BALL GAME

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A 'ball game' is a game played with a ball.
There are many popular games or sports involving some type of ball or similar object. These games can be grouped by the general objective of the game, sometimes indicating a common origin either of a game itself or of its basic idea:

Bat-and-ball games, such as baseball, cricket and golf.

★ Two-goal games, such as basketball and all forms of football and hockey or lacrosse.

★ Volleying games, such as volleyball and tennis.

★ "Target" games, such as bowling and lotball.

★ The original "Ball Game", whose objective is to keep the ball constantly moving but not allowing it to bounce twice upon the ground without being struck between bounces.

★ and so on
Popular ball games from around the world include:

Baseball (in the United States, a game of baseball is referred to as a "ballgame")

Basketball

Basque pilota

★ :Jai alai

Billiards (including snooker, eight ball and pool variations)

Bocce

Boules

Bowling

Bowls

Canoe polo

Carpetball

Cricket (see cricket ball)

Croquet

Dodgeball

Foosball

Footbag

Football:


American football


Australian rules football


Gaelic football


International Rules Football


Soccer


Rugby union


Rugby league

Footballtennis

Four square

Golf (see golf ball)

Handball:


American handball


Gaelic Handball


Team handball

★ Hockey:


Field hockey


Ice hockey


Rink hockey

Hurling

Indiaca

Juggling

Lacrosse

★ Lotball

Mesoamerican ballgame

Netball

Newcomb ball

PaddleBall

Paintball

Pétanque

Podex

Polo

Quidditch (fictional game)

Racquetball

Sepak Takraw

Shinty

Skee ball

Squash

Stickball

Stickball (Native American)

Stone Ring

Tchoukball

Tee Ball

Tetherball

Tennis

Tennis Polo/Toccer

Ulama game

Valencian pilota


Escala i corda


Llargues


Raspall


Valencian fronto

Volleyball

Water basketball

Water polo

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See also

See also



Buddha games list

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