List of basic sports topics

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

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

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[edit] Essence of sports

Main article: Sports

[edit] Types of sport

Main article: List of sports

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Gymnastics, acrobatics and competitive dance

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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.

[edit] Martial arts and combat

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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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.