Sport Analysis: Cabbage Ball

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

At this, among other corn festivals, marriage arrangements were made. In addition, the game of chunkey as well as the ball play was extensively practiced by them. Conflicts between villagers, and sometimes with other tribes, were generally settled by sport rather than war. The stickball game (a forerunner of the modern game of lacrosse) pitted teams from different villages against each other. Winning was a matter not only of skill but of the power of the villages' spiritual leaders to influence the outcome through their prayers and powers.

The sport of Lacrosse came from Native Americans. And ever since people have been playing it for years. In recent year Lacrosse has become a popular sport and more people are playing it. If you wanna know how to play lacrosse essential part of it is how to throw a lacrosse ball. There are three steps in order to throw a lacrosse ball and they are make sure your feet are set, your hand are in the right place, and how you get the ball out of the net.

Lacrosse is the oldest team sport in North America, having been played by Native American tribes long before any European had even set foot on the continent. A century after European missionaries discovered the game played by Native Americans, they began to play it themselves, starting in the 18th century. From there, it evolved and grew in popularity from a very savage game that resembled war, into what it is today, a recreational sport played widely in America and other countries. As U.S. Lacrosse literature aptly puts it "Lacrosse is a game born of the North American Indian, christened by the French, adopted and raised by the Canadians, and later dominated by the Americans."

The hooper redbirds were having the first game of the season. I wanted to sign up so bad but I wouldn’t do any good. It was at their first practice. I was watching them by the bleachers think that I want to be out there so bad. I kept thinking till I got interrupted by the team, they asked “why aren’t you playing Bryton?” I said “it would do your team any good for me to what, just sit on the bench and watch all of you guys play?” “No Bryton you would play everyone gets their chance” “I’ll think about it, okay?” “well you better not wait too long before the sign-ups end” “I won’t” “okay”

209). The structure of sport is the perfect vehicle of nationalist agendas, it requires physical and mental dominance, along with teamwork and skill. Early settlers in Canada were determined to resist an imported identity, they wished to create an independent identity separate from Britain (Robidoux, 2002, p. 212). To create an authentic, Canadian identity they required two things. The extermination of foreign influences and a socially constructed history, their own unique history (Beers, as cited in Robidoux, 2002, p. 212). The early settlers were captured by a game known now as the grandfather of modern lacrosse. Native Americans called the game baggatway. The early settlers viewed its harsh nature as a

Lacrosse is an exciting and fast-paced sport with almost nonstop action from start to finish. The strategy is simple. Players move a ball down a field using sticks with nets on them. A goal is scored by hurling the ball past the other team’s goaltender into an upright net. Lacrosse is played at all levels of athletics. There are professional, amateur, and school teams, and there are scholarships for those who play it in college.

Liz Johnson 5/1/15 Big History 5th-6th Softball, The Story of It All. Softball and baseball are the same thing, right? Wrong. Softball is the same as baseball, but it has a softer ball, right? Wrong again. So if it’s not the same as baseball and it doesn’t have a softer ball then what is it? Softball is its very own sport. Yes, it has similarities to baseball, but there are many differences. To fully understand softball you have to know its history, how it is played and how it works, what it is made of, and finally what it is all about. It was 1887 in Chicago, Illinois, the Yale vs. Harvard football game, this is where softball originated. A football game is where softball originated, not baseball. Softball has its own separate history of baseball. And that is the first discipline that I am going to cross; history. When it was announced that Yale won the game, a fan threw a boxing glove at a Harvard fan. As the glove was thrown, the Harvard fan grabbed a broom handle and swung at the glove. Right then George Hancock playfully shouted out “play ball!”. And then the very first softball game was played. Before I go into detail about the history and importance of softball I am going to explain how the game is played. There are four basic elements of softball. One: bases, Two: batting, Three: catching, and four: signs. There are four plates/ bases; first base, second base, third base, and home plate. When you are batting you try to hit the ball as far as you can when the pitcher

The Iroquois tribe created the game of Lacrosse, originally called stickball. The word Lacrosse means “little war”. A spiritual leader would do a ritual with the men who were going to play before the game would start. He would burn tobacco and get the players ready to play. Any number of men could play at one time. There could be hundreds playing outside on an uneven field that extended up to a mile. They sometimes played for days. The game was believed to be spiritual in which they could give entertainment, and praise and thank the gods. They used long sticks, which were two to five feet long. The sticks had a net on the end that was made out of woven bark or rawhide string. The balls they used were either made of wood or hide filled with

The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club was the first of its kind and it made the child’s game of “town ball” into an adult sport that has turned into our nations pastime. The Knickerbocker Club first increased the distance between bases to 90 feet. “ Second, they brought the game an adult sense of order by dividing the field into fair and foul territory, narrowing the hitter’s range to the space between the foul lines and reducing the number of defensive players needed.” Idea, (2). Third, the Knickerbockers got rid of the old rule of throwing the ball at a player to get them out. This made the game safer and enabled them to use a harder ball, which made it a faster sharper game.

Lacrosse is a sport played by many around the world. It was first invented in 1636, and physics is applied to this sport in many ways.

Anna Bargman ’21 brought the ball down the field into the offensive end, passed it to Kelly McCarthy ’19 who launched the ball into the circle and set up a shot for Jo Caico ’19, who scored the team’s 5th goal against St. Mark’s School. Andover went on to win its game on Saturday 5-0. The season record now stands at 3-0, with just one goal scored against.

Hooverball is a combination of tennis and volleyball, but is played with a medicine ball. The game was designed for players that were not superstar athletes, but instead members of the United States government looking to get a quick workout. It made as more of a friendly competition and an exciting way to exercise rather than the typical boring jog or strength training routine. Although the game has not been as popular as sports such as baseball, football, or basketball, it has made a recent surge of popularity among members of the CrossFit community and the select few who participate yearly in the Hooverball Championships in West Branch, Iowa.

There are three basic elements in which one can find in any game show (game theory) and those three basic elements are “the players, the strategies available to each player, and the payoffs each player receives for each possible combination of strategies” (Frank, Bernanke, and Johnston 252). The game show known as Golden Balls is no different because one can see the players, strategies and outcome in the game. Golden Balls involves decision making and can be looked at in an economic perspective because economics is decision making.

The most popular form of baseball is "nanshiki" which uses a light rubber ball with dimples so that it resembles a large golf ball with the traditional raised seams of a baseball. The ball is a little harder to catch (because it is so light, it has a tendency to pop out of the glove). It is very popular with town and city leagues as well as with many youth and company leagues.