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Sports Day (British English & Canadian English), field days (American English), or play days (Canadian English) are events staged by many schools and offices in which people participate in competitive sporting activities, often with the aim of winning trophies or prizes. Though they are often held at the beginning of summer, they are also ...
Octathlon, combined track and field event featured at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics; Throws pentathlon, a championship combined track and field event at the World Masters Athletics Championships; Fierljeppen, Frisian sport of pole vaulting for distance; Softball throw, athletics event throwing for distance using a softball
Sports Day was established since the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics was held in 1964 The first Health and Sports Day was held on October 10, 1966, two years after the 1964 Summer Olympics . October was chosen for the unusually late Summer Olympics to avoid the Japanese rainy season , and Health and Sports Day continues to be one of the ...
Ball sports fall within many sport categories, some sports within multiple categories, including: Bat-and-ball games, such as cricket and baseball. Invasion games, such as football and basketball. Net and wall games, such as volleyball. Racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis, squash and badminton. Throwing sports, such as dodgeball and bocce.
3. Ride before you drive. Wherever you need to go on Earth Day, from point A to point B, make it a priority to leave a little earlier and trade your tires for some wheels.
Tee-ball is a popular sport for Australian primary school children. An estimated 60% of Australian primary schools include Tee-ball in their sports programs and 17,000 children play in organised competitions. [12] 2017 research found 10.6% of 6–13 year-olds regularly play tee-ball, making it the 14th most popular children's sport in Australia ...
Kronum [8] – a field sport mixing elements of association football, handball and basketball; N. Nashball – a field sport mixing elements of association football, fistball, basketball, ultimate frisbee, and volleyball using horizontal end zone goals and strict no open-hand contact and strike. P. Padbol - A hybrid of soccer, volleyball ...
A street game or street sport is a sport or game that is played on city streets rather than a prepared field. Street games are usually simply play time activities for children in the most convenient venue. Some street games have risen to the level of organized tournaments, such as stickball.