There are a huge number of sports with the ball. However, sport is not given to everyone. There are also regular ball games. They differ only in their different desire to win. There are so many games with the ball and there are so many sports with it that everyone can find one satisfying him: starting with croquet and ending with water polo. Each ball game is distinguished by its purpose and dynamism. Each has its own rules. And in this article several sports with a ball will be given in order to expand our readers' knowledge about sports.
Beach and classic volleyball
So, everyone is familiar with beach volleyball, but not everyone is familiar with the classic. However, it is worth discussing both one and the other, since they both deserve attention. Their main difference is the place of the game. If everything is clear with beach volleyball, special skills are not required for it, then to play classic you will need to engage in a specialized institution - a sports school.
Classic volleyball is played in the hall. Now about the remaining differences:
- For playing beach volleyball, 4 people are enough, that is, two people per team. In the classic, 12 people are required - 6 per team.
- You can play beach volleyball at the amateur level and no one will make any comments to you, of course, if this is not a competition. But to play the classic game you will need serious skills, patience and hard work. Here with the status of an amateur you will not slip.
- On the location of the players. In beach volleyball, two players are located on two halves of the field arbitrarily, if only it would be convenient. There are 6 specific positions in classic volleyball. Moreover, there are 4: 2 and 5: 1 game options. This means that the team will have either 4 forwards and two tie (passers), or, respectively, 5 forwards and 1 tie.
In fact, everything is simpler than it seems at first glance. In theory, everything sounds confusing, but in practice it is given easily and naturally. The main thing is to understand the essence of what is happening and feel at ease. Do not go deep into the topic of professional volleyball now, because the article is not about that. These are the main differences.
The goal of the game is that on the beach, in the classic volleyball, it’s the same - not to let the ball fall on your side of the field and at the same time make the opponents touch the ground on the field. The game has a clear algorithm of actions, but it is not always possible to adhere to it. It looks like this: receiving the ball - passing the binder to the attacking player - attack. If the players are quite technical, then there will be no problems at all. And one moment. The beach volleyball field is smaller than the classic one.
Volleyball
A ball for beach volleyball is easier than for a classic, and in appearance they are easy to distinguish from each other. For the beach, the well-known characteristic pattern of square stripes is used by everyone. But there are enough exceptions, so rely on the ease of the ball.
In professional classic volleyball, a ball with curved stripes drawn in one direction is used. Strips of two colors that alternate. Usually it is yellow and blue, but not less common recently, yellow with green. By the way, to play any volleyball you will need growth and jumping ability, which is not given to everyone.
Hockey with a ball
The next game or sport with the ball is ball hockey. He has another name - bandy, from the English bandy. So how does it differ from ordinary hockey? Bendy and ordinary hockey are really very similar, but there are still differences. Some are quite obvious. For example, unlike hockey, bandy is not played with puck. Amazing right? In fact, many people are surprised by the fact that hockey can be played with no puck, even though this information was affected in a comic form in this article. Bendy also has slightly different clubs.
But there are many similarities in these sports. Both of them are held on ice, in serious equipment. Although there are also cases where ice is not necessary for playing bandy. The ice here is, rather, an extreme addition, although in the official band, of course, it is an integral part of the game. The number of players is 22. There are 11 per team, including one goalkeeper. The goalkeeper, of course, is equipped a little more seriously and this is connected with a different level of injury risk. The goal of the game is to hammer the ball into the opponent’s goal. The main thing in this game is agility and speed.
Hockey ball
The ball for this game is made of leather, rubber or cork and is covered with plastic on top. The ball must be resilient and resistant to moisture. Also, it is usually (if the game is on ice) painted in a bright color - pink, orange or red.
Baseball
Also speaking of sports with the ball, it is impossible not to mention baseball. The game is popular in more than a hundred countries, but it is quite complex. Everyone knows about the existence of a sport with a bat and a ball, but few people know more about it.
In total, the game will need 18 players, 9 in a team. So what is the essence of the game? Two teams alternately act as attackers and defenders. To earn a point, you need to run three positions, or rather the base, and return to the original, which is called the "house". But in order to get the right to run this batter, he is a striker, and he must hit the ball with a wooden rounded bat thrown by the pitcher, he is also serving. Behind the batter is a catcher who, accordingly, catches the ball if it has not been hit.
So, the ball is hit, the first point is completed. The batter immediately drops the bat and starts to run as fast as it can. On the way, players of another team may interfere with him, and only having reached the first position can we assume that he is safe. If he didn’t wait, they call him out and put him on a bench. And so every player is trying to earn a point for his team.
Ball for playing
A baseball ball consists of a rubber core, yarn with which it is wrapped and leather, which, in fact, is sheathed with a ball using red threads. The weight of the ball is about 150 grams, and in size it fits comfortably in the hand.
Incidentally, Olympic sports include volleyball, football, basketball, tennis, baseball and many others.