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:

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★ American football

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★ Australian rules football

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★ Gaelic football

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★ International Rules Football

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★ Soccer

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★ Rugby union

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★ Rugby league

★ Footballtennis

★ Four square

★ Golf (see golf ball)

★ Handball:

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★ American handball

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★ Gaelic Handball

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★ Team handball

★ Hockey:

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★ Field hockey

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★ Ice hockey

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★ 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

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★ Escala i corda

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★ Llargues

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★ Raspall

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★ Valencian fronto

★ Volleyball

★ Water basketball

★ Water polo

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See also

★ Buddha games list