Topic outline of sports

A sport is a physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.

The following topic outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to sports:

Types of sport

Court

* Raquet: tennis, badminton, squash, racquetball, Basque pelota "(see also table tennis)"
* Team: basketball, water basketball, netball, Mesoamerican ballgame, team handball, beach handball, volleyball, beach volleyball, water polo, Prisoner Ball
* Other: American handball, tetherball:"See also Martial arts and combat section for games involving opposing players as targets."

Field (team)

* Football (soccer) family: Soccer, Gaelic football "(see also team handball)"
* Rugby family rugby, American football, Australian rules football, Canadian football, gridiron,
* Sedentary stick-and-ball family: cricket, baseball, stickball, softball, whiffle ball
* Mobile stick-and-ball family: field hockey, street hockey, hurling (several variants), lacrosse, bandy, polo
* Flying disc: ultimate (and its variants), fricket (and variants):"See also Table, deck and lawn section for usually individual lawn sports; see Rink, ramp and obstacle park section for indoor team sports; and see Martial arts and combat section for dodge ball and disc games."

Gymnastics, acrobatics and competitive dance

*Ballet: many varieties
*Gymnastics: many varieties
*Acrobatics: many varieties
*Rhythmic and dance-based: competitive dancing (numerous varieties), rhythmic gymnastics, synchronized swimming, competitive cheerleading and drill team, competitive ice dance and figure skating (several variants):"See also Rink, ramp and obstacle park section for obstacle- and ramp-based agility competition."

Martial arts and combat

*Wrestling: Professional Wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling, Freestyle Wrestling, Submission Wrestling, folk wrestling, sumo, sambo, arm wrestling, thumb wrestling "(see also jiu-jitsu, Brazilian jiu-jitsu)"
*Western overall martial arts: boxing, savate, capoeira
*Asian overall martial arts: kung fu, karate, judo, tae kwon do, jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, tai chi "(see also sumo)"
*Fusion overall martial arts: kickboxing, krav maga, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, bartitsu, jeet kune do, kajukenbo
*Dodge fencing, jogo do pau, jousting, dodgeball (warball), guts (and its variants), paintball, laser tag:"See also Miscellaneous achievement section for non-combative strength competitions and target shooting; see Rink, ramp and obstacle park section for elimination derbies; and see other sections for non-dodge ball and disc games."

Miscellaneous achievement

* Target: archery, firearm shooting (many variants), darts "(see also Table, deck and lawn section – most such games are target-based in one sense or another; and see Martial arts and combat for combative games, i.e. those in which players are the targets)"
* Display: dressage, competitive dog showing, disc dogging "(see also Gymnastics, acrobatics and competitive dance section for display competitions involving agility; see Rink, ramp and obstacle park section for ramp- and platform-launched aerobatic displays; and see also bodybuilding)"
* Strength: weight-lifting, bodybuilding, ironman, long jump, high jump, triple jump, pole vault, shot put and klootschieten, javelin, hammer throw, discus "(see also Martial arts and combat section for combative strength competitions)"
* Multi-disciplinary: Decathlon, heptathlon, pentathlon, modern pentathlon, triathlon, biathlon

Racing

* Human-powered: running (many types), swimming (many types), skiing (many types), ice speed skating
* Human-assisted: cycling (several types), rowing, canoeing, kayaking, dragon boat racing, wheelchair racing, bobsledding and luge
* Animal and animal-assisted: horse racing (several types), greyhound racing, pigeon racing, dog racing, chariot racing
* Machine-powered: auto racing (many types), motorboat racing, motorcycle racing (many varieties), air racing:"See also Rink, ramp and obstacle park section for non-racing-focused competitions on enclosed courses; see Miscellaneous achievement for strength sports other than speed-related ones; and see other sections for non-racing-focused competition involving animals."

Rink, ramp and obstacle park

* Indoor hockey family: ice hockey, roller hockey, underwater hockey
* Physical elimination: roller derby, demolition derby, bike derby
* Ramp and platform: half-pipe-based skateboarding, inline skating and bicycling; diving; ski jumping; aerobatic skiing, snowboarding and freestyle motocross
* Obstacle: freestyle skateboarding, inline skating, bicycling and walking (along with closely related free running and parkour):"See also Racing section for race-oriented competitions on enclosed tracks; and see also curling; see also Field (team) section for outdoor team sports; and see also Gymnastics, acrobatics and competitive dance section for non-obstable-based agility competition."

Strategy

* One-on-one: chess, backgammon, draughts (checkers), go; many other card games and board games
* Individual: solitaire (many varieties)
* Multi-player: poker (several varieties); many other card games and board games:"See also Table, deck and lawn section for table games of physical skill."

Table, deck and lawn

*Cue sports: snooker, pool, carom billiards and others)
*Sliding-disk-based: carrom, novuss and related; shuffleboard and table shuffleboard; curling; air hockey "(see also curling)"
*Golf family: golf, miniature golf, pitch and putt, croquet, disc golf
*Lane bowling: ten-pin bowling, skittles, Candlepin bowling, five-pin bowling, duckpin bowling
*Lawn bowling: bowls, bocce, boules, pétanque
*Tossing: horseshoes, quoits, lawn darts and bean bag toss (cornhole);
*Pinball-family: pinball, pachinko and related
*In-table miniaturizations of outdoor sports: table tennis (ping-pong), foosball ("see also air hockey"):"See also Field (team) section for usually group field sports; and see also Strategy section for board and card games; and see "Miscellaneous achievement" section for strength-based ball and disc-throwing games."

History of sports

: "Main article: History of sports"

* Sports history organizations
* Sports timeline

Basic sports concepts

: Athlete - Coach - Disabled sports - Extreme Sports - Fan (aficionado) - Fantasy sports - Female sport - Gamesmanship - Multi-sport events - Nationalism and sport - Olympic Games - Performance art - professionalism - Professional sports - Regulation of sport - Spectator sport - Sponsorship - Sporting club - Sport Record - Sports coaching - Sports equipment - Sports injuries - Sportsmanship - Sports marketing - Sports memorabilia - Sportsmen - Sports timeline - Sportswear - Student athlete - Violence in sports - Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing

Sports scholars

Sports journalism

Leaders in sports

MVPCaptainCo-CaptainCoach

Sport in popular culture

* Sport in film

Sports-related lists

* List of sports
* Lists of sportspeople
* List of sports attendance figures
* List of professional sports leagues
* Timeline of sports

Sporting governing bodies

: "Main article: Sport governing bodies" Governing bodies of the most popular world sports [as indicated by viewing figures [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,27-2520756,00.html] ] :

* International Olympic Committee
* FIFA (football's world governing body)
* International Cricket Council
* The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (Golf in Europe)
* United States Golf Association (Golf in US)
* Royal Canadian Golf Association (Golf in Canada)
* FIBA (Basketball)

References

ee also

* Combat Sport
* Disabled sports
* Fandom
* Female sports
* History of sport
* Multi-sport events
* National sport
* Nationalism and sports
* Olympic Games
* Spectator sports
* Sponsorship
* Sport in film
* Sport governing bodies
* Sports broadcasting
* Sports club
* Sports coaching
* Sports equipment
* Sports injuries
* Sports league attendances
* Sports marketing
* Sports terms named after people

External links

* [http://www.merriam.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=sportsmanship Merriam-Webster dictionary entry]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/ancient/index_uk.asp Ancient Olympic Games]
* [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1478-0542.2005.00165.x Sport and apartheid]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/recognized/index_uk.asp Recognised non-Olympic sports]