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Voleibol

Volleyball
Volleyball, volleyball, volleyball, volleyball or simply volleyball, is a
sport where two teams face each other on a smooth playing field
separated by a central net, trying to pass the ball over the net to
the net. ground of the opposite field. The ball can be touched or
driven with clean punches, but can not be stopped, held, held or
accompanied. Each team has a limited number of touches to
return the ball to the opposite field. Usually the ball is hit with
hands and arms, but also with any other part of the body. One of
the most peculiar characteristics of volleyball is that players have
to rotate their positions as they get points.
There are several modalities. With the name of «volleyball», the
modality that is played on the indoor track is identified, but beach
volleyball played on sand is also very popular. Sitting volleyball is a variant with increasing popularity among sports
for the disabled and the practice of cachibol is widespread in the elderly communities. The Ecuadorian community
distributed around the world practices the local variant, the ecuavóley. The Chinese community of North America
maintains a league of volleyball nine (nine man volleyball). With more informal character there are other variants
that are popularly practiced in summer, beaches and tourist areas, such as futvolley, water volleyball or bossaball.

Fútbol
E Football or soccer (also known as football) is a team sport
played between two sets of eleven players each and some
referees that ensure that the rules are correctly followed. It
is widely considered the most popular sport in the world, as
practiced by some 270 million people.
The pitch is rectangular with natural or artificial grass, with a
goal or arch on each side of the field. It is played by a ball
that must be moved across the field with any part of the
body other than the arms or hands, and mostly with the feet
(hence its name). The objective is to introduce it inside the
opposing goal, an action that is called scoring a goal. The
team that achieves the most goals at the end of the match,
lasting 90 minutes, is the winner of the match.
The modern game was reinvented in England after the formation of the Football Association, whose rules of 1863
are the basis of sport today. The governing body of football is the Fédération Internationale de Football
Association, better known as the FIFA symbol. The most prestigious international soccer competition is the Soccer
World Cup, organized every four years by that organism. This event is the most famous and has the largest number
of spectators in the world, doubling the audience of the Olympic Games

Basketball
Basketball, basketball or basketball or simply basketball, is a team sport
that can be developed both indoor and outdoor, in which two sets of five
players each, try to score points, also called baskets or doubles and / or
3-pointers introducing a ball in a ring placed at 3.05 meters from the
ground from which a net hangs, which gives it a basket or basket
appearance.
The national federations of the Spanish-speaking countries of the
Caribbean and Central America, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru,
Spain and Equatorial Guinea, call it basketball. The national federations
of the other Spanish-speaking South American countries call it
basketball. The Pan-American Association (FIBA) uses the name
basketball in Spanish, while the South American Association (ABASU)
uses the name basketball. It is also called basketball or basketball,
especially in Argentina and Peru, because of the Spanish name of its original name in English: basketball.
It was invented by James Naismith, a Canadian physical education teacher, in December 1891 at the YMCA in
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. It is played with two teams of five people, during 4 periods or
quarters of 10 (FIBA) or 12 (NBA) minutes each. At the end of the second quarter, a break is made, usually 15
to 20 minutes according to the regulations of the championship to which the match belongs.
There is also a modality, fundamentally for disabled people, in which they play in a wheelchair (basketball in a
wheelchair), practically with the same rules as the usual basketball.

Béisbol
Baseball, also called baseball or baseball, is a joint sport played
between two teams of nine players each.
It is considered one of the most popular sports in Australia,
Canada, Colombia, South Korea, Cuba, the United States,
Holland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico,
Dominican Republic, South Africa, Taiwan and Venezuela. The
countries considered powers of this sport are concentrated in
America (North, Central, Caribbean) and in Asia, with the
European and African continents being the most backward.
However, Europe has two good exponents (Holland and Italy);
and in Africa, we can only highlight the selection of South Africa,
which has some good talents.
It is played in an extensive field completely covered by natural or artificial turf, with the exception of the area
called the corridor line, where the players of the offensive run to reach the bases (located in the vertices of the
quadrangular area called diamond) and score, as well as the area of the pitcher (where the ground is a dirt hill).
The objective of the game is to hit a ball with a bat (bat), moving it across the field and run through the inner
field of infield to reach as many bases as possible until the base is turned from where it was hit. (home) and
score the known as well as the run, while defensive players look for the batted ball to eliminate the player who
hit the ball or other runners, before they reach one of the bases first or get the run (see Rules) for more details
of the game).
The team that scores more runs after the nine (9) episodes, called innings (or tickets) that lasts the game, is
the one that wins. If at the end of the nine regular innings a score equalized in races persists, the match is
extended as necessary for there to be a winner, according to the basic rules of the game there is no tie,
allowed only in amateur and children's leagues to limit the wear and tear of the players.

