What are the ball sports?

Our lives cannot be separated from sports. There are many types of sports, such as running and ball games. The benefits that sports bring to our body are innumerable. Therefore, no matter how busy we are at work, we should take time out to do some sports. So what are the ball sports? Badminton, basketball, tennis, etc. are all ball sports. In addition to these, what other ball sports are there that we don’t know about?

Beach Volleyball

Beach volleyball originated in the United States in the 1920s and became an indispensable popular sport on California beaches in the 1950s and 1960s. The game is played outdoors on a floor at least 40 centimeters thick of fine-grained sand, and the basic techniques—driving, receiving, dribbling and spiking—are similar to those of indoor volleyball. Official international competitions are played between two teams, with each team consisting of two athletes. They may wear vests, shorts or swimsuits, and may also wear sunglasses or sun hats, but must compete barefoot.

Men's and women's beach volleyball was listed as an official event at the 26th Olympic Games in 1996.

Table Tennis

Table tennis originated in Britain. Europeans still call it "tennis on the table". From this, we can see that table tennis developed from tennis. At the end of the 19th century, tennis was popular in Europe, but due to venue and weather restrictions, some British college students moved tennis indoors, using the dining table as a table, books as a net, and parchment as rackets, and played tennis on the dining table.

Nowadays, table tennis games are played on a table. Players from both ends of the table use a small wooden racket with rubber on it to hit a hollow plastic ball over a net.

It was listed as an official event in the 24th Olympic Games in 1988. There are 4 events: men's and women's singles and men's and women's doubles.

Table tennis is known as the "national ball" in China. Chinese players have won many victories in competitions around the world, and even swept the gold medals in various table tennis competitions in the 26th and 27th Olympic Games.

There are two types of softball - fast pitch softball and slow pitch softball. Both forms of softball are deeply loved by the American people. As the United States expanded during World War II, softball became popular throughout the world. Since then, softball has gradually become a women's sport. In the 1950s, softball also transformed from a popular game to a competitive sport. Australia held its first national women's softball championship in 1947, while the corresponding men's competition did not begin until 1984. In 1965, in the final of the first Women's Softball World Championship held in Melbourne, Australia, the host Australian team defeated the United States 1-0 to win the world championship. After this competition, fast-pitch softball quickly became the mainstream of softball.

The above answers the question of what ball sports there are. We can see that although there are many ball sports that we don’t know or don’t understand very well, it is still necessary for us to learn them, because this will make our spare time life more enriched and of course more conducive to our physical and mental development.