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Knucklebones, also known as scatter jacks, snobs, astragaloi ( singular: astragalus), tali, dibs, fivestones, jacks, jackstones, or jinks, among many other names, [1] is a game of dexterity played with a number of small objects that are thrown up, caught, and manipulated in various manners. It is ancient in origin and is found in various ...
Kyoketsu-shoge. The kyoketsu-shoge ( Japanese: 距跋渉毛) [1] is a double-edged blade, with another curved blade attached near the hilt at a 45–60 degree angle. This is attached to approximately 10 to 18 feet (3–5 m) of rope, chain, or hair which then ends in a large metal ring. Likely used by ninja of the Iga province, it is thought to ...
Button football or button soccer is an association football simulation game played on a tabletop, using concave buttons or special-made disks to represent players on the pitch (field), often with a larger rectangular block as the goalkeeper piece. Board dimensions, markings, and rules of play are modeled to simulate standard football.
Pickleball is a racket or paddle sport in which two players (singles) or four players (doubles) use a paddle to hit a perforated, hollow plastic ball over a 34-inch-high (0.86 m) net until one side is unable to return the ball or commits a rule infraction. Pickleball is played indoors and outdoors.
Duke's Kyle Filipowski and Marquette's Tyler Kolek were productive college players who were Associated Press second-team All-Americans. Both were projected to be possible first-round picks in the ...
Racquetball racket and ball. A racket or racquet [1] is an item of sporting equipment used to strike a ball or shuttlecock back-and-forth in games such as tennis, badminton, squash, racquetball and padel. The typical basic structure of a racket consists of a widened distal end known as the head (which presents a flattened firm surface designed ...
Catch, playing catch, or having a catch, is one of the most basic children's games, often played between children or between a parent and child, wherein the participants throw a ball, beanbag, flying disc or similar object back and forth to each other. At early stages in a child's life, having a catch is a good way to evaluate and improve the ...
Épée. Shown is an épée fencer, with the valid target area (the entire body) in red. The épée ( / ˈɛpeɪ, ˈeɪ -/, French: [epe]; lit. "sword"), also rendered as epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern épée derives from the 19th-century épée de combat, [1] a weapon ...