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17 January 1597 — a court of law in Guildford heard from a 59-year-old coroner, John Derrick, who gave witness that when he was a scholar at the "Free School at Guildford", fifty years earlier, "hee and diverse of his fellows did runne and play at creckett and other plaies " on common land which was the subject of the current legal dispute ...
This category is for the inventors or innovators of sports (such as inventing basketball) or things crucial to modern sports (such as inventing billiards cue tip chalk or plastic balls). People who had a minor impact (such as coming up with a rules variation or producing a specific product line among many) should not be placed in this category.
Kin-Ball is a team sport created in Quebec, Canada, in 1986 by Mario Demers, a physical education professor. The main distinctive characteristics are the large size of the ball (1.2m (48 inches) in diameter) [ i ] [ 1 ] and that the matches are played by three teams at the same time.
Study of the history of sport can teach lessons about social changes and about the nature of sport itself, as sport seems involved in the development of basic human skills (compare play). [ citation needed ] As one delves further back in history, dwindling evidence makes theories of the origins and purposes of sport more and more difficult to ...
The lance is typically constructed from 1.25-or-1.5-inch-thick (3.2 or 3.8 cm) wood, depending on the progression of a joust. Instead of the sharp tip of war lances, a jousting lance has a blunt tip with a wider impact surface, putting more force into the impact on the shield rather than impaling the opponent.
The playing area of a standard tournament table measures 11 feet 8 inches by 5 ft 10 in (3.569 m by 1.778 m) with a tolerance of 1 ⁄ 2 inch (1.26 cm) in both directions, though smaller ones, down to half size, are often found in snooker halls, pubs and home billiard rooms.
Each quoit weighs 4 lb (1.8 kg) and is approximately 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (17 cm) in diameter, has a 3-inch-diameter (8 cm) hole, and stands 1 in (2.5 cm) high. Since 2003 the USQA has conducted annual tournaments culminating in a World Championship in both singles and doubles as well as a season ending points champion.
Strongman competitions usually involve non-traditional, often sensationalistic, challenges of strength. Strength athletics is the collection of strength sports which measure physical strength, [1] based on both: non-standard and historical implements as seen in Strongman and Highland games, [2] and standardized and calibrated equipment as seen in Powerlifting [3] and Weightlifting.