Ball Games
A ball game is a sport 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 cricket and baseball.
- Two-goal games, such as basketball and all forms of football and hockey.
- VŰolleying games, such as volleyball and tennis.
- "Target" games, such as bowling
- and so on
Popular ball games around the world include:
Baseball
Basketball
Billiards (including snooker, eight ball and pool variations)
Blitzball (fictional game)
Bocce
Boules
Bowling
Bowls
Calvinball (see Calvin and Hobbes)
Canoe polo
Cricket (see cricket ball)
Crockey
Croquet
Dodgeball
Football:
American football
Australian rules football
Gaelic Football
International Rules Football
Soccer
Rugby Football
Footbag
Four square
Golf (see golf ball)
Handball:
American handball
Team handball
Hockey:
Field hockey
Ice hockey
Rink hockey
Hurling
Jai alai
Juggling
Lacrosse
Mesoamerican ballgame
Native American Stickball (Toli)
Netball
P?anque
Polo
Quidditch (fictional game)
Shinty
Skee ball
Squash
Stickball
Tee Ball
Tetherball
Tennis
Tennis Polo/Toccer
Ulama game
Volleyball
Water polo