Other Sports

The earliest games of table shuffleboard date back to 15th century England, when pub patrons would wager money and drinks on who could slide coins closest to the edge of the bar without letting...

Lacrosse is a popular sport that was invented by Native Americans and named by the French. Commonly referred to as "America's first sport," according to USLacrosse.org, the game is a combination...

If you have played American outdoor shuffleboard, you may think that indoor shuffleboard is the same, except that you play indoors. On the contrary, indoor shuffleboard differs notably from its...

Once a favorite playground staple, the tetherball became almost extinct. Repopularized by recent cult-classic movies such as "Napoleon Dynamite" and "Kicking & Screaming," tetherball poles are...

Lacrosse is a popular college sport, especially in the east and mid-Atlantic states. While the men's version emphasizes contact and hard-hitting, the women's version of the game is subtler, and it...

Tetherball is a game where two people stand on opposite sides of a pole and try to hit a ball that is attached to the pole by a rope. They try to get the ball to go in opposite directions, toward...

Speedminton is like badminton that's downed about 10 cups of coffee. Although the games are similar--both use rackets and a shuttlecock--you have to be ready for lightning-fast plays if you have...

Exercise ball jousting involves two players trying to knock each other over. There are few rules, which are more like guidelines. You may not wish to attempt this without sufficient safety gear.

Table tennis, also commonly known as Ping Pong, is a great game for almost any age group. Two to four players can play the game, and in many ways it is similar to tennis but has the important...

It's about being repetitive and knowing your opponent in a pressure pool game. You'll learn how to rattle your opponent and take advantage of subsequent mistakes.

Judo is a very close-quarters grappling style of martial arts. In a sense, it can be seen as the Japanese version of wrestling, although movement is still fluid. Given the close nature of the art,...

Sting Pong is a wonderful and challenging variation to "Ping Pong," or table tennis. You basically play with the same rules as table tennis except with one painful twist: If you lose a point, the...

Paddleball is a fast game played with two or more players. Basically, you hit a ball against a wall and your opponent tries to return your shot. The goal is to hit the ball so that your opponent...

Like street basketball players, street soccer players use moves and tricks to humiliate their opponents. Although this seems unsportsmanlike, it's an essential part of the street soccer culture...

Lacrosse is a fast-paced, high-contact sport, played by males and females, from elementary school through college and beyond. It's a challenging game and often takes players years to master...

Lacrosse is a high contact, typically aggressive game, with rules and penalties similar to basketball. There are two types of fouls, personal and technical, which result in various penalties from...

Checking your opponent in lacrosse is used as a means of disrupting their movement or as an attempt to knock the ball away from their possession. There are certain guidelines to checking, however,...

The face-off in lacrosse is performed by the two center midfielders at the beginning of each period and after a goal is scored. Winning the face-off gives your team control of the ball and a...

The sport of arm wrestling is often mistaken as brutish and without strategy. However, arm wrestling is as much mental as it is physical. One key mental aspect of arm wrestling is the ability to...

The quarterstaff was one of many weapons in the medieval arsenal and it has enjoyed renewed interest with the resurgence of medieval reenactment groups. Sparring with the quarterstaff is a great...