What are the top three ball games in America?

American football, baseball, basketball

First of all, American football

American football is a kind of rugby, the most popular sport in the United States and the first of the four major professional sports in North America. American football originated from soccer. After it was introduced to the United States, the rules changed, and the offensive and defensive lines took turns to compete for the ball. There is no restriction on movement, and the ball can be thrown forward.

The purpose of this sport is to push the ball to the opponent's end zone to score points. There are many ways to score, including holding the ball across the baseline, throwing the ball to a teammate behind the baseline, or kicking the ball directly on the ground between two goalposts and then shooting. At the end of the game, the team that scored more points won.

American football is a highly antagonistic contact sport. Because there is often a strong physical collision with the opposing players in the game, players need to wear helmets and protective gear.

Second, baseball.

Baseball is a ball game characterized by teamwork and antagonism. Baseball is widely spread around the world and has a great influence. It is especially popular in the United States and Japan and is called the "national ball".

Baseball is a team sport with at least 9 players, and the approximate sport is softball. Baseball players are divided into offensive and defensive sides. They play in a fan-shaped baseball field with bats and gloves. During the game, the two teams take turns to attack and defend: the attacking player successfully runs back to home plate and gets 1 point. The team with the highest score in the nine innings wins.

Third, basketball.

Basketball, English, originated in Massachusetts, USA, and was founded by james naismith on June 189 1 day+February 2 1 day. It is the core event of the Olympic Games and a hand-centered physical antagonistic sport.

189165438+February 2 1 was invented by james naismith, a physical education teacher at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. From 65438 to 0896, basketball was introduced to China, and in 2002, Yao Ming was selected as the No.1 in NBA, which opened a new basketball craze in China.

The main international basketball organization is the International Basketball Federation (International Amateur Basketball Federation), founded in 1932 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The highest level basketball game in the world today is the NBA game.

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Other ball games

Badminton:

Badminton is a sport that can be played indoors and outdoors. According to the number of participants, it can be divided into singles and doubles, and the emerging three pairs are three. Badminton racket consists of racket face, racket shaft, racket handle and the joint between racket frame and racket shaft.

The length of the racket shall not exceed 680mm, in which the length of the racket shaft and handle shall not exceed 465,438+0cm, the length of the racket frame shall be 28cm and the width shall be 23cm. With the development of science and technology, the racket is developing in the direction of lighter weight, harder racket frame and better elasticity of racket shaft.

Football:

The standard 1 1 football match consists of two teams 10 players and 1 goalkeepers, with a total of 22 people, fighting, defending and attacking on the rectangular grass court.

Try to shoot the football into the opponent's goal in the game, and you can get one point for each goal. When the game is over, the team with more points wins. If the score is the same within the specified time, it depends on the rules of the game. Can you draw lots, play overtime or exchange penalties (12 yards)? [ 1]? Equal forms of competition are divided into high and low levels.

In the football match, except the goalkeeper can touch the ball with his hand in his own restricted area, each player can only control the football with other parts of his body except his hand (except the foul ball).

Table tennis:

Table tennis is the national sport of China and a popular ball game in the world, including attack, confrontation and defense. There are several kinds of competitions, such as team competition, singles and doubles. 200 1 September1and 2 1 were divided into one game, and now 1 1 was divided into one game; Adopt two wins in five games and two wins in seven games. Table tennis is spherical, weighing 2.53-2.70g, white or orange, and made of celluloid or plastic.

Table tennis originated in England, and the name "table tennis" originated from 1900, which was named after the sound of "table tennis" when hitting. In Chinese mainland, "table tennis" is its official name, as are Hongkong and Macau. 1926, the international table tennis invitational tournament was held in London, England. Later, it was chased as the first World Table Tennis Championships.

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