Individual sports Individual sports Amateur Radio Direction Finding is an amateur map and compass sport that combines the skills of orienteering and radio direction finding. It is a timed race in which individual competitors use a topographic map and a magnetic compass to navigate through diverse wooded terrain while searching for radio transmitters. The rules of the sport and international competitions are organized by the International Amateur Radio Union. Worldwide, the sport is most often referred to by its English-language acronym, ARDF, but is also referred to as radio orienteering or radiosport. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amateur Radio Direction Finding"
Arm wrestling is an athletic contest in which two people place either their right or left elbows on a table, grip their hands, and try to force back the other person's hand to the table surface. The sport requires not only strength, but also great mental acuity, explosiveness, technique and stamina. Some techniques include the Top Roll, The Hook, The Post, and the Shoulder Roll. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arm wrestling"
Benchmarking is a sport in which participants individually go out and find benchmarks (also known as geodetic control points). They typically then log their finds online. Like geocaching, the activity has mainly become popular in the early years of the 21st century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Benchmarking (geolocating)"
Boxing, nicknamed the "sweet science" and "the sport of kings" is also called pugilism or prizefighting, is a sport where two participants of similar weight attack each other with their fists in a series of two to three-minute intervals called "rounds". In both Amateur and Professional divisions, the combatants (called boxers or fighters) avoid their opponent's punches whilst trying to land punches of their own. Points are awarded for clean, solid blows to the legal area on the front of the opponent's body above the waistline, with hits to the head and torso especially valuable. The fighter with the most points after the scheduled number of rounds is declared the winner. Victory may also be achieved if the opponent is knocked down and unable get up before the referee counts to ten (a Knockout, or KO) or if the opponent is deemed too injured to continue (a Technical Knockout, or TKO). ...more on Wikipedia about "Boxing"
Canoeing is the recreational or sporting activity of paddling a canoe or kayak. It usually refers exclusively to using a paddle to propel a canoe or kayak with only human muscle power. A kayak is a closed-top boat and is propelled using a paddle with two blades, whereas canoes are open-topped boats (sometimes with a removable spray skirt) propelled using single- or double-bladed paddles. Confusingly, canoeing is used as a generic term for both forms, though the term "paddle sports" is also used. Open canoes may be 'poled' (punted), sailed, 'lined and tracked' (using ropes)or even 'gunnel-bobbed'. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canoeing"
Cherry pit spitting is the act of spitting, or ejecting, the pit (the seed) of a cherry from one's mouth with great speed so as to send the pit a great distance. Spitting cherry pits is an amateur sport; there are no professional leagues of cherry spitters known, though this may change if enough people begin participating in this sport. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cherry pit spitting"
Chess boxing is a hybrid sport which combines the sports of chess and boxing. One of the goals of this new sport is the old ideal of a healthy mind in a healthy body: mens sana in corpore sano. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chess boxing"
Competitive eating is a " public relations sport" whose main goal is the quick and vast consumption of food. The type of food varies, although it is primarily focussed on fast-food. One commonly used item is hot dogs. This sport is male-dominated, although there are a handful of women gurgitators, notably Sonya Thomas. A big belly isn't necessarily an advantage in the sport, as physical fitness plays an important factor too in the upper spheres of the professional circuit. Although competitive eating is an entertaining public relations event, it is still a new phenomenom and the long term health effects of over-eating on its participants has yet to be determined. ...more on Wikipedia about "Competitive eating"
Cross country equestrian jumping is an endurance test. The object of the endurance test is to prove the speed, endurance and jumping ability of the true cross-country horse when he is well trained and brought to the peak of condition. At the same time, it demonstrates the rider's knowledge of pace and the use of this horse across country. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cross-country equestrianism"
Cuong Nhu (pronounced Kü'ung Ny'u or Kü-ung Nyoo) is a synthetic, vietnamese martial art. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cuong Nhu"
A decathlon is a sportive contest made up of 10 events. The term decathlon usually refers to an athletic (track and field) event. Normally occurring over two days, the event pushes athletes to their limits. ...more on Wikipedia about "Decathlon"
Disc Golf (also known as folf or frolf for frisbee golf) is a game based on the rules of golf (referred to by disc golfers as "ball golf" or "stick golf"). It uses flying discs which are similar to the Frisbee, but usually smaller and more dense. The discs are thrown towards a target, which serves as the "hole". The targets can range from objects, such as trees and poles, to metal baskets with hanging chains to catch the discs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Disc golf"
