History Of Golf

The origin of golf is quite uncertain and not very illuminating, as there are many theories and research that point to different "ball game" of previous centuries. We will present some of these theories and enlighten you why they think they are the precursor of this great sport.


Golf history:


Perhaps the oldest wooden game being linked to golf is the "paganica" Romano. A game played between the peasants with curved sticks and a leather ball stuffed with feathers. This game is considered the precursor of other games considered influential in the current courses, such as the "jeu de mail", the "Cambuca" the "Chole" or "Kolf".
Explain some of these games and the reasons why that might be precursors.

 

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Field Hockey In Modern Era

Field hockey is one of the oldest sports in the world. According to witness certain documents, in Egypt, 2000 years BC, there was a game with ball and stick games there is also evidence of this type practiced in pre-Christian times in Arabia, Greece and Persia. The Romans had a game called paganica.

Hockey is like hurling, shinty and games like cheuca, who played the Araucanian Indians in Argentina in the sixteenth century. The etymology of the word hockey is not established with certainty. There are several theories.


 
 

History Of Bicycle

The oldest evidence on this, now popular car back to the ancient civilizations of Egypt, China and India.

In a section of the book "Codez Atlanticus" of Leonardo da Vinci and featured a drawing of a bicycle. Leonardo thought as a chain transmission as those used at present. These drawings were dispersed by the time and were collected haphazardly in the Ambrosiana Library in Milan.



 

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History Of Basketball

While distantly get at times of the Greeks or Aztecs, references about basketball, the beginning of this modern game has its origins in a U.S. school in 1891. The promoter of this was one James Naismith, sports instructor at the YMCA (YMCA) in Springfield. James specified the thirteen rules of basketball which are still current, however there have been some changes to adapt to new times where the game mainly based on the speed with which points are scored and the dramatically write them down.

Caused by the long winters suffering Springfield, and the urgency of his students were kept entertained and in good physical condition, James considered creating a new game could be played indoors and in confined spaces. After spending several months studying existing sports and adopting the most attractive of each, Naismith achieving a set of requirements that should have this new sport

 

 
 

Athletics is in some way

Athletics is in some ways, the embodiment of the Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius", or whatever it is, "higher, faster, stronger." Athletics (track and field) is based on three concepts seem simple: run faster, jump higher and throw farther than your opponents.


Athletics is in some ways, the embodiment of the Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius", or whatever it is, "higher, faster, stronger."




 

 
 

History of Athletics

The word comes from Greek athletics "athlon" meaning struggle, competition, combat.Nothing is known of the first sports tournaments, but very well could have started in a footrace.For more than three thousand years there have been tests of the Olympics atléticas.Formaban original held in Greece from 776 to 394 d.de a.de Cristo.Estas Christ is celebrated on the occasion of the institution of the Panathenaic Games in honor Pallas Athena.

 
 

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