Tenis
Tennis is a racquet sport that is practiced on a rectangular court delimited by lines
and divided by a net. It is disputed between two players (singles) or between two
pairs (doubles). The object of the game is to throw a ball hitting it with the racket so
that it can bounce inside the opponent's field, trying to prevent it from returning it.
The word "tennis" comes from the English, tennis that in turn has its origin in the
Tenez word of the French language, expression that comes from the voice of the
tennis player (called tennis player), who when putting the ball in play exclaimed
there Go !, which in French is Tenez.

Golf
Golf is a precision sport
whose objective is to
introduce a ball in the holes that are distributed in the field
with the least number of strokes, using for each type of
stroke one of a set of clubs slightly different from each
other, since the The head of the club has different
degrees just as the rods have different lengths. The lower
the number of degrees, the greater the length of the rod
and therefore the greater distance. A maximum of 14
sticks can be carried. The one who practices golf is called
a golfer.
In 1744 the first association of players was founded in
Scotland, and in 1745, also in the United Kingdom, the
first regulation of golf was created. The first golf associations were the Honorable Company of Edinburgh
Golfers (1744) and The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (1754).

Fútbol americano
American football is a joint sport. He was born more than 100 years
ago in the United States of America as an evolution of English
rugby. It is one of the most competitive contact sports in the United
States and is currently practiced in more than 60 countries.2 This
sport requires great discipline, physical training and mental
preparation. The greatest competitive and media manifestation of
this sport occurs in the National Football League (NFL), the
professional American football league of the United States.

Boxeo

Combate de boxeo.

Boxing, also sometimes called English boxing or Irish boxing, and


colloquially known as boxing, is a combat sport in which two
opponents fight using only their gloved fists, hitting their opponent
from the waist towards up, inside a quadrilateral specially designed
for that purpose, in short sequences of fighting called assaults or
rounds and according to a precise regulation, which regulates weight
categories and duration of the meeting, among other aspects.
In a more general way, boxing or pugilism refers to a broad genre of
combat sports in which two opponents face each other fighting using
their fists, exclusively or not, differentiating according to their rules
different sports such as the aforementioned English boxing or boxing proper, French boxing or savage,
Chinese boxing or Shaolin boxing, kick boxing or Japanese boxing, muay thai or Thai boxing, the ancient
Greek pugilatos like pygmachia and pancracio, etc.1
The first codification of the rules governing boxing matches dates back to 1743, while the rules still in force
were established in 1889 by the Marquis of Queensberry, who among other things introduced the use of
gloves.

Taekwondo
Taekwondo is a martial art transformed into an Olympic combat sport
since 1988, when It was introduced as a demonstration sport at the
Olympic Games held in the city of Seoul in South Korea. Taekwondo is
known for the variety and spectacularity of its kicking techniques and,
currently, it is one of the best known systems. Taekwondo is
fundamentally based on much older martial arts such as Chinese kung
fu or wu shu, in some of its open-handed techniques, Korean taekkyon
in the form and realization of the blows with the foot, and in karate-do
Japanese (Shūdōkan and shotokan styles), from which you obtain the
fist punches, several of the open hand beats, the planimetry (or division
by zones of the human body by zones: high-medium-low), the blocks,
the positions , the system of degrees by belts, its first uniform, and its
first forms known as "palgwe", in the WTF (World Taekwondo
Federation) and the "Hyong" forms in the ITF (International Taekwon-
Do Federation).
Piragüismo
Canoeing, canoeing or kayak canoeing is a water sport that is
practiced on a light boat, usually made of fiberglass or plastic (in
pleasure boats), and kevlar or carbon fibers (in competition
boats). The boat is propelled by one, two or four people (but not
three) with a shovel. The main boats used are the kayak,
propelled by a shovel with two leaves, and the canoe, propelled
by a single-blade shovel.
The competitions are usually done in the summer months,
however, the training is done throughout the year. It is divided
into categories according to age and sex. The division by age
establishes the distance that is rowed in each category (the
distance increases as you go up in category).
The Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy uses the term "canoeing" to refer to the sport consisting of the
competition of two or more canoes, moved by paddling by individual canoeists, who can sit or kneel.

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