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Monday, May 9, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Geography - Cross country skiing - Norway
Cross-country skiing is part of the Nordic skiing sport family, which also includes other ski sports such as ski jumping, and a combination sport of cross-country skiing and ski jumping called "Nordi combined". Free-technique cross-country skiing is also the method of "locomotion" in the combination sport of Biathlon, which adds rifle marksmanship to skiing. Another combination sport is ski-orienteering, which adds the skill of map navigation along snow trails and tracks.
Related sports are sports such as backcountry skiing and Telemark skiing.
Related sports are sports such as backcountry skiing and Telemark skiing.
Geography - Glíma - Iceland
Glima remains, as it always has been, friendly recreation and a gentleman's sport, but as the lausataks version shows it also has a rougher side.
The core of the system are eight main brögð (techniques), which form the basic training for approximately 50 ways to execute a throw or takedown. Glima is a very old combative style. Certain evidence of glima dates back to the 12th century but some descriptions of wrestling in the Icelandic sagas and the Younger Edda makes it reasonable to believe that the system is much older.
Surrounding glima is a code of honour called Drengskapur that calls for fairness, respect for and caring about the security of one's training partners.
The core of the system are eight main brögð (techniques), which form the basic training for approximately 50 ways to execute a throw or takedown. Glima is a very old combative style. Certain evidence of glima dates back to the 12th century but some descriptions of wrestling in the Icelandic sagas and the Younger Edda makes it reasonable to believe that the system is much older.
Surrounding glima is a code of honour called Drengskapur that calls for fairness, respect for and caring about the security of one's training partners.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Geography - Lacrosse - Canada
The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh designed to catch and hold the lacrosse ball. Offensively, the objective of the game is to score by shooting the ball into an opponent's goal, using the lacrosse stick to catch, carry, and pass the ball to do so. Defensively, the objective is to keep the opposing team from scoring and to dispossess them of the ball through the use of stick checking and body contact or positioning. The sport has four major types: men's field lacrosse, women's lacrosse, box lacrosse and intercrosse. Box lacrosse in particular is the national summer sport of Canada.
Geogpaphy - Tejo - Columbia
The ancient sport was played over 500 years ago by the indigenous groups that lived in the regions of Cundinamaraca and Boyacá.
The ancient sport called "Turmeque" involved the throwing of a golden disc, which evolved into a stone disk and eventually into the metal disc with which the game is played today. In Colombia, it is very common to find professional tejo chaccarron teams around the major cities and smaller towns. Most of these teams are sponsored by beer companies, which causes the teams to profit greatly because of the strong bond between the team and company. In the past, the playing of tejo was fuelled by "Chicha" (an indigenous maize-based alcoholic beverage), but nowadays the players refresh themselves with beer.
The ancient sport called "Turmeque" involved the throwing of a golden disc, which evolved into a stone disk and eventually into the metal disc with which the game is played today. In Colombia, it is very common to find professional tejo chaccarron teams around the major cities and smaller towns. Most of these teams are sponsored by beer companies, which causes the teams to profit greatly because of the strong bond between the team and company. In the past, the playing of tejo was fuelled by "Chicha" (an indigenous maize-based alcoholic beverage), but nowadays the players refresh themselves with beer.
Geography, Pato - argentina
In modern pato, two four-member teams riding on horses fight for possession of a ball which has six handles, and score by throwing the ball through a vertically positioned ring (as opposed to the horizontal rim used in basketball). A closed net, holds the ball after goals are scored.The winner is the team with most goals scored after regulation time.The ball is made of leather, with an inflated rubber chamber and six leather handles. Its diameter is 40 cm handle-to-handle and its weight is 1050 to 1250 g The player that has control of the pato must ride with his right arm outstretched, offering the pato so rival players have a chance of tugging the pato and stealing it. Not extending the arm while riding with the pato is an offense called negada (refusal).
During the tug itself, both players must stand on the stirrups and avoid sitting on the saddle, while the hand not involved in the tugging must hold the reins. The tug is usually the most exciting part of the game.
Pato is played competitively and also by amateurs, mostly in weekend fairs which usually include doma (Argentine rodeo). Its status as the national game of Argentina has been challenged by soccer, which is much more widespread. While virtually the entire population of the country are avid soccer fans and players, it is estimated that 90% of Argentinians have not seen a pato match, and there are only a few thousand players of the game.However it is defended as the national sport because pato is a completely indigenous game, while soccer was imported from England.
During the tug itself, both players must stand on the stirrups and avoid sitting on the saddle, while the hand not involved in the tugging must hold the reins. The tug is usually the most exciting part of the game.
Pato is played competitively and also by amateurs, mostly in weekend fairs which usually include doma (Argentine rodeo). Its status as the national game of Argentina has been challenged by soccer, which is much more widespread. While virtually the entire population of the country are avid soccer fans and players, it is estimated that 90% of Argentinians have not seen a pato match, and there are only a few thousand players of the game.However it is defended as the national sport because pato is a completely indigenous game, while soccer was imported from England.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Georaphy Project - Gaelic Games continued
Gaelic Football: Gaelic football is the most popular of the Gaelic games and is played on a rectangular pitch with H-shaped goals at each end, it is played by a team of 15 players. The primary object of the game is to score by driving the ball into the goals or over the bar thereby scoring a point, a goal is eqivelant to three points. The team with the highest score at the end of the match wins. The female version of the game is known as "ladies Gaelic football" and is very similar to the men's game with a few minor rule changes.
Hurling: Hurling is a stick and ball game played on the same pitch as Gaelic football. The object of the game is also the same as that in Gaelic football. It is over 3,000 years old and it is said to be the worlds fastest field game, combining skills from lacrosse, field hockey and baseball in a hard hitting, highly skilled game. The female version of the game is known as "camogie" and is very similar with a few minor rule changes.
Rounders: Rounders is a bat and ball game which is played in Ireland; a similar version is played in England. Rounders is the least popular of the GAA Gaelic games and is organised by a sub division of the GAA known as the rounders council of Ireland. It is similar to soft ball.
Gaelic Handball: Gaelic handball is a game where two players use their hands to return a ball against a wall. The game is similar to American handball. Gaelic handballers play against their US counterparts. It is also like rounders and is less popular than the primary Gaelic games such as Gaelic football and Hurling.
Hurling: Hurling is a stick and ball game played on the same pitch as Gaelic football. The object of the game is also the same as that in Gaelic football. It is over 3,000 years old and it is said to be the worlds fastest field game, combining skills from lacrosse, field hockey and baseball in a hard hitting, highly skilled game. The female version of the game is known as "camogie" and is very similar with a few minor rule changes.
Rounders: Rounders is a bat and ball game which is played in Ireland; a similar version is played in England. Rounders is the least popular of the GAA Gaelic games and is organised by a sub division of the GAA known as the rounders council of Ireland. It is similar to soft ball.
Gaelic Handball: Gaelic handball is a game where two players use their hands to return a ball against a wall. The game is similar to American handball. Gaelic handballers play against their US counterparts. It is also like rounders and is less popular than the primary Gaelic games such as Gaelic football and Hurling.
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