Dwarf tossing, which originated in either the United States or Australia, is an attraction (some consider it a sport) in bars, where dwarfs wearing special padded clothing are thrown onto mattresses by competitors. The goal of the game is to throw the dwarf the farthest. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dwarf tossing"
(Equestrian vaulting) 1) Basic Seat: An astride position (the vaulter sits on the horse as a rider would), with the arms held to the side and the hands raised to ear level. Hands should be held with closed fingers and palms facing downward, with the fingers arching slightly upward. Legs are wrapped around the horse's barrel, soles facing rearward, with toes down and feet arched. Vaulter holds this position for four full strides. ...more on Wikipedia about "Equestrian vaulting" Fast www.shortopedia.com Individual_sports
Equestrianism relates to the riding of horses. This broad description includes both riding horses for practical purposes such as in police work or for controlling herd animals on a ranch, as well as recreational and sporting aspects such as horse riding sports, dressage, show jumping, eventing, vaulting and polo. Other horse riding activities include horse-racing, hunting, fox hunting, rodeo, endurance, jousting and cavalry. Often horses are simply used for recreational rides, which many parks and ranches offer to visitors. ...more on Wikipedia about "Equestrianism"
In the broadest possible sense, fencing is the practice of armed combat involving cutting, stabbing or bludgeoning weapons directly manipulated by hand, rather than shot or thrown (in other words, swords, knives, pikes, bayonets, batons, clubs, and so on). In contemporary common usage, fencing tends to refer specifically to European-originated schools of swordsmanship and to the modern Olympic sport which has evolved out of them. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fencing"
(Fencing/Featured article overhaul) Fencing is a sport in which two competitors (called fencers) attempt to reach a predetermined score (normally 15) by means of duels called bouts. Both fencers are equipped with a specialized sword (refered to as a "weapon") and follow a set rule pattern.. fill in the blank. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fencing/Featured article overhaul"
A footbag is a small bean bag or sand bag used as a ball in a number of sports and games. It is typically controlled by the feet, but in some sports every part of the body except the hands and arms may be used. The term footbag is also the generic name for the sports which use the footbag. The main varieties are footbag freestyle, footbag net, and circle kick. Both the footbag and the sports that use it are sometimes referred to as hacky sack, hacky-sack, hackysack, or hackey sack. ...more on Wikipedia about "Footbag"
Fox Oring is a variation of the sport of Amateur Radio Direction Finding. Fox Oring is a timed race in which individual competitors use a topographic map and a magnetic compass to navigate through diverse, wooded terrain while searching for radio transmitters. The term is derived from the use of the term fox hunting to describe recreational radio direction finding activity and an abbreviation of the word orienteering. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fox Oring"
Free-diving refers to various aquatic activities that share the practice of breath-hold diving. Examples include breathhold spearfishing, freedive photography, Apnea competitions and, to a degree, snorkeling. The activity that garners the public's attention is Competitive Apnea, considered an extreme sport, where divers attempt to reach great depths on a single breath and without direct assistance of breathing apparatus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Free-diving"
Freebords are a recent modification of the skateboard. They are designed to closely simulate the behavior of a snowboard on downhill rides. To this purpose, they have (when compared to a skateboard) two additional castor wheels, located along the longitudinal middle axis, and protruding slightly more than the border wheels. These wheels are able to turn freely in all directions, which allows the Freebord to glide as long as no other wheel touches the ground. By exerting some pressure on the border wheels, the freeborder is able to control the board. ...more on Wikipedia about "Freebord"
In the sport of freestyle frisbee, athletes perform tricks with a flying disc. It is an extreme version of throw and catch. When the sport emerged in the early to mid- 1970s, it featured fast-paced trick throws and trick catches, epitomized by the performances of Jens and Erwin Velasquez. ...more on Wikipedia about "Freestyle frisbee"
Freestyle Skiing began in the 1930s, Norwegian skiers began using ski acrobatics in alpine and cross country training. While not considered a competitive sport, professional skiing exhibitions in the United States featured performances of what would later be called freestyle. ...more on Wikipedia about "Freestyle skiing"
Geographing is an recreational activity or sport in the British Isles and possibly further afield, where users photographically document the land by taking pictures of features with the mapped grid squares, these photos are then contributed to Geograph British Isles project to record their photos and also compete in league tables by getting points to be the first to photograph a particular square. ...more on Wikipedia about "Geographing"
Golf (gowf in Scots) is a game where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. It is defined in the Rules of Golf as "playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules." ...more on Wikipedia about "Golf" This article is made on http://www.shortopedia.com Individual_sports
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