero Twins from the Popol

The sport of basketball started off with a peach basket and a soccer ball and since then has evolved to become one of the famous and entertaining sports in the

In many countries around the world, the socioeconomic problem is so bad that they are granted the title of a Third World country. Countries that are not quite as bad, such as most Latin American countries like Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, often have trouble, on a smaller level, of creating jobs and job security for its people to inspire work ethic and incentive to raise the socioeconomic bar that has been set below average. Sometimes, all it takes is a role model; a person who is from that respective country who has made a name for themself of continental proportion to inspire the rest of the country to fight against the low standard that has been acquired. This

Lone Star Play Ball is a non-profit organization that was founded in San Antonio, TX in 2008. The organization provides individuals with special needs the opportunity to participate in a co-ed non-competitive softball league. Lone Star has a competitive advantage through service differentiation as it is the only organization in San Antonio that caters to adults with special needs. In addition, the organization sets itself apart through the experience it offers to its participants, families, and volunteers. In order to maintain this competitive advantage, Lone Star Play Ball must establish branding to give the organization a distinct identity and be memorable and recognizable within the community. While Lone Star Play Ball has two leagues, this paper will focus on the branding for Lone Star Play Ball Southwest.

Lawn Bowling, also known as Bowls, influenced today’s modern sport called Bocce Ball. Bowls originated from the Romans and “Descended from the universal pastime of throwing rocks or pebbles at targets on the ground” (Leibs 73). By the beginning of the Renaissance, this sport was popular among all classes of society. Some popular equipment that was used in the game was weighted balls, the jack, and the Trigg. Each player had four wooden balls, with a

Balls back then were not like the tennis balls we know today. The balls were made of wood and the players would hit the ball into the wall with their bare hands until eventually it got so painful that they eventually incorporated leather gloves to take some of the pain away.

Basketball was originally about throwing a large ball into a peach basket hung up on the wall, making that the biggest variation of the game since its conception in 1891.

There I go again for another RW cougar baseball game and I see Charlie do great, He walks up to the plate and everyone cheers. The ball is pitched and as it crosses the plate, he swings at just the right time and smashes the ball right over the center fielder’s head and over the fence. As he jogs around the bases, everyone is cheering and I am in the stands dreaming about the day when that is me everyone is cheering for.

U.S soccer started when the English settlers came to populate America. The game was originally played across an entire town with two nets at either end. Players tackled each other to get the ball to one end of the town and in a

American society has many different types’ sports from all around the world. For example, the main two contemporary sports are basketball and football. Both sports require people, a ball, and open area to play in. However, these two sports are played differently. By comparing and contrasting basketball and football, we can examine them in terms of how they’re played, the amount of people in each teams, and the location the sports are being played in.