Archive for the ‘Sport’ Category

Fielding team in baseball

Posted by Nicolae on September 1st, 2008 under Baseball Guide, Sport, games
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The squad in the field is the defensive team; they attempt to prevent the baserunners from scoring. There are nine defensive positions, however, only two of the positions have a mandatory location (pitcher and catcher), the locations of the other seven fielders is not specified by the rules, except that at the [...]

Great tennis players

Posted by Nicolae on August 11th, 2008 under History, Sport, Tennis Guide, games
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Great Players
Numerous great players played in the days before tennis’s Open era, many of whom are unknown by modern sports fans. Among them, chronologically, are:

“Big Bill” Tilden - winner of 21 amateur Grand Slam titles, 7 consecutive Davis Cups, 4 professional Grand Slam titles, the professional doubles title at age 52; was [...]

Olympic boxing

Posted by Nicolae on August 11th, 2008 under Boxing Guide, History, Sport, games
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Olympic (or Amateur) boxing is found at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games. Olympic boxing prizes point scoring rather than physical damage or knockouts. Bouts comprise four rounds of two minutes in Olympic and Commonwealth and three rounds of two minutes in a national ABA (Amateur Boxing association) bout each with [...]

Basketball rules and regulations

Posted by Nicolae on August 9th, 2008 under Basketball Guide, Rules, Sport
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Measurements and time limits discussed in this section often vary among tournaments and organizations; international and NBA rules are used in this section.
The object of the game is to outscore one’s opponents by throwing the ball through the opponents’ basket from above while preventing the opponents from doing so on their [...]

Baseball Gameplay

Posted by Nicolae on August 8th, 2008 under Baseball Guide, Rules, Sport, games
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A simplified version of the rules of baseball is at simplified baseball rules. The complete Official Rules can be found www.mlb.com, the official web site of Major League Baseball in the United States.
General structure
Baseball is played between two teams of nine players each on a baseball field, under the authority of [...]

History of tennis

Posted by Nicolae on August 7th, 2008 under History, Sport, Tennis Guide
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Tennis has a long history (deriving from the ‘jeu de paume’), but its establishment as the modern sport can be dated to two separate roots. In 1856, Alex Ryden, a solicitor, and his friend Batista Pereira, a Spanish merchant, who both lived in Birmingham, England played a game they named “pelota”, after [...]

Origins of boxing

Posted by Nicolae on August 6th, 2008 under Boxing Guide, History, Sport
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Earliest evidence suggests that boxing was prevalent in North Africa during 4000 BC and the Mediterranean in 1500 BC.
A Greek ruler named Thesus, who ruled around 900 B.C., was entertained by men who would be seated in front of each other and beat another with their fists until one of them was [...]

History of basketball

Posted by Nicolae on August 4th, 2008 under Basketball Guide, History, Sport
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Early basketball
The first basketball court: Springfield College.
Basketball is unique in that it was invented by one person, rather than evolving from a different sport. In early December 1891, Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian-born physician of McGill University and minister on the faculty of a college for YMCA professionals (today, Springfield College) [...]

History of baseball

Posted by Nicolae on August 3rd, 2008 under Baseball Guide, Sport
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Origins of baseball
The distinct evolution of baseball from among the various bat-and-ball games is difficult to pin down. However, it is mainly agreed that modern baseball is an American development from earlier British games, such as rounders, with possible influences from cricket.
The earliest known mention of the sport is in a 1744 [...]

Tennis shots

Posted by Nicolae on August 2nd, 2008 under Sport, Tennis Guide
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A competent tennis player has eight basic shots in his or her repertoire: the serve, forehand, backhand, volley, half-volley, overhead smash, drop shot, and lob.
Serve
A serve (or, more formally, a “service”) in tennis is a shot to start a point. The serve is initiated by tossing the ball into the air and [...]