Outdoor Games-1
Outdoor Games-Study Guide Dowload
Football:
This game is played by two teams of 11 players in each team.
It is played on a rectangular, 100-yard-long field with goal lines and goal posts at either end.
The objective is to gain possession of the ball and advance it in running or passing plays across the opponent's goal line or kick it through the air between the opponent's goal posts.
An inflated oval ball is used in this game.
Cricket:
It is a game played by two teams of eleven players on a field.
There are wickets at either end of a 22-yard pitch.
The objective of players is to run from one side to score runs by hitting a hard leather-covered ball with a bat.
The objective of the other side is to dismiss them by bowling, catching, running them out.
Basketball:
It is a game played between two teams of five players each.
The objective of the game is to throw the ball through an elevated basket on the opponent's side of a rectangular court.
The players may move the ball by dribbling or passing with the hands.
An inflated, spherical ball is used in this game.
Hockey:
It is a game played on a field by two opposing teams of 11 players each.
The players try to hit a ball into their opponents' goal using long sticks curved at the end.
Volleyball:
A game played by volleying a large inflated ball with the hands over a net 7 ft. 6 in. high.
This game is played by two teams of six players.
Frisbee:
It is a light plastic disc, usually 20-25 centimetres in diameter.
The disc is thrown with a spinning motion for recreation or in competition
Badminton:
It is a game played by volleying a shuttlecock back and forth over a high narrow net by means of a light, long-handled racket.
It is played by two or four people